Robin Ashenden

The dazzling classic The Red Shoes has several unfashionable lessons for us today

The re-release of Powell and Pressburger's celebrated movie, which takes for granted that nothing matters more than art, couldn't be more timely

Moira Shearer as Victoria Page in The Red Shoes. Credit: ITV Global Entertainment Park Circus photo by BaroN
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