It’s 1934, and LS “Laurie” Lowry’s debt-ridden father has been dead a few years. Laurie, rent collector by day and attic artist by night, is slowly paying those debts off, while still living at home with his belittling, bed-ridden mother Elizabeth. Adrian Noble’s film, adapted by Martyn Heasford from his own play, is a fascinating… Mrs Lowry & Son Read More
Velvet Buzzsaw 3.5 stars
Art See Devil is the suitably overblown anagram I managed to get out of Vetril Dease. He’s the mysterious dead artist whose haunted paintings drive this satire targeting the self-perpetuating greed of the art world. I may well have been seeing things that aren’t there, not unlike Morf Vandewalt (Jake Gyllenhaal) who starts noticing movement… Velvet Buzzsaw Read More
Tulip Fever Trailer Definitely NSFW… Unless You Work Somewhere Really Saucy
*** Check out my review of Tulip Fever *** …in which case gather round that conference table, order in a “working lunch” and get the big screen up. I’m a week late with this red band Tulip Fever trailer but I’m not too worried as the film is about THREE YEARS late, having been lying around,… Tulip Fever Trailer Definitely NSFW… Unless You Work Somewhere Really Saucy Read More