The idea of this film lurked on the periphery of my consciousness for quite a while before I got around to seeing it. The name of Greta Gerwig as a new force in feminist film-making around the release of Ladybird made me take a closer look. And eventually when her Little Women was first announced … Continue reading Frances Ha
Some interesting ideas in a very uneven package. Driver great as usual. Pryce also totally at home with Gilliam's bonkers script. Not as good as hoped for, but not terrible either. Seen early September 2020, deep in lockdown madness, which was apt. Decinemal Rating: 66
I have had my issues with Spike Lee as a filmmaker over the years. It always seemed like his next film was the most "important" one, and that he didn't make a film if it didn't have something to say about race and the oppression of African Americans. Which in itself is not a problem, … Continue reading BlacKkKlansman
To say I found this hard to watch could not be more understated. Any adult that has risked their whole life on a true love that runs its course and then fails must surely feel the same. It happens to most of us once or twice in a lifetime, and resonates forever. Such is the … Continue reading Marriage Story
It took me over a month to get around to seeing this last night at the cinema. Not because I didn't want to see the end of the new trilogy and say goodbye to it in style, but because I feared it just wouldn't be very good. Put simply, it isn't very good. Some parts, … Continue reading The Rise of Skywalker
The Wasteland 