By Last Caress. In the late 1950's a collection of critics at the influential Cahiers du Cinéma magazine, tired of the stifling rules, traditions and long held conventions around which the moviemaking industry at large lay cowed and obedient, began putting their own radical theories about how to make films in
Todd Haynes’ (director of amongst other things, Far from Heaven, I’m Not There and Mildred Pierce) film Carol was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015, and attracted lots of distracting attention for the wrong reason. An interview with co-star, Cate Blanchett, was misconstrued. Had she or had she not
Some good friends recently handed me a bundle of DVDs they had inherited from a loved one who sadly passed away. I feel it’s my duty over the coming months to honour the gentleman’s impeccable taste in motion pictures by watching, reviewing and donating them to a charitable cause." Mr. Smith Goes To
In a community deep with tradition, change can be slow and painstaking. Warriors documents the frustrating battle of a group of young Maasai warriors as they fight to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) from their community, using only their words, experiences and
By Last Caress. "I'd like to strap you on sometime." - Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls Action. Drama. Comedy. Musical. Sex. Romance. Horror. Social commentary. Sections in a video store? Well, yes, probably. But they're also the many genres well represented in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (Meyer, 1970), arguably the
