The French seem to have an expression or a saying for everything to do with having sexual relations especially, when it comes to extra-marital ones. In their daily routines there is a hazy two-hour window when the husband has left work and is on his way home and so his whereabouts can only be guessed. … Continue reading
Getting left behind by your Army platoon when you go on a dangerous military mission is not exactly a novel idea in the movies, but this new version with rising star Jack O’Connell, this feature debut from TV director Yann Demange is certainly one of the best. Set in Belfast, Northern Ireland in the height of … Continue reading
Abel Morales wants to pursue the ‘American dream’ the right way. However his pushy wife Anna thinks otherwise. She is the daughter of the Brooklyn mobster who sold his small Heating Oil business to Morales in the first place, and Anna is well aware that if they are to be successful they will first have … Continue reading
In Dutch filmmaker Anton Corbijn’s take on John le Carré’s spy thriller we are very much aware of who ‘the most wanted man’ is, but like Gunther Bachmann, a German Intelligence Officer in Hamburg, we never know why he has earned this title. Gunther is very much the ‘good man’ in this intricate web of international spy/terrorist … Continue reading
Five years ago Ari Seth Cohen took to the streets of Manhattan armed with his camera looking for old ladies. Not just any elderly dears but photographing fashionable women in their ’70’s, ’80s and beyond having being inspired by his own grandmother who made him appreciate senior style icons who life live to the fullest. … Continue reading