Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.
WIDOWS, directed by Steve McQueen from a screenplay by Gone Girl novelist Gillian Flynn and Steve McQueen, is based on the U.K. television mini-series, Widows, written by Lynda La Plante.
Relocated from Eighties London, Widows is set in contemporary Chicago …
This is Christmas eye candy on a stick, a Disney confection that is what it is, doesnt try to be anything else, and succeeds on its own terms.
It has an attractive lead in Mackenzie Foy as Clara, the girl …
It was fun.
Those are the famous last words of Eric Idle’s sortabiography, ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE.
He’s talking about his life, of course, which has been a rollicking roller coaster since birth, born in the …
The word pantomime was adopted from the Latin word pantomimus, which in turn derives from the Greek word παντόμιμος (pantomimos), consisting of παντο- (panto-) meaning “all”, and μῖμος (mimos), meaning a dancer who acted all the roles or all the …
Its beginnings were as a race-winning seaplane in the 1920’s. In an era of wood and canvas biplanes, designer RJ Mitchell created a 400mph metal monoplane.
It was beautiful. A dream. But for all her good looks, it was a …
Charming Japanese film about a family of charlatans, SHOPLIFTERS pilfers the heartstrings perpetrating a blind eye to the larceny of these light fingered larrikins.
The opening scene sees mischievous patriarch Osamu joined by a young boy, Shota, nimbly nicking merchandise …
Robert Redford has career highlights playing lovable rogues – think Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting – and in THE OLD MAN AND A GUN he adds a final bow to this trend.
In THE OLD MAN …
Eerie and authentic, DRACUL is a full blooded prequel to Bram Stoker’s celebrated vampire novel, Dracula, impaled with impeccable heritage by being co-written by Dacre Stoker, the great grand nephew of Bram, manager of the Stoker Estate, and internationally recognised …
I can think of no better way to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the Armistice than to see director Saul Dibb’s poignant, powerful and perfectly rendered production of JOURNEY’S END.
Set in March, 1918, C-company arrives to take its turn …
A boy is literally Bible bashed in BOY ERASED, a coming of age and coming out story of the son of a Baptist pastor in Arkansas who is outed to his parents at age 19. Fearing a loss of family, …