THE LIFE OF REILLY
The late great Charles Nelson Reilly had a tough start to life: a lobotomized aunt, an institutionalized father, a loud-mouth racist mother and he was the only gay kid on the block in the Bronx back in the 1940’s. Who would have guessed then that he would have ended up as Tony Winning Actor, acclaimed … Continue reading
THE LOOK
I was a little non-plussed when I started watching Angelina Maccarone’s new documentary on actress Charlotte Rampling as instead of the usual career review the movie was in 9 different sections each with an ominous sounding title such as ‘exposure’, ‘desire’, ‘beauty’, ‘resonance’, ‘death’, ‘love’ etc. with Ms. Rampling talking with an interesting array of … Continue reading
THE MILL AND THE CROSS
Polish director Lech Majewski’s narrative is the story of how Pieter Bruegel the Elder painted his masterpiece ‘The Way to Calvary’ in 1564. It relates of the painstaking way that Bruegel took with every minute detail of all the many characters and action that take place on his canvas. What few words are spoken are … Continue reading
THE OFF HOURS
It’s really tough trying to relate or warm to a movie where every character bar one is so depressed. and this is one such case even though it really is not a bad wee film. It’s set in a small town diner where Francine a bored young unmotivated waitress works the night shift. Business is … Continue reading
THE OTHER WOMAN
This is the second ‘indie’ movie in recent months about parent’s dealing with the death of a young child, and even though each starred an Oscar Winning Actress, both bombed at the Box Office. I’m not saying that this movie is as good as John Cameron-Mitchell’s excellent ‘Rabbit Hole’ (with Nicola Kidman), but even with … Continue reading