Posted on September 15th, 2008 by Lady Fra
Life, according to the Coen brothers, is a big (yet awfully funny) mess.
In fact, everything in their movies has always been rather messy, ever since Raising Arizona back in 1987, and even more so in their brilliant Burn After Reading, presented last month at the 65th Mostra del Cinema in Venice.
As one would expect, this [...]
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Posted on September 10th, 2008 by Simon Lee
Plans are apparently already being made for the next instalment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman. This is a good thing. Especially when the rumours involve the words Johnny and Depp.
At the Toronto Film festival, Michael Caine was interviewed, and he suggested that the villains in the The Dark Knight Returns (which is just an awful and [...]
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Posted on September 8th, 2008 by Lady Fra
Charlize Theron under the Lion. Photo by Laura Cecilli
My technique, when I’m not quite sure about whether I like something or not, is to write up a list of ‘pros and cons.’
And so far, I must admit that I’m quite concerned with the quality of the movies (and parties) of this year’s Mostra del Cinema [...]
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Posted on September 3rd, 2008 by Lady Fra
Director Amir Naderi attends the ‘Vegas Based on a True Story’ film premiere (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images Europe)
The odd sensation of seeing something that appears to be fiction, but which is in fact reality, is somehow unhinging.
You seem to fall into a loop of real-non real situations, where it is difficult to distinguish between [...]
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Posted on August 28th, 2008 by Lady Fra
In the gilded world of fashion, there are designers and there are couturiers.
But that isn’t all, as apparently there is also an emperor: Mr Valentino Garavani.
100% Italian, 100% pure genius and an icon of fashion, he is now the protagonist, subject and soul of Matt Tyrnauer’s Valentino: The Last Emperor, which premiered today [...]
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