Film
The Royal Hotel is a slow-building mystery thriller about two female backpackers who find themselves at the mercy of Aussie men at their worst after taking a holiday job behind the bar of an Outback watering hole, in Australian film-maker Kitty “The Assistant” Green’s second feature-length assault on toxic masculinity.
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone
Screenplay: Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese.
Running time: 206 minutes.
I confess I had some apprehension over its length, but Killers Of The Flower Moon is well worth the numb bum. And we can surely expect Oscar nominations for the three principals – De Niro, DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone – as well as Scorsese himself.
Like most of us, I imagine, I spent a lot of time watching the telly over the course of this year. These were my favourites and I think they demonstrate pretty clearly why anyone who wants to “defund the BBC” is an idiot.
RIP Ray Liotta (1954-2022)
27th May 2022 · Film
Ray Liotta (1954-2022)
Farewell then Henry Hill from Goodfellas, one of the screen’s immortal creations.
I only met Ray Liotta once, at the Golden Globes in 2003, and I made a bit of a fool of myself. (more…)
A member of the audience died when I went to see Endgame at the Old Vic. And the show really did go on… more’s the pity. (more…)
Céline Sciamma’s Portrait Of A Lady On Fire is not just a film about love and desire, but a film about art – and the symbiosis between subject and painter. (more…)
