See cinema differently
Year: 1998 Director: John McNaughton Stars: Denise Richards, Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon It'd be easy to besmirch the latter day career of Denise Richards, whose reality TV persona often feels like a warped mirror image of the kinds of roles she was nabbing in her late '90s heyday. But while she's never been the greatest …
Director: Wes Anderson Stars: Bill Murray, Lyna Khoudri, Léa Seydoux I'm a sucker for the tangible and the tactile. A wardrobe in my bedroom is given over to physical media - rows of boutique blu-rays - and there are vinyl records... everywhere. Similarly, I'm far more inclined to delve into a deep-dive article in print …
Director: Sofia Coppola Stars: Rashida Jones, Marlon Wayans, Bill Murray During the rounds for The Beguiled, the whiteness of Sofia Coppola's cinema became part of The Discourse. Though persons of colour have played minor or supporting roles here and there in her work, it was fair criticism - especially considering that film's setting - and …
Director: Jon Favreau Stars: Neel Sethi, Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson I usually try to get these seen and written as close to release as possible. It's more useful for everyone, right? Yet, when it came to Jon Favreau's remix of The Jungle Book, I found that my usual get-up-and-go had got-up-and-gone. I think the reasons for …
Year: 2003 Director: Sofia Coppola Stars: Bill Murray (Bob Harris), Scarlett Johansson (Charlotte), Giovanni Ribisi (John), Catherine Lambert (Jazz Singer), Anna Faris (Kelly), Fumihiro Hayashi (Charlie Brown). Genre: Romance Lost In Translation saw me fall in love with two women. Allow me to try to organise my thoughts on how to express these binding affections, which have grown and …
Director: Wes Anderson Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, F. Murray Abraham The Grand Budapest Hotel is the latest film from that gentleman of American cinema Wes Anderson. His is the dapper sensibility that has previously brought us the immense pleasures of Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, and most recently the popular Moonrise Kingdom. Of all of the auteurs presently …
Director: Wes Anderson Stars: Edward Norton, Jared Gilman, Frances McDormand ***originally written 27 May 2012*** You can tell a Wes Anderson film a mile and a half away. Make that 2 miles. Make that 9. More-so than any of his peers, Anderson has created and maintained such a strong visual style as to have almost …
The Lost Highway Hotel 