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.
A portrait of women avoiding being swallowed by circumstance
Michelle Obama (Viola Davis) resisted expectations that she become, what she called a “Stepford FLOTIS”.
Euthanasia story sidesteps ethical posturing for human experience
Medically assisted suicide is an issue that seems indelibly fraught. It’s an individual’s right to bodily autonomy, versus the sanctity of life.
More to The Duke than an entertaining caper
The Duke is not quite the quirky British comedy its trailer suggests.
Step into Blanco Scales, the scene of a difficult balancing act
What makes a good boss? Early in El Buen Patrón, as it is in the original Spanish, we see Julio Blanco (Javier Bardem) holding court in the factory he owns.
