The Allen way
Woody Allen has made a film nearly every year in the four decades since the release of the award-winning Annie…
The Allen way
Woody Allen has made a film nearly every year in the four decades since the release of the award-winning Annie…
Good clean fun
I once forced some pals on a skiing holiday to spend an afternoon off the slopes watching Chalet Girl. Suffice…
Fashion faux pas
‘I’m pretty sure there’s a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good-looking,’ said a pouty Derek Zoolander…
High and mighty
‘Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side,’ sang Miley Cyrus. ‘It’s the climb.’ She’s not usually a musician to…
The son also rises
The day before I’m due to meet Ferdinand Kingsley, actor son of Sir Ben, he sends me a message to…
The son also rises
The day before I’m due to meet Ferdinand Kingsley, actor son of Sir Ben, he sends me a message to…
Home viewing
Venice may be the oldest film festival in the world but it is still breaking new ground. This week film-lovers…
Home viewing
Venice may be the oldest film festival in the world but it is still breaking new ground. This week film-lovers…
Voyeurs all
Standing enthusiastically by as a naked man writhes in agony might not be everyone’s cup of tea. But this is…
Voyeurs all
Standing enthusiastically by as a naked man writhes in agony might not be everyone’s cup of tea. But this is…
Selling secrecy
In the ‘psychotherapy ward’ of a secret venue somewhere in east London, watercolour portraits of troubled male faces line the…
Selling secrecy
In the ‘psychotherapy ward’ of a secret venue somewhere in east London, watercolour portraits of troubled male faces line the…
21st-century Disney
When, in 1940, Walt Disney released Fantasia, his radical arrangement of animations set to classical music, he fancied that he…
21st-century Disney
When, in 1940, Walt Disney released Fantasia, his radical arrangement of animations set to classical music, he fancied that he…
Wheels of change
Bicycles can be powerful images in cinema. Like the 1948 masterpiece Ladri di Biciclette, Wadjda, the first film ever to…
Wheels of change
Bicycles can be powerful images in cinema. Like the 1948 masterpiece Ladri di Biciclette, Wadjda, the first film ever to…