The Tale of an Icon of French New Wave : SEBERG
(press play before you start reading) Kristen Stewart is unquestionable an immensely talented actress, which is very fortunate for the filmmakers of SEBERG as she single-handedly has to make something out of their rather pedestrian biopic. It is based on the true story of Jean Seberg an American actress who became an Icon in … Continue reading
This Is Where I Leave You
The ‘leaving’ in the title of this rather frenetic comedy refers to death and divorce and a few other departures in between. Everybody in the Altman family has both issues and secrets and the set up for us (and them) to discover them all is when the patriarch dies and his widow (their mother) insists that … Continue reading
True Story
When the editors of The New York Times discovered that investigative journalist Michael Finkel had tinkered with the truth when he filed a report of modern day slavery in Africa they promptly fired him. Licking his wounds back home in Montana the disgraced reporter tried to kickstart his stalled career but he was shunned by everyone, … Continue reading
WHORES GLORY
It’s tough watching Michael Glawogger’s documentary without dwelling (possibly too much) on one’s own moral viewpoint on prostitution. I’m not sure why he made the film even, apart from the fact that the women were there plying their trade anyway so why shouldn’t he record this? And at the end of this voyeuristic viewing, … Continue reading
Why Him?
The first time Ned Fleming (Bryan Cranston) even knows that his 22 year old daughter Stephanie (Zoey Deutch) is dating is when she Skypes him in the middle of his 55th Birthday party to wish him happy birthday. He, and his party guests, catch much more than they bargained for when they spot Laird (James Franco) … Continue reading