When John is not goofing off with his best friend Shane, he is driving his taxi around some of the more seedier downtrodden neighborhoods on the fringes of Dublin looking for fares. Pickings are slim and he pleads with his boss to give him more shifts to make ends meet. He needs the money to … Continue reading
The real-life story of Hollywood back-room couple Harold and Lillian Michelson is the sort of stuff that movies used to be made of. It’s a good old-fashioned true romance made more appealing by the fact that there were such a couple of really such likable people. They were both happy enough being together and just … Continue reading
Retired school teacher Carol Peterson has been widowed 20 years but it isn’t until her pet dog gets sick and has to be put down that she realizes how lonely she really is. True she has her three best girlfriends who she plays cards with and gossips when sipping countless glasses of chardonnay (with little visible effect) … Continue reading
If you have ever had the slightest impression that generally Austrians can be rather a dour lot, particularly the older generations, then you won’t be at all shocked to meet the ones that filmmaker Ulrich Seidl persuaded to show what they get up to in their own basements. We never really learn if he went out … Continue reading
Triple Oscar Winning actress Ingrid Bergman was an extraordinary iconic movie star who defied both the Hollywood studio system and a rather puritanical press and society to lead the life that she wanted, regardless of the consequences. This new highly intimate look at Sweden’s most famous actress (after Garbo), based on Bergman’s own diaries, home … Continue reading