When a movie starts out with a soundtrack that is more suitable for an hotel elevator, then it really doesn’t bode well for what is to follow. Even with a really talented cast that included Diane Lane, Alec Baldwin and veteran French actor Arnaud Viard, this debut feature film written and directed by Eleanor Coppola turned out to … Continue reading
A weary and desolate Angélique Litzenburger a 60 year old dance-club hostess and former stripper sits nursing yet another drink at the bar and declares to her younger co-workers ‘I was a superstar!’ The trouble is that although she is way past her prime, she is still partying as hard as she did in her youth it’s simply that … Continue reading
Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch’s latest movie unfolds in the calm overly slow pace that is essentially the director’s signature style, and which makes it something of a breath of fresh air these days when most movies seem to hurtle along at breakneck speed. This is the story of Patterson (Adam Driver) a very ordinary working man who … Continue reading
So often when you hear about the frantic bidding wars that burn the midnight oil at Sundance as studios scramble to sign up the latest over-hyped movie, it always ends in tears. Seems like every year when a new record price is paid the Studio then struggles to make a profit, and in the cases … Continue reading
For his very first film in English the acclaimed Spanish film auteur Pedro Almodovar directs Tilda Swinton in The Human Voice a short drama loosely based on a play by Jean Cocteau. It may be one of Almodovar shortest pieces shot in just 10 days last summer, but it is also one of … Continue reading