A Beginner’s Guide to… Cate Blanchett Carmen Paddock September 20, 2018 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features Back on screens this week with the release of The House with a Clock in Its Walls, iconic Australian actress Cate Blanchett is adding a children’s fantasy film to her impressive list of achievements. She is...
Fragile and Funny: The Roles of Sally Hawkins Louise Burrell August 2, 2017 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Last year’s release of Maudie, the tale of a Nova Scotia artist who suffers from crippling arthritis, looks set to cement Sally Hawkins as the master of powerful fragility. Wonderfully charming and...
Blue Jasmine: How Woody Allen Broke The Mould And Made One of His Best Films Kambole Campbell September 5, 2016 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Blue Jasmine starts the same way that any other Woody Allen film does. Yet that’s where most of the similarities end between his other works, and his greatest film in years. Blue Jasmine shares standard...
A Beginner’s Guide To… Woody Allen Lina Jurdeczka June 7, 2014 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features 1 Comment In a career spanning almost 50 years, Woody Allen’s style has become synonymous with and perhaps helped define the cultural stereotype of the self-deprecating, anxious intellectual in New York City. Full of...
Extremely Premature Oscar 2014 Predictions David Brake November 9, 2013 Analysis, Features, One Off 7 Comments With Oscar-buzzed films emerging from the woodwork, it seems it's high time to start making wild predictions months before the ceremony/nominations announcement. We won't do every category just yet as that's...
Blue Jasmine – Review Cameron Ward October 16, 2013 Reviews 1 Comment In Woody Allen's latest cityscape, a listless San Francisco plays host to the ghosts of New York. What is perhaps most impressive about Blue Jasmine is its seamless integration of psyche and structure....