Olivia Coleman – Hit The North

Overlooked Classics: Flowers (Series 1, 2016)

‘ You Don’t…Shoot… Family. Everyone knows that! “ Imagine if Wes Anderson made work that was manic depressive instead of…well, just manic. That’s halfway to understanding the delightfully warped, hermetically – sealed world of Flowers. Whitten by, directed by and starring Will Sharpe, the programme is wonderful, holding up well after nearly a decade, withContinue reading “Overlooked Classics: Flowers (Series 1, 2016)”

Film Review: The Favourite

Ooh, Yorgos Lanthimos and your batshit, genre -defying film oeuvre. Part Peter Greenaway, part Blackadder, The Favourite is another bonkers example of why his work resonates with so many people. Olivia Coleman is Queen Anne, the bratty, capricious monarch whose devotion only extends as far as her collection of rabbits. People mostly deserve contempt, andContinue reading “Film Review: The Favourite”