Movies and TvShows featuring "theatre-critic" theme.

The Greatest Showman celebrates the birth of show business and tells the story of P.T. Barnum, a visionary who rose from nothing to create a worldwide spectacle. Barnum opens a museum devoted to oddities but fails to attract business. He then assembles a troupe of unique individuals and creates a circus that wins over crowds every night. Despite facing criticism and challenges, Barnum’s show becomes a huge success, allowing him to provide for his family and fulfill his dreams. Through love, friendship, and the celebration of humanity, Barnum builds a legacy that changes his life forever.

Theatre of Blood is a dark comedy horror film about a Shakespearean actor who seeks revenge on theater critics who gave him bad reviews. He disguises himself and kills the critics in various horrific ways, including decapitation, being speared to death, and stabbing. The film has a tragic villain and an anti-hero theme, with elements of gothic horror and slasher. It also explores themes of memory, jealousy, and over-acting.

Please Don't Eat the Daisies is a comedy romance movie from 1960. It follows the story of a professor and his family as they navigate the challenges and misadventures of living in New York City. From chaotic play rehearsals to encounters with eccentric characters, the movie takes a lighthearted and comedic approach to showcasing the ups and downs of family life.

Beaumarchais, a successful playwright, becomes entangled in political and romantic affairs in 18th-century France. As he navigates the corrupt world of the royal court and the theater, he must use his wit and charm to overcome obstacles and achieve success.

A theatre critic teams up with a cop to investigate the murder of a Broadway actor.

Woman hopes to be a great singer and is encouraged by her scheming teacher. After she flops her husband, encouraged by an amorous professional singer tries opera and also flops.

A lawyer's wife walks out on him, then poses as a French nurse to spy on him.

The film is set in a small town near Warsaw, to which a young and coming director comes to produce a classic play (Wyspianski "Wyzwolenie") with a modern vein. Everyone in the production gets his usual stereotypical role, but the aging idol of the ensemble senses opportunity to give the performance of his life. For young director everything is already set. The leading man, however, is not giving up and is trying to restore the role according to his view. His wife listens to his fears, complaints and frustrations, while resigning herself to a fading career in a puppet theatre.

A family of friends is forever changed when two of the friends realize that their love for one another goes beyond the confines of their conventional relationship.

A brief and revealing account of the life and work of Catalonian filmmaker Josep Torrella. It examines his career as a filmmaker and writer, and also his personal life as a friend, husband, confidant and patriarch.