The Dirty Dozen
Hm, the January blues. It’s enough to make you want to curl up inside a darkened room. Which is fortunate, as there were so many great films in 2011, there’s a lot of catching up to do. Most shamefully, I missed out on Lars von Trier’s Melancholia, and perhaps most painfully, Gianni Di Gregorio’s follow-up [...]
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Eleven in 2011
January 5th, 2012 No Comments
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Film Review: Potiche (2010)
June 20th, 2011 Comments Off
A return to form for François Ozon, Potiche is a melting pot of satire, farce and high camp with a sprinkling of stardust.
Potiche
CAUTION: Here be spoilers
More Than A Woman by Mark Wilshin
After the overblown kitsch of Angel and the underplayed emancipation drama of Le Refuge, François Ozon is back on top form with Potiche, a [...]
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Film Review: Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009)
August 2nd, 2010 No Comments
As a passionate affair between two 20th century icons, Jan Kounen’s Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky is a perfumed symphony of style. But where are the heart notes?
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Notes On A Scandal by Mark Wilshin
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Like the famous mirrored stairway in the apartment above the fashion house’s flagship store on rue Cambon, [...]
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Film Review: The Girl On The Train / La Fille du RER (2009)
June 2nd, 2010 No Comments
The Girl On The Train
André Techiné’s The Girl On The Train is not so much an exploration of modern antisemitism as a cumulation of our collective fears. Just mind the moral gap.
Strangers On A Train by Mark Wilshin
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Almost an octogenarian, it’s astounding that André Techiné is so good at portraying youth. But time and again [...]
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Film Review: The Nine Muses (2010)
Film Review: Shame (2011)
Eleven in 2011
Film Review: Mysteries Of Lisbon / Mistérios de Lisboa (2010)
Film Review: The Artist / L'Artiste (2011)
Film Review: Las Acacias (2011)
Film Review: We Have A Pope / Habemus Papam (2011)
Film Review: Take Shelter (2011)