With all the hype around the release of Blade Runner 2049, everything and anything will have been said about Denis … More
Category: American
Funny, sensuous, heart-breaking, thought-provoking, international… BFI Flare 2017 was more diverse and exciting than ever
This year’s edition of the BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival, which took place 16th – 26th March 2017, offered … More
Moonlight (2017): the audacious, melancholy portrayal of a man who wasn’t allowed to be himself
Hailed as one of the first mainstream films about being a black gay man in today’s America, Moonlight by Barry … More
Californian women on the verge of a new century
Mike Mill’s light drama 20th Century Women explores the ups and downs of a peculiar group of women (and men) … More
La La Land: from whiplash to Hollywood smash
I first became acquainted with Damien Chazelle’s work through his short film Whiplash, shown at the London Film Festival in … More
Suddenly, I write about Suddenly, Last Summer by Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1959)
The human brain is a universe of its own. It encloses such unfathomable mysteries that modern science is only at … More
Pack your compass, Davy Crockett hat and favourite books. Moonrise Kingdom: to the rescue!
Isn’t it great when one of your favourite directors of the moment delivers a film that’s even more brilliant and … More
The Descendants haven’t gone down too well
As with other independent (or better said, “branded-as-independent”) movies mixing comedy and drama, “The Descendants” (2011) by Alexander Payne has … More
Will you have some more cobbler, bitch?
“Carnage”, Roman Polanski’s latest feature, offers a cringing insight into the animal within each of us, clumsily hiding under the … More
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