Junn is a rather disgruntled 60-something year old Chinese woman who has been co-oreced against her will into moving into a care facility for Seniors by Kai her son. The opening scenes of this wee British drama see the unhappy mother berating her only child for her present predicament which is exasperated by the fact … Continue reading
Lily-Rose Depp for Chanel It has just been announced that Lily-Rose Melody Depp, the 16 year old daughter of actress Vanessa Paradis and a certain actor whose name she carries, is about to break … Continue reading
British drag queens, particularly those in the 1980/1990’s, always based their acts in their working class roots. Their humor was anarchic, fearless and overtly political especially when Margaret Thatcher was in power. One of the biggest stars of the time was Lily Savage the drag persona of Paul Grady an Irishman living in Liverpool. … Continue reading
I’m so immersed in catching the best of contemporary cinema that sometimes it makes a refreshing change to take a fresh look at a classic movie. This week I caught the newly restored ‘LIMELIGHT’ released for the first time on HD Digital at the newly restored Miami Beach Cinematheque. Two treats in one. This is … Continue reading
I was really drawn to this movie cos I wanted to see what I had missed out on way back then when I should have been one of the Party People. In the early ‘80’s as a Brit living in London when I did visit NY I did get to enter a very scary meatpacking … Continue reading