2017

  • A Very English Scandal

    A Very English Scandal

    It would be A Very English Scandal if Hugh Grant used to be the ex-lover of every one’s favorite openly gay actor Ben Wishaw.  BUT this is fiction and although it is based on real life, it’s not their story but that of the ‘straight’ married Liberal party leader Jeremy Thorpe.  He was charged with…

  • Faces Places

    Faces Places

    The 88 year old Belgian auteur Agnes Varda maybe losing her sight but it is very clear from her awe-inspiring new film FACES PLACES that she hasn’t lost any of her legendary vision. For once she has teamed up with another photographer called JR who is a French hipster visual artist who has established an…

  • West End Bares Too

    West End Bares Too

      We have always been big fans of the work of Broadway Cares not just because of all they have done over the years to help fight AIDS, but we must confess also because so many dancers and actors are happy to bare all for the Cause. However we had never realized that this trend…

  • Last Days In Havana

    Last Days In Havana

    This somewhat depressing Cuban 0dd-couple tale takes part in a dilapidated  Havana neighborhood where time has stood still and where both the fabric of the buildings and life in general struggle to survive. The rather dour-looking 50 year old Miguel (Patricio Wood) ekes out a living as a dishwasher at a cafe by day, and…