Questionable conduct? It’s a question that will probably haunt the German people forever – who knew? How much did they know? And how many of them turned a blind eye to the horrors of the Holocaust? These are the questions at the heart of ‘based on a true story’ Taking Sides (2001) by István Szabó ...
Riveting Revolution And another new recruit arrives at Picturenose Towers – young John Tennant of Brussels opens his innings with a look at one of the great accounts of the French Revolution, Danton (1983).
A question of perspective Another night, another plea by my good lady to choose the evening’s viewing. She used the age-old trick of offering two dire alternatives (one being Coco before Chanel (2009), which I know was there to cut the field down). The only viable alternative was Modigliani (2004), starring – by lucky hap ...
Renier reigns I’ve not really seen that many biopics in my time – it’s not a genre that I deliberately avoid, it’s just it’s rare that I am sufficiently interested in the lives of the rich and famous to want to spend a couple of hours learning about them. However, Cloclo (2012) by French director ...
