Behind The Candelabra was deemed ‘too gay’ for Hollywood, yet charmed the spandex off the Cannes crowd. Could this be the best bromance film ever? With the flamboyance to make Lady Gaga look like Kate Middleton, Valentino Liberace was once the world’s highest-paid entertainer. A walking contradiction, the pianist and vocalist embraced all spectrums of camp … Continue reading
The much-publicised story of a bunch of misguided teens that went around robbing celebrity mansions soon became the footnote of hero worship gone wrong and gave director Sophia Coppola a good reason to revisit her cinematic roots. These well-to-do Californian brats went one further than romanticising about the A-lister life via glossy magazines, and decided … Continue reading
Maybe, when I’m retired, divorced, have kids who are divorced and have enough time on my hands to try tantric sex for nine hours without thinking ‘I must hang up the washing’ , things that mean everything now, will mean nothing then. Maybe, in my Tenna Lady years, I’ll breeze over the fact my partner … Continue reading
Not the kind of person that goes on a tacky chat show to discover if you share your DNA with the milkman? Make like Oscar-nominated Sarah Polley (Take This Waltz director) and make a very classy documentary about it instead. Stories We Tell starts as one woman’s sympathetic inquiry into discovering if the guy she … Continue reading
I want to love the idea of outdoor screenings, really I do. Oh the joyous time I’ll have, sipping a cocktail from a marmalade jar as I watch a classic unfold on to a massive blanket on a barge. Only the twinkling of the moon and maybe the shuffle of someone’s wasabi popcorn can momentarily interrupt the … Continue reading
The concept of celebrity is having a bad day. It’s being snapped with no make-up, a bag of white powder and with a camera lens that’s so far up its skirt it could provide a smear test. Nothing new to see here but again the Warhols of contemporary cinema are painting a grubby picture of … Continue reading
From a screening of The Passion of Joan of Arc in a Cathedral accompanied by a live score, to Joan Collins’ movie Empire of the Ants (so bad it’s rad) hosted by Joan Collins herself….*, Birmingham’s Flatpack film festival is nothing short of excellently eclectic. Contrary to the title, there’s no Ikea furniture in sight. … Continue reading
Disney may not be the first place you’d go to when looking for an empowering female character, but Oz The Great And The Powerful shafts any progress it may have made with Brave right off the yellow brick road. It’s a shame that the 1939 version of Wizard Of Oz, with its main female lead … Continue reading
I’m not yet 40 but any reservations I had about hitting that milestone age have been reassured by this film. If, when I waltz into my fourth decade I have a husband with mojito green eyes, a full head of hair, a job, initiative to knock back Viagra and the ability to deposit excrement that … Continue reading
Robot? That lasagna was divine. Now, when you’re done with the washing-up I need you to write a review for this film. There’s a good chap. Ok, so that may be a bit far fetched (robot hands don’t have nimble enough fingers. Yet) but this depiction of how our metallic mates could be our babysitters … Continue reading
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