WINNIE MANDELA
With its opening shots dramatically sweeping over the sun-drenched plains accompanied by the lush sounds of a symphony orchestra you can be forgiven for thinking that you are about to see an African ‘Sound of Music’ rather than the tale of the poor tribeswoman who would end up marrying one on the most famous men … Continue reading
Winter Sleep
Turkish auteur filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest masterful epic is set in the steppes of Cappadocia on the desolate plains of Anatolia, which are heart-stoppingly beautiful. Some of the ancient caves carved into the side of this mountainous terrain have been converted into a Hotel by Aydin, a local landowner retired from acting. It’s the … Continue reading
WISH I WAS HERE
Aiden is evidently a very lousy actor. He’s so bad that even though he lives in L.A. he hasn’t managed to score even a bit-part role for some years now. He does insist though that he must ‘follow his dream’ and selfishly refuses to give up even though his nearest and dearest must pick up … Continue reading
WISHFUL DRINKING
This is Carrie Fisher’s take on own her life to date: highly edited and mined deeply to extort as many laughs as she can from stories that must have seemed anything but funny when it actually happened. The daughter of movie star Debbie Reynolds and hit crooner Eddie Fisher whose traumatic marriage, divorce and re-marriages … Continue reading
Woman In Gold
Maria Altmann has been living in California since she and her late husband managed to flee from Austria when World War 2 started. Now that her sister has just died Maria has uncovered several documents concerning all the art and other valuables that the Nazis had looted from their family home. One of them was … Continue reading