Elle
The movie opens with such a shockingly brutal rape scene that stuns one into disbelief. Even knowing that it is helmed by Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven who directed the controversial Basic Instinct, and is based on a story by Phillipe Dijan the author of Betty Blue, still doesn’t quite prepare one for the fact that … Continue reading
Elle Fanning is captivating in THE GREAT : a Hulu original series
Why Russian Empress Catherine The Great should suddenly be in vogue is probably a mere coincidence. Helen Mirren received respectable reviews for her recent portrayal even though the series she starred in was so leaden and heavy work. Now Elle Fanning who is young enough to be Mirren’s ……. well, just lets say they … Continue reading
Every Brilliant Thing
Every Christmas Frank Capra’s 1946 classic movie It’s A Wonderful Life is dragged out for another airing on TV. Lest you have never seen it (!) its the story of George Bailey who is so depressed by the fact that everything is going wrong that he seriously contemplates taking his own life only to be … Continue reading
Everybody Knows …….Elizabeth Murray
Elizabeth Murray the subject of this fascinating documentary from Oscar nominated costume designer turned director Kristi Zea is an extraordinary artist that everyone should know, but sadly few outside the art world do. Hopefully after this very affectionate portrait of her finds the audience it so deserves, Murray will get some of the recognition … Continue reading
Fences
It’s always tough adapting a stage play into a movie even when the play in question is August Wilson’s Fences which in 1987 won both a Pulitzer and Tony for Best Play. Set in the 1950s, it is the sixth in Wilson’s ten-part circle which were all set in Pittsburgh and explore the evolving blue-collar African-American experience … Continue reading