Andrew Hebden @ BFI Film Fest London reviews KAJILLIONAIRE
While we suspect the success of Bong Joon-ho’s satirical Parasite made this odd story of a family of grifters an easier sell to its Executive Producer Brad Pitt we are glad to report that Miranda July’s Kajillionaire quickly sets its own glorious course tearing apart the nuances of sentiment rather than the notions of … Continue reading
Andrew Hebden reviews Spectrum : a queer anthology of Manchester’s Canal Street
Social bubbles are all the rage this week with the announcement from the UK Prime Minister that lonely, single person households can now mingle with one other without risking a visit from the coronavirus popo. Spectrum, directed by Kieron Moore, Abigail Henry and Christopher Bowles is on a similar social theme. In the gay … Continue reading
Andrew Hebden reviews the urine trouble in Agnieszka Holland’s CHARLATAN
Agnieszka Holland’s biographical tale of a Czech herbal expert who makes a living diagnosing patients by their urine samples may not exactly be everyone’s cup of pee at first. However barely submerged within it is a commentary on the suffocating totalitarian regime it happens under and a pointed statement that supposedly absurd practices supported by … Continue reading
Andrew Hebden reviews The Wanderings of Ivan : from begging and theft to thuggery.
There is an awful lot of wandering about in the 1 hour and 15 mins of this Claude Chamis film and ultimately it leads nowhere. However Chamis almost manages to get away with it by a softly teasing appreciation of beauty that pulls the viewer in further and longer than a less discerning perspective … Continue reading
Andrew Scott’s multi-award winning one-man VANYA for London’s National Theatre is now a movie
Everyone’s favorite queer Irish actor ANDREW SCOTT played every part in his take of Checkov’s Vanya turning it into a one-man show. That was a herculean task, one that required him to shape-shift as he assumed male and female parts over a wide range of ages and backgrounds. . For performance in the … Continue reading