Mrs. Henderson Presents is a 2005 British comedy drama film helmed by Stephen Frears. The movie follows a wealthy widow, Mrs. Laura Henderson, in post-war London. Bored and restless, she seeks a new ...

"Mrs. Henderson Presents" could have been great if its script and direction were as strong as its two excellent leads, Bob Hoskins and Dame Judi Dench, who got an Academy Award nomination for the role ...

The fifth annual High Falls Film Festival, held in Rochester, N.Y., has announced its 2005 lineup. The festival, which focuses on the achievements of women working in film and video, will feature over ...

One of the occupational hazards of film criticism is that the reviewer risks forgetting the art of watching movies for its own sake, to see them in the manner the filmmakers intended audiences to see ...

In pre-World War II London, Mr. Henderson dies leaving his wife a large fortune and all the time in the world to spend it. In order to overcome her grief, Mrs Henderson, who has never worked a day in ...

Casting has been announced for the West End production of Mrs Henderson Presents which opens at the Noel Coward Theatre in February. The cast will be completed by Sarah Bakker, Andrew Bryant, Rhiannon ...

As the bombs fell over London during the Second World War only one theatre remained standing. The Windmill Club, alone in the theatrical establishment, kept the British morale (ahem) 'up' with its ...

In this love letter to showbusiness, wealthy widow Mrs Henderson (Tracie Bennett) is the evangelical late convert, who decides on a whim to buy the Windmill Theatre rather than invest in a donkey ...

The studied British theatricality and sharp wit of Mrs. Henderson Presents are likely to make it a favorite among nostalgiaphiles, theater buffs, and the tea-and-crumpets set. Sailing along on the ...

An unassuming backstage yarn, Mrs. Henderson Presents overcomes several obstacles—not the least of which are its torpid title and inevitable comparisons to Topsy-Turvy—to win our jaded hearts with its ...