Oct 2011
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Film Review: We Need To Talk About Kevin [dir. Lynne Ramsay; 2011]
Not having read the Lionel Shriver novel on which this film is based, I went in with foreknowledge about nothing except – as is often the way – the story’s concluding revelation. Still, this didn’t detract from what turned out to be a moving, unsettling, deeply visceral cinematic experience. Tilda Swinton is consistently excellent as… Continue reading
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Film Review: Contagion [dir. Steven Soderbergh; 2011]
Soderbergh’s movies tend to be so slick and stylised, that they often convince you they’ll be memorable whilst you’re actually watching them. But as the days after the initial viewing pass, you realise that they’ve left you with little more than a sense of… well, slickness and stylishness. Contagion is a case in point. It’s… Continue reading
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Film Review: Midnight In Paris [dir. Woody Allen; 2011]
It seems fairly clear that Allen will never give us another Bananas or Annie Hall (or even a Deconstructing Harry) but the best thing about his twilight films is that they convey truths about modern life with a gentle wisdom and a quirky, unabashed sense of fun. Midnight In Paris brings these attributes to the… Continue reading
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Film Review: The Double Life Of Veronique / La Double Vie De Veronique [dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski; 1991]
It’s difficult to be concise about a film I know better than almost any other, but I must adhere to my self-imposed one-paragraph rule and resist the temptation to produce a dissertation. (Speaking of which, would anyone like to read my thesis on the Three Colours? What’s that? I’ve made you all read it already?… Continue reading
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I am a writer and award-winning perfume critic currently living in the south of England and working on a novel. For my perfume-related writing, please visit Persolaise.com.
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