Magazine Dreams vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for Magazine Dreams). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 4m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Magazine Dreams
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Magazine Dreams | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 4m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | United Kingdom |
| Director | Elijah Bynum | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Harriet Sansom Harris, Jonathan Majors, Bradley Stryker, Haley Bennett, Taylour Paige | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Magazine Dreams
Aspiring bodybuilder Killian Maddox struggles to find human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence. Nothing deters him from his fiercely protected dream of superstardom, not even the doctors who warn him of the permanent damage he causes to himself with his quest.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political…
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