City Visions: A season of films, talks and debates exploring modern cities around the world Barbican Cinema, Barbican Centre, UK barbican.org.uk/film Box Office 0845 120 7527 Thu 25 Sep – Wed 8 Oct 2014 Urban life and modern cities across the globe are richly depicted in City Visions (25 September to 8 October), a season […]
Not casting the cinematic net too far back, here Coppola’s exploring her usual themes of celebrity and childhood, in a beautifully shot and slow-paced wander through the famous walls of the Chateau Marmont. At time of release there was a lot of fuss about Drive, and oddly there are comparisons with these films – setting […]
Keira Knightly is singing. In a film. Yes, you heard right. “Begin Again” sees her venture onstage, mic in hand, playing Gretta, songwriting partner to her onscreen love interest Dave, played by Adam Levine. The college sweethearts decamp to New York chasing Dave’s chance with a major label deal, but the trappings of fame prove […]
This colourful 2009 documentary explores the world of Valentino Garavani, his business and his relationship with his business partner Giancarlo Giammetti in the run up to the 2006 Spring/Summer Collection in Paris. It also reflects on the changes in the fashion industry and how these effect the designers. But the stars of the show are […]
One of the best films we saw last year was the, ahem, beautiful, The Great Beauty. Full of breathtaking shots, the existential masterpiece had us looking through Sorrentino’s back catalogue, and his 2004 film The Consequences of Love certainly stands out as a peerless and nerve-shredding stylistic triumph.
It won’t have escaped your notice that the festive season is upon us, and even the Scroogiest of Scrooges can’t deny the magnitude of the Christmas film..
Woody Allen’s return to form has uncharacteristically few laughs as we wade through Jasmine’s miserable descent from riches to rags. Expectations of the levity of Midnight in Paris and You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger will be confronted with a slow building and heavy existential meltdown. Cate Blanchett does the self deception and […]
