Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.
EXPOSED has been rated R and one of the reasons is Bunny Love will have you in the palm of her….
Beth B’s explosive burlesque documentary has received an R 18+ from the Classification Board, which is not surprising given …
Exhilarating and enthralling, RUSH (M) sees a return to form from director Ron Howard.
From the pen of the biopic go to man, Peter Morgan, screenwriter of The Queen, The Last King of Scotland and Frost/Nixon, this is the story …
“Don’t forget to breathe” Chuck instructs his new bride Linda as she fellates him. His coaching and her natural talent created a phenomenon in the persona of Linda Lovelace, infamous star of the landmark porn flick, Deep Throat.
Directors Rob …
LIGHTNING by Felicity Volk (Picador)is an astonishing debut novel boasting pure, perfect crystalline prose, a prodigious intellect, and a propensity of storytelling talent and technique.
In Scheherezade style, Volk beguiles her reader with stories hewn from folk tale and begat …
Ben Brooks’ book LOLITO (Canongate) is puppy love in the age of porno and chat rooms, a brilliant blend of puberty blues and bravado, cut with vulnerability.
Unlike the predatory pedophilia that permeates TAMPA, LOLITO is a lovely, laugh out …
The National Film Board of Canada was my entree into documentary. Their logo before a movie made an educational film an entertaining and engaging experience rather than the dull and dusty equivalents from Australia or the UK. Decades later they …
J D Salinger never had a chance. Born of a Jewish father and Catholic mother it was a gilt edged invitation to guilt edged rebellion. With Papa a purveyor of Cheeses and Mama a disciple of Jesus, young Jerry spurned …
After the frothy cappuccino and gelato confection of TO ROME WITH LOVE, BLUE JASMINE (M), the sumptuous main course destined to be among the great Woody Allen films.
Ostensibly set in San Francisco, it’s the riches to rags story of …
Who put the ha in hahahaha? FRANCES HA, that’s who.This teeth stroking, funny bone fondling film is the creation of writer actress Greta Gerwig and writer director Noah Baumbach.
They worked together before on the horribly underrated GREENBERG whose similarity …
If ever there was a film made for anyone whose mantra is Thank God for Red Wine then it’s RED OBSESSION (PG).
Combining his passions for pictures and plonk, writer/director/producer Warwick Ross has made a vintage documentary to savour.
Apart …