Buy Damsels in Distress and Do the Sambola!
Damsels in Distress in out today on DVD in the UK and I can highly recommend picking yourself up a copy. I first saw the film when it played as the surprise screening at the London Film Festival and I fell head over heels for it, practically skipping out of the cinema and down the street. The film is something of an acquired taste but if it … Read more
Charles Bukowski 1920-1994
One of America’s greatest writers. Born 92 years ago today. so you want to be a writer by Charles Bukowski if it doesn’t come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it. unless it comes unasked out of your heart and your mind and your mouth and your gut, don’t do it. … Read more
The Expendables 2 Review
One thing that becomes crystal clear when watching Inferno, the feature-length John Herzfield documentary on the making of the first Expendables film, is that star, director and co-writer Sylvester Stallone is very, very serious about The Expendables. Regardless of what ultimately appeared on cinema screens in the summer of 2010, Stallone’s intention was to make something special, … Read more
Le Amiche Review
In contrast to the solo protagonist and resolutely singular narrative of La Signora Senza Camelie, Antonioni’s Le Amiche presents us with a group of women living and working in Turin and a loose structure punctuated by laid back scenes and eruptions of emotion. The title loosely means ‘The Girlfriends’, although an Italian friend informs me … Read more