A human lifespan is nothing in the eyes of a volcano
Rarely has the numinous in the natural world been so profoundly expressed. Fire of Love’s images of slow-roiling lava lakes, of rainfalls of hot rocks, of driving torrents of scalding ash are both terrifying and awe-inspiring.
Single, middle-aged and riding an emotional rollercoaster with grace
When it started its run on HBO in 1998, Darren Star’s Sex and the City truly broke ground.
On its face, ridiculous … but never entirely so
Bruno (Damon Herriman) stands befuddled before a supermarket shelf stacked with innumerable varieties of tinned beans.
Aesthetics hold a film that doesn’t match up to the novel
The stand-out stars of Where the Crawdads Sing are the landscape and the cinematography.
Complex, ambitious, exploited, and ultimately tragic
Before setting foot in a cinema many were prepared to dismiss Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis as an exercise in style over substance.
Unique portrait of a man of courage
I need to be upfront about this review. I have been an avid follower and admirer of Desmond Tutu my whole ministry and regard him as a mentor in absentia.
A good man, bad choices, and a crumbling world
The opening scene of A Hero follows Rahim (Amir Jadidi) as he leaves prison and heads to the Tomb of Xerxes where his brother-in-law is working.
An insight into an American iconoclast 40 years in the making
Kurt Vonnegut had a special relationship with time. The late American author was often maligned between the high-water marks of his success.
She spent season one in a death loop, now she’s going back … literally
Season one of Russian Doll was a dark comic tour de force. Co-creator (with Amy Poehler) Natasha Lyonne stars as Nadia, a brash, hard-drinking New Yorker cursed to relive her 36th birthday party over and over.
A world where the fate of men lies on a missing eyelash
The premise of Operation Mincemeat seems ludicrous. Hoping to make Hitler believe the Allies are about to launch a major offensive in Greece rather than Sicily, a dead body containing misleading plans is off-loaded from a submarine and left to wash ashore in Spain.
