TAKE THIS WALTZ
Even when you observe the relationships in this movie close up they are not what they appear to be on the surface. Margot a 28-year-old freelance travel writer lives in a colorful cluttered house in the Little Portugal area in Toronto with Lou her husband of 5 years. They are very affectionate and loving towards … Continue reading
TAMARA DREW
In a picture-book setting of an idyllic Devonshire Farmhouse a group of middle-aged misfits gather in a writer’s retreat hoping to emulate their host and write a best selling novel of their own. The published author is a misogynist prig and so his saintly put-on wife is kept busy keeping both their house and their … Continue reading
Tea With The Dames
Made for BBC’s TV august arts program ARENA earlier this year, this piece of sheer cinematic joy has had its name tweaked (for some inexplicable reason) and now courtesy of IFC Films is heading to selected movie US movie theaters this Fall. The new title is a tad misleading as these four of the … Continue reading
TEDDY BEAR
This is the story of Dennis a middle-aged pumped up 6′ 5″ bodybuilder who weighs in at 305 lbs but still lives at home with his diminutive shrew of a mother who bullies him like mad. After Dennis’s old Uncle marries his new young Thai bride it sets him off thinking that he too may … Continue reading
TELSTAR
In the 1960’s when Phil Spector ruled American pop music, we Brits crowned Joe Meek as our king. They were both very similar people. Flamboyant eccentrics bordering on insane monsters and complete control freaks dependent on heavy drug use and exploiting young unknown talents, they were geniuses nonetheless. We learn in this intriguing bio-pic of … Continue reading