The Palme D’Or will go a long way towards a film’s success, once awarded; in the case of Blue Is The Warmest Colour, director Abdellatif Kechiche has indicated that he sees the honour awarded to his picture as the only way his film can succeed at all, in the wake of damaging comments from acclaimed … Continue reading Blue Is The Warmest Colour
Risky ventures are often the most rewarding; Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity, written with his brother Jonas, was not considered to be a sure-fire hit when its $105 million budget was approved by Warner Brothers. Now, however, after a triumphal spell in the US box office, it arrives in the UK having already doubled that initial figure, … Continue reading Gravity
Some stories simply have to be told; the harshness of life in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries enveloped thousands of ‘fallen women’ unable to live on their own economy, and each of them would have a story worth telling. That of Philomena Lee, however, has so many angles of ambiguity and poignancy that it stands out. The … Continue reading Philomena
