Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.
A Maori woman in silent mourning sits in bereavement black awaiting her trip to a burial. Before departing for the dearly departed’s funeral, it’s a state of sombre solemnity, the soberly dressed matriarch carrying out inspection of the attire his …
NOCTURNAL ANIMALS is Tom Ford’s lush, tense, thriller wrapped in a melodrama.
Amy Adams is Susan, described by her ex as a nocturnal animal, sporting a Veronica Lake hair style that’s a visual delight,an inspired aesthetic nimbly signifying the noirish …
From Beetlejuice to Batman to Birdman to Burger Man, Michael Keaton is on a roll, an open sesame to Oscar contention with a big, beefy performance as Ray Kroc, the Big Mac and French Fries franchise robber baron.
Kroc was …
Try to fathom the Famous Five in adulthood, old grist to the Millennial mill of clap trap commerce as they embark on their modern adventure, FIVE GO ON A STRATEGY AWAY DAY.
On securing a new job with large multinational …
Thelma & Louise out of One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, LIKE CRAZY is, well, like crazy. Crazy good.
After busting out of Villa Biondi, a presumably secure psychiatric centre in the serene countryside of Italy, Beatrice, a delusional …
Educational fun – for some, that’s an oxymoron. So too word play. WORD HUNTERS TOP SECRET FILES turns an oxymoron into a tautology.
Nick Earls and Terry Whidborne’s book is a towering word trade centre, a bazaar for the …
Those who categorise Ken Loach films as bleak have the initiative of an echo.
Watch the first three minutes of his latest picture, I, DANIEL BLAKE and I defy you not to piss yourself laughing. And watch the last three …
Joselyn Jensen possesses a Greta Gerwig quality as Malorie, a student composer turned call girl in Stephan Littger’s beautifully observed film, HER COMPOSITION.
Neither tarty or tantalising, Malorie enters prostitution in a chance, matter of fact way so as to …
“I prayed for a bike and didn’t get one. So I stole a bike then prayed for forgiveness”.
This is the twisted logic of the devout, indoctrinated from infancy, it shows an infantile reasoning, born of the longing of a …
A love letter to the Lewis lunacy and legacy, JERRY LEWIS: THE MAN BEHIND THE CLOWN is a sixty minute salute to the rubber faced farceur and film maker.
The picture begins with a recorded quote from Lewis, “there are …