Elvis – Review Alysha Prasad June 24, 2022 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in June 2022 as part of our Cannes Film Festival coverage. Baz Luhrmann’s spectacular, bedazzled musical biopic, Elvis, follows the life and career of actor and musician...
On Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet and Growing Up Lydia Rostant March 25, 2022 Features “Stars collide, worlds divide/What a pretty piece of flesh/You are a pretty piece of flesh” —One Inch Punch, 'Pretty Piece of Flesh' There are films that are difficult to write about. Sometimes...
Smells Like Teen Spirit: Moulin Rouge at 20 Anna McKibbin June 1, 2021 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia Moulin Rouge! is based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, kind of. It’s also based on the opera La Bohème, but again, only kind of. It’s been compared to the opera La Traviata, the novel Nana, and the...
Spotlight: Carey Mulligan Rachel Brook May 1, 2015 Analysis, Features, Spotlight This May, Carey Mulligan once again returns to the genre that launched her into acting: the period drama. Having brought some of Jane Austen’s most vivid characters to life, Mulligan will now try her hand at...
Shakespeare at 450: His Top Ten Adaptations on Film David Brake April 27, 2014 Analysis, Features, Top 10 165 Comments Shakespeare. It's the most famous name in the English language, ringing proudly out across the British Isles. From his first works on stage around the 1590s to Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing in 2012,...
Best Films Never Made #5: Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon Patrick Taylor December 23, 2013 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features 2 Comments Napoleon Bonaparte has been the subject of more film adaptations than any other historical figure. Why, some might ask, is there a need for a further edition? It is difficult not to imagine how one of...
