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Cinema Movie Review: The Great Gatsby (2013) 3

May

2013

Gatsby the not-so ‘magnifique’ Picturenose is simply delighted to welcome Catherine Feore to our hallowed reviewers’ ranks, with her thoughts on Baz Luhrmann‘s take on F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s classic novel. Take it away, Ms Feore. When I heard that Leonardo DiCaprio had signed up to play Gatsby in a new production of the famous novel ...

Cinema Movie Review: The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

May

2013

Compelling In The Place Beyond the Pines (2013), Derek Cianfrance finds himself re-teaming with Ryan Gosling from his first film, Blue Valentine (2010). The film tells three separate, but connected stories based in Schenectady, New York. In Mohican, Schenectady means ‘place beyond the pine plains’. Just as the Mohicans depicted the pines separating two different ...

Cinema Movie Review: Quartet (2012) 2

May

2013

‘Growing old is not for cissies’ And so Dustin Hoffman (amazingly enough, for the first time) takes to the director’s chair for this gentle, sweet but overly sentimental tale of life after the curtain calls have ended, Quartet (2012). In a home for retired musicians, the annual gala concert to celebrate Verdi’s birthday is facing ...

Cinema Movie Review: The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)

May

2013

Circle of life Felix Van Groeningen’s film, The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012), is a well-crafted story about a Flanders bluegrass singer Didier (Johan Heldenbergh) and his tattoo-covered lover Elise (Veerle Baetens) and how their relationship is challenged by the direst of circumstances. Expertly edited between differing times in the couple’s relationship, Van Groeningen has created ...

Cinema Movie Review: Upstream Color (2013)

Apr

2013

Fear worm Shane Carruth’s sophomore film, Upstream Color (2013), is a rich and layered story told through a series of double-entendres and paradoxes that makes the film a unique experience for its audience. Told in the same breath as a David Lynch film, attention to the details and the acknowledgment of different levels within the ...

Cinema Movie Review: To the Wonder (2012)

Apr

2013

The wonder of Malick ‘You shall love. Whether you like it or not.’ If director Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life (2011) was his Hollywood movie, then To the Wonder (2013) is his indie flick. Please understand that Malick is my favorite director. Therefore, he is like my wife. I am blinded with love and ...

Cinema Movie Review: The Angels’ Share (2012)

Apr

2013

Heist society When I first heard about Ken Loach‘s film The Angels’ Share (2012), I was completely expecting something different from what I received. I heard it was a lighthearted heist film. About an hour into the film I thought I was in the wrong theatre. From what I could tell they were speaking English ...

Cinema Movie Review: Blancanieves (2012)

Apr

2013

Bull fight? Snow White The Artist (2011) showed that if done properly there remains an audience for the silent film genre. Blancanieves (2012), by Pablo Berger, grabs that audience and re-tells a creative Spanish version of the Disney classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

DVD Movie Review: Poulet aux prunes (Chicken with Plums) (2011)

Apr

2013

Sweet and savoury I have been trying to get my hands on this film for more than two years now. Let me tell you, it was a joy to finally see it. The sophomore film by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi, directors of Persepolis (2007), tells a delightfully whimsical example on what cinema can offer. ...

Cinema Movie Review: Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Apr

2013

Play-safe ending takes edge off To begin, Silver Linings Playbook (2012) was nominated for eight Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actor (Bradley Cooper), Best Actress (Jennifer Lawrence), Supporting Actor and Actress (Robert De Niro and Jackie Weaver), and director (David O. Russell).

DVD Movie Review: De battre mon coeur s’est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) (2005)

Mar

2013

Music hath charms… One of those films that sort of snuck up on me is De battre mon coeur s’est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) (2005) – my friend and flat-mate had been suggesting for a while that I might like Jacques Audiard‘s study of a man on the brink of adulthood, who ...