“An Accountant and a Novelist walk into a Hotel” — 28 Hotel Rooms (Ross, 2012)

Byrge (2012) writes in the Hollywood Reporter that ‘you expect to see subtitles when you view 28 Hotel Rooms: It’s the kind of mature relationship film that the French can do so well’. I TOTALLY… Continue reading

No judgement from me. I don’t care if Baz turns my favourite novel into a ‘beautiful little fool’. That’s all I need.

Oh My. This trailer’s got the BATH AND PEARLS scene. HOLY MOLY! If you don’t know it… there’s a part of the book where Jordan tells Nick of Daisy’s relationship with Gatsby in… Continue reading

Do YOU watch movies and television? You should watch these — The Hollywood Reporter Actor Roundtable

Bryan Cranston ‘Breaking Bad’, Kelsey Grammer ‘Boss’, Jon Hamm ‘Mad Men’, Peter Krause ‘Parenthood’, Damian Lewis ‘Homeland’ and Kiefer Sutherland ‘Touch’. Film directors Tom Hooper (‘The King’s Speech’), Lisa Cholodenko (‘The Kids Are… Continue reading

“Walkin’ in L.A…. Nobody walks in L.A.” — Nobody Walks (Russo-Young, 2012)

The sultry wild child who dominates Ry Russo-Young’s acutely acted Nobody Walks (2012) is a type of femme fatale more likely to be seen in French cinema than in American movies. When Martine… Continue reading

“Last night I ended up… smoking crack” — Smashed (Ponsoldt, 2012)

Hey y’all. Have you just come home from Future Music and the night out afterwards? I hope not. Ew. BUT, if you have…  I can almost guarantee you’re nursing a sweet hangover? Amiright?… Continue reading

“No one has given a more self-righteous monologue while wearing a trash bag” — Celeste & Jesse Forever (Krieger, 2012)

Look, let’s face it: Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012) is not great. It’s not fresh. It’s not groundbreaking. It is sweet. It is funny. It is shiny. But somehow it’s also real. Is… Continue reading

Not the festival, but really freaking great – Burning Man (Teplitzky, 2011)

British actor Matthew Goode  – Watchmen (2009) and  A Single Man (2009) –  gets a workout in Burning Man (2011). The film initially appears to be a character study about a prosperous but… Continue reading

Beautiful Brit Boys & Lynn Hirschberg – Eye Candy, Essentially.

Those who know me will attest that I have a thing for historical films. Particularly, period romances. Give me any version of Jane Eyre any day. Though, if you really know me, you’ll know… Continue reading

Why did we watch this while at the beach? – The Impossible (Bayona, 2012)

We’re currently on holidays (you know, a two-day, really-just-the-weekend kind of holiday). We’re at the idyllic Clareville Beach, on Pittwater. It’s divine. We spent the day at Whale Beach (not far from the… Continue reading

Got Time? Watch These – Lynn Hirschberg’s Screen Tests