Enough Said review
Enough Said will, perhaps, be somewhat overshadowed by the sad passing of the film’s male lead, James Gandolfini, but Nicole Holofcener’s latest is a breezy, sun drenched, fun LA comedy of the highest order. One is quickly consumed by the warm and witty humour and charm of Enough Said and it’s perhaps only upon looking … Read more
Abuse of Weakness review
Any interest I found in Abuse of Weakness – aside from being impressed yet again by how remarkable an actress Isabelle Huppert is – derived from knowledge I took into the film of similarities between the events depicted and to things that actually happened to director Catherine Breillat. This sort of contextual interest is an … Read more
Hirokazu Koreeda interview for Like Father, Like Son
Hirokazu Koreeda’s sublime Like Father, Like Son premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year and won the Jury Prize. It was one of my favourite films of the festival and I was lucky enough to see it again at the London Film Festival this week. I was also lucky enough to speak to … Read more
At Berkeley review
Frederick Wiseman’s four hour documentary on the University of Berkeley is an outstanding achievement in the peeling back of multiple layers. A masterpiece in telling a story through documentary filmmaking in a way in which the text becomes richer and more absorbing as we find ourselves more and more involved in the machinations and minutiae … Read more