Of the many and varied responses to the news that a Morrissey biopic was being made, probably the most salient can be summed up thus: “Oh no, please don’t encourage him”. Because Morrissey’s real-life story has...
Read MoreIt was with some anxiety that I entered the cinema to watch One More Time With Feeling. I’d never felt nerves prior to a film before. When you’re a fan of an artist and their work means so much to you, it gives you...
Read MoreIn any given cinematic year, there’s an unpredictable, uneven batch of releases. It includes the usual disappointing and seemingly endless quagmire of superheroes from a culturally bankrupt Hollywood, piss-poor rom-coms...
Read MoreIn boldly reimagining the life of Emily Brontë, Frances O’Connor’s directorial debut Emily pours scorn on the notion of Emily as a sickly recluse. Instead, the film shows the Wuthering Heights author as a rebellious misfit whose...
Read MoreI saw that video recently with Dustin Hoffman crying over how Tootsie made him realise that women who aren’t deemed beautiful (by him and thus by everyone) are sometimes more interesting to talk to. He was saying that, before...
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