Cannes: Party Girl review
Party Girl centres on the highly engaging Angelique (Angelique Litzenburger), a sixty year-old hostess working at a ‘cabaret’ club somewhere on the French-German border. Angelique doesn’t take to the stage and strip anymore, and she doesn’t seem to get much attention from the men in the club, but she does continue to get dressed up, put … Read more
Cannes: Mr. Turner review
Mike Leigh has turned his attention to JMW Turner in this entertaining and occasionally melancholic portrait of an artist in the later years of his career, and the autumn years of his life. Timothy Spall has created this unique take on Turner not only physically but also through a series of grunts and moans where the … Read more
Cannes: Timbuktu review
Timbuktu was a strong start to the competition here in Cannes, but not quite what one might expect.