dramady
Butterfly
Openly gay Argentinian filmmaker Marco Berger’s movies are always such a joy to watch and this new one that he premiered at the Berlinale early this year is no exception. As usual the story is steeped in sexual awakenings of his young characters, but for once the central couple are actually heterosexual, although there is…
People You May Know
The title of this new (mostly) American dramedy from Spanish filmmaker J.C. Falcón is taken from FaceBook which frequently proffers up suggestions of new friends. In this instance it serves as means to tell Joe (Sean Mather) the protagonist, that he has been ‘catfished’ : the delightful term for someone who has been lured into a relationship by…
Burnt
In this new mouth watering movie from the Weinstein Company there are three things that are hot. The food, the tempers and the star Bradley Cooper. It’s not the first time he has tried his hand at playing a temperamental master chef: back in 2005 he was in the very short-lived Fox TV series ‘Kitchen Confidential’…
Portrait of A Serial Monogamist
There is nothing more sadistically funny than watching the opening scenes of a movie witnessing the protagonist dumping her girlfriend of five years. She is just the last new recruit into the ever expanding group of ‘exes’ that Elsie has managed to accumulate over the years. In fact Elsie is so experienced at the whole…
