5 min movie guide
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THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Wes Anderson’s latest extravagant cornucopia of cinematic delight is a visual overload that as it’s multi-layers are unpeeled, bombards one with such glorious minute detail at a frenetic pace one that there are times when you cannot fail to be dizzy with glee. Partly inspired by the works of Stefan Zelig a Austrian Jew who was one…
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LIFE ITSELF
There are very rare occasions when the somewhat jaded and sceptical Press and Movie Industry audience at the Sundance Film Festival are ever moved to tears. The genuine kind that is. The screening of this highly emotional documentary to a venerated member of the clan was one such occasion, and I swear at one time…
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS @ Sundance
Jeff and Kelly are trying are trying to do a balancing act juggling their freelance careers whilst bringing up their 2 year old son Jude. Its slightly off kilter right now as Jeff is managing to work on pre-production of his next movie, but Kelly has got writers block since she completed her first book so…
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THE MAID
Raquel has been the live-in Maid at the home of a wealthy middle class family in Santiago, Chile for the past 20 years. Pilar, her very p.c. employer insists on claiming that Raquel is one of the family, but she’s obviously not. In the opening sequence we see everyone somewhat reluctantly celebrating her birthday in…
