Based on the bestselling novel by Joyce Carol Oates, Blonde boldly reimagines the life of Marilyn Monroe, one of Hollywood’s most enduring icons, exploring the split between her public and private selves From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, Blonde blurs the lines of fact and … Continue reading
Savannah Bloch ‘s feature film directing debut (which she also co-wrote with Colette Freedman) is an intriguing drama which requires us to be circumspect with our review to avoid giving away the major surprising plot twist. This is the story of Alyssa (Tania Nolan) a successful photographer who wakes up one morning to find … Continue reading
Agnieszka Holland’s biographical tale of a Czech herbal expert who makes a living diagnosing patients by their urine samples may not exactly be everyone’s cup of pee at first. However barely submerged within it is a commentary on the suffocating totalitarian regime it happens under and a pointed statement that supposedly absurd practices supported by … Continue reading
There is an awful lot of wandering about in the 1 hour and 15 mins of this Claude Chamis film and ultimately it leads nowhere. However Chamis almost manages to get away with it by a softly teasing appreciation of beauty that pulls the viewer in further and longer than a less discerning perspective … Continue reading
It seems like Steven Vasquez the director/writer/cinematographer/editor wants to corner the market in low-budget gay horror mystery movies the rate he is turning them out these days. This new one like his last recent one (Errodity) is essentially another piece of soft-core pornography but this time with an extended and tangled plot, and where the script is as … Continue reading