by Martin | Feb 1, 2015 | movies, reviews
L FOR LEISURE The fact that people are nostalgic for the 90’s is beguilingly weird to me – I was there, and barely noticed them – but maybe this is why I enjoyed Whitney Horn and Lev Kalman’s goofy, dreamy, possibly inconsequential L For Leisure so...
by Martin | Jan 25, 2015 | movies, reviews
My interest in Polish director Walerian Borowczyck came about by accident. Back in the early 80’s I saw his 1971 film Blanche described in the Daily Mail’s TV listings as one of the most frightening ghost stories ever filmed – at any rate, this is...
by Martin | Jan 18, 2015 | movies, reviews
I settled down for this Kuchar Brothers double-bill at the BFI with three cushions (Christmas presents for Mum) in carrier bags, a burden bulky enough to suggest that I should have splashed out on another ticket. With an amused gay man on my left and Brian Sewell...
by Martin | Jan 18, 2015 | movies, reviews
My jaw dropped when I heard that divisive auteur Bruno Dumont’s next film would be a comedy about cops, and remained in that state throughout the three-hour plus length of the film (actually a four-part TV series, served up in a single showing at the London Film...
by Martin | Dec 7, 2014 | movies, reviews
METAMORPHOSES Christophe Honoré’s film is based on something I’ve not read – Ovid’s Metamorphoses – but no need to be alarmed: the stories are spelled out very clearly. Indeed, almost too clearly. The set-up is that Europa (Amira Akili) is a...
by Martin | Nov 16, 2014 | movies, reviews
When nervous maid Cynthia (Sidhe Babett Knudson) turns up at the mansion of entomologist Evelyn (Chiara D’Anna) our first impression – as she harshly calls into question Cynthia’s ability to wash knickers – is that Evelyn is an exacting, even cruel,...
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