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Tom Birchenough

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Articles By Tom Birchenough

Ivan’s Childhood

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DVD: Mysterious Object at Noon

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Eisenstein in Guanajuato

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In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel, Charing Cross Theatre

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Couple in a Hole

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Les Blancs, National Theatre

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Ran

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The Club

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Russia and the Arts, National Portrait Gallery

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Marguerite

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DVD: Something Different/A Bagful of Fleas

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Churchill's Secret, ITV

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Deutschland 83, Series Finale, Channel 4

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DVD: 99 Homes

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DVD: Tangerines

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The Rolling Stone, Orange Tree Theatre

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