Like Crazy
From the very first glimpse of a rather grand Beatrice (Valerie Bruni Tedeschi) swooping through the grounds of the Villa Biondi clutching her parasol and dispensing instructions without a care in the world to everyone working away, you can sense that this is going to be a performance that should not be missed. However … Continue reading
Lion
Lion is such a highly emotional true life story about a 5 year boy who is accidentally separated from his family, is shipped overseas, but still never forgets his family, that it simply cannot fail to tug at the heartstrings of even the most cynical audience. Writer Luke Davies and director Garth Davis have deliberately vamped up … Continue reading
Little Men
When Jake’s grandfather Max dies, his parents Brian (Greg Kinnear) and Kathy (Jennifer Ehle) inherit his home in Brooklyn, and as the family are struggling financially, they chose to leave their apartment in Manhattan and move in. At the funeral 13 year old Jake (Theo Taplitz) encounters Tony (Michael Barbieri) who is the same age, and who is there … Continue reading
Little Women : Greta Gerwig’s feminist take on the story of the March Sisters
For her sophomore directing gig Greta Gerwig took an enormous gamble by putting her spin on Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel LIttle Women that has been universally beloved for the past 150 years since it was first published. Happily this adaption/reinterpretation is a sheer delight that not only will Miss Alcott’s loyal fans love, … Continue reading
Macbeth
Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel’s starts his awe-inspiring take on Shakespeare’s most violent tale of Macbeth on the battlefield on the mist-drenched Scottish heath that he stages dramatically like an epic, but bloody opera. It sets the pace for what turns out to be one of the most enthralling adaptions of the Bards work on the … Continue reading