Are you being unnerved? There’s always been something creepy and a feeling of being stuck in a time warp about going through department stores. They are the cockroaches of the high street: nothing, but nothing,can kill them: not influencers, fashion blogs, or even ordering online. Still they stand, an uncanny relic of the past, stoic,Continue reading “Film Review: In Fabric (2019)”
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Film Review: Lisa Frankenstein (2024)
Jesus And Mary Chain, neon pink, Bauhaus poster, set of hair crimpers and a novelty telephone means we’re firmly in the 1980s, in a teen horror comedy. But this is penned by Diablo Cody, so it’s much smarter than your average ‘American Graffiti Risky Time Machine Scream’. In actual fact, it’s more like ‘Sexy Beetlejuice’.Continue reading “Film Review: Lisa Frankenstein (2024)”
Film Review: The Witch (2015)
Anya Taylor-Joy (above) as Thomasin and Kate Dickie (below) as her mother Kate. Robert Eggers doesn’t make conventional mainstream period films. Instead, like a spider spinning a complex, intricate web, the director creates moody pieces which mess with your subconscious state , unfurling at a stately pace. ‘The Witch’, set in the 1630s, has anContinue reading “Film Review: The Witch (2015)”
Film Review: The Substance (2024)
Coralie Fargeat’s horror film fights more than just the seven signs of ageing. Like a reverse Dorian Grey, Elisabeth Sparkle, an iconic aerobics instructor on TV (Demi Moore) is let go of by her sexist boss Harvey (Randy Quaid, hilarious and gross) for having the sheer audacity to simply age. Furious at being forced intoContinue reading “Film Review: The Substance (2024)”
Film Review: Late Night With The Devil (2023)
Who killed Mr Midnight? Well, the viewers, obviously. As once- popular seventies chat show host Jack Delroy’ s ratings slump, so, he needs to do something notorious to claw them back. A psychic, and sceptic conjurer based on James Randi should (literally) do the trick. David Dastmalchian excels as the obsequious Delroy: he’s classic sleazyContinue reading “Film Review: Late Night With The Devil (2023)”
Film Review: The Rolling Stones:Stones In Exile
Talk about first world problems. This insightful documentary from Stephen Kijak follows the (in)famous moment in rock history when The Stones were living as tax exiles in France in 1972, recording the classic, frankly brilliant ‘Exile On Main Street’ . Baked…and then there’s BAKED. Keef, chilling in the sun. In their fabulous interior at VilleContinue reading “Film Review: The Rolling Stones:Stones In Exile”
Film Review : Tar (2022)
Cate Blanchett gives an Oscar nominated performance as Lydia Tar, an *EGOT winning composer and conductor who is starting to spiral in real time. Written and directed by Todd Field,the film is an intense and claustrophobic study of genius, identity, cancel culture and the corrosive effects of social media. The camera acts effectively as aContinue reading “Film Review : Tar (2022)”
Film Review : Bardot
Quelle desastre! Alain Berliner’s documentary on Brigitte Bardot, which traces her turbulent childhood in a straitlaced Catholic family, to becoming the ultimate French sex siren, to animal rights activist living in La Madrague, St. Tropez in her dotage, is an utter hagiography. You’d think she walked on water. Rushing through her childhood , where weContinue reading “Film Review : Bardot”
Film Review: Gene Kelly-An American In Hollywood
Claudia Collao’s exuberant documentary on the great actor, dancer and film maker Gene Kelly looks at his rise to stardom, quest for innovation in all that he did, and above all, his egalitarian attitude that dance should be accessible to everyone, no matter where they came from. As someone who had grown up in hard-scrabbleContinue reading “Film Review: Gene Kelly-An American In Hollywood”
Film Review: God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
Mike Piscitelli and Mike Fleiss spent a few years on the road with the late Brummie rock legend Ozzy Osbourne while filming this excellent documentary. The insights they gleaned are eye-opening, to say the least, from vocal warm-ups and rituals, to paparazzi intrusion to the complete excess of a stadium band who created the blueprintContinue reading “Film Review: God Bless Ozzy Osbourne”
