• ROMANTIC’S ANONYMOUS

    One of the things I really liked about this quirky Gallic love story was that it was not about a flawlessly perfect beautiful young couple but rather about a painfully shy somewhat ordinary pair in their early/mid forties.  It’s the sweet (literally) tale of Angelique a talented chocolatier who is so introvert that any small…

  • Beasts of the Southern Wild

    Beasts of the Southern Wild

    This movie was unquestionably the biggest breakout hit of SUNDANCE 2012.   I will fess up that it hadn’t even entered my radar until  everyone (that I respected) at the Festival was raving about it, and so much so that the Organizers thankfully scheduled an extra P + I Screening so i could join a…

  • WUTHERING HEIGHTS

    The original idea behind this latest movie version (the 17th) of this much beloved romantic 19th Century novel was to give it a glam Hollywood treatment with stars like Natalie Portman and Michael Fassbinder attached to play the leads, but the moment that Brit director Andrea Arnold came on board it was inevitable that this…

  • YOUR SISTER’S SISTER

    This 4th feature film directed by Lynn Shelton (‘HUMPDAY’) tells the story of Jack who hasn’t recovered from the unexpected death of his brother, and one year on is still drifting aimlessly through life broke and without a job. His best friend Iris, who also happens to have once been his brother’s girlfriend, stages an ‘Intervention’ and insists…