comedy. drama
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
The wonderful thing about David O. Russell’s new movie is you are never quite sure what you are being served up. It’s the story of bipolar 30 something-year-old Patrick released prematurely from Mental Hospital by his doting mother and who now spends every moment of the day and night obsessing about getting his wife Nikki…
SMALL, BEAUTIFUL MOVING PARTS
Is actually a small beautiful movie even though it is essential not about a great deal. Sarah is a woman with an insatiable desire for tinkering with all manner of things driven by technology : its not just her job but also her passion. When one such gadget is a tiny pregnancy tester that turns…
LAURENCE ANYWAYS
Thirtysomething Laurence is a very successful and popular high school teacher, and loves his girlfriend Fred and their very full and happy life together in Montreal. Yet despite all that he has going for him he always has a perpetual nagging sensation that something is amiss. Deep down he has always really known that essentially he feels…
WHERE DO WE GO NOW?
If we believed Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki’s wonderfully preposterous concept that if all the villages in the Middle East were run by women there would by no conflicts or war at all. In this delightful satirical tale she actually has us believe that in one such case, it is more than feasible, it’s actually possible.…
