I did promise a review of the much-anticipated Marie Antoinette and I will be discussing it at length here so please AVERT EYES if you wish to be taken by surprise come October when it gets released in the US (or February in the UK – there was NO friggin’ way I was going to… Continue reading Marie Antoinette: A Right Little Madam
Category: Film
Great Green Expectations
The other night, I caught Alfonso Cuaron’s modern day of adaptation of Great Expectations starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Ethan Hawke on TV. I remember this film getting panned all round probably because of the weak script but I actually rather loved it. It has an amazing score by Patrick Doyle, and just the most lush… Continue reading Great Green Expectations
Highschool Femme Fatale
I have been cajoling people to go and see the film Brick ever since I saw it two weeks ago so much so I’ve taken to sticking Brick postcards up on the office kitchen fridge. For those who haven’t seen it, it’s Rian Johnson’s debut feature film, a bravely styled murder mystery set in modern… Continue reading Highschool Femme Fatale
Model Behaviour
On Monday, it was Fashion in Film night again and I just wanted to note a few observations about Robert Wiseman’s 1980 documentary Model about the ins and outs of model agency Zoli in New York. What differentiates this documentary from so many others that seemingly try to present reality, is its cool, subjective style. … Continue reading Model Behaviour