*** Read my review of the 2018 version of Suspiria *** Dario Argento’s 1977 classic is alternately a feast for the senses and an assault on them. Lurid, stylised, and inescapable, if it feels like that for us watching, imagine what it’s like for poor Suzy Bannion (Jessica Harper), new student at the famous German… Suspiria (1977) Read More
Johnny English Strikes Again 2.5 stars
Johnny English isn’t the only relic in MI7, brought in when a cyber attack on British Intelligence outs all serving agents and the floundering Prime Minister has to find someone to take on the case. His methods and props are just as retro: a red Aston Martin that does about 15 miles to the gallon,… Johnny English Strikes Again Read More
Mandy (London Film Festival) 4 stars
“Weird shit” says Caruthers, who lives in an isolated forest caravan, of the activities of a terrifying near-demonic biker gang that his friend Red is planning to track down and kill. It’s a good description of both the gang and gleefully bloodthirsty action-horror Mandy, though it doesn’t go far enough. To be honest I had no… Mandy (London Film Festival) Read More
A Star Is Born (2018) 4 stars
A Star Is Born isn’t a comedy but there are moments when hollow laughter is the only correct response. The downward-spiralling rock legend Jackson Maine, snorting coke before going on stage at a pharmacology industry event, is one such moment. We love stories in balance, so a simultaneous rags to riches / riches to rags… A Star Is Born (2018) Read More
A Star Is Born (1976) 3 stars
*** Looking for the 2018 version? Check out my review here *** The 1976 version of A Star Is Born is gloriously over the top, lurid, and both self-obsessed and superficial in its obsessions. But so am I, so it’s no surprise I am now developing rather a liking for it. This is the third movie… A Star Is Born (1976) Read More
The Guilty (London Film Festival) 4.5 stars
*** Check out my interview Jakob Cedergren, star of The Guilty *** “I have blood on my hands” says a character in the taut and dread-filled Danish thriller The Guilty over the phone, and it’s a chilling moment. We don’t see any of the fear or horrors that unfold in the movie, as all the dialogue –… The Guilty (London Film Festival) Read More
Assassination Nation (London Film Festival) 3.5 stars
Assassination Nation – a noisy, bloody allegory for modern society – may feel like being whacked over the head by a righteously raging My Little Pony, but it’s also hugely entertaining. One of the problems with fighting back against a resurgence like Trump’s is that eventually people just get bored. They know he’s awful already. You… Assassination Nation (London Film Festival) Read More
Rocketman Teaser: More Spangles Than A Misremembered ’70s Sweetshop
UPDATE 21 Feb 2019: Watch the second Rocketman trailer and featurette And rejoice (while singing Tiny Dancer) as for once a movie life story doesn’t have to lead to a Twitter pile-on about how to pronounce biopic. (Bio-pic? By-OHH-pic?) Because the upcoming Elton John film is being billed as a “true fantasy”. So instead let’s… Rocketman Teaser: More Spangles Than A Misremembered ’70s Sweetshop Read More
Holmes & Watson Trailer Is Certainly Elementary
UPDATE: Read my Holmes & Watson review now. Our queens have to put up with a lot when meeting the Great British Public, but Victoria’s audience with Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson at Buckingham Palace must stretch even her reserves of decorum to breaking point. She’s probably the only person who could maintain that blank… Holmes & Watson Trailer Is Certainly Elementary Read More
“Dusty & Me” Star Luke Newberry On Fitting In, Flares & “In The Flesh”
“Someone told me a quote about ‘being comfortable being uncomfortable’ and I think that was the best little nugget of advice I got” says Luke Newberry, about coping with the insecurity of an actor’s life. Though he went straight from drama school to filming Quartet, directed by Dustin Hoffman, then had a real introduction to… “Dusty & Me” Star Luke Newberry On Fitting In, Flares & “In The Flesh” Read More
The Gospel According To André 3.5 stars
Fashion, that most ephemeral thing, is to some akin to a religion, its best prophets dazzling us with catwalk collections that inspire devotion and reverence. Though genuine divinity too weaves through this documentary about icon André Leon Talley (already I’m co-opting the language of churches and saints). Talley – fashion writer, editor and expert on… The Gospel According To André Read More
Dusty & Me 2.5 stars
Dusty & Me is beautifully staged (it’s set in the 1970s, and looks of its time without being drenched in memorabilia), though one design element did grate. It was the Del Monte tinned fruit cocktail the family had for their tea one night, where I spotted a pink cherry in each bowl. No way did one… Dusty & Me Read More
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