Paris, Texas (1984)

  Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas is one of those films that seems to be everywhere when you get into film circles. It was something referenced by lecturers, or featuring in people’s favourites lists, and it quickly became one of those films I’d pretend to have seen. Murmuring agreements about it’s cinematography or it’s profoundness, I quickly tried…

Girlhood / Bande de Filles (2014)

  Celine Sciamma’s beautiful, yet haunting coming-of-age drama Bande de Filles (or Girlhood in English-speaking countries) is powerhouse of electric performances and enduring sense of mourning for young women stuck in a cycle of poverty and violence. Marieme (Karidja Toure in her first role) lives in the banlieues of Paris – perhaps made famous by 1995’s La Haine – an estate that…

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

  Marielle Heller’s not-quite modern day take on a classic film genre is packed with enchanting and complicated performances, with a stunning eye for the New York of the early 90s. After her latest biography fails to sell any significant amount of copies, Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy), author, loner and barely-functioning alcoholic starts forging personal…

Now on Netflix: An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn (2018)

An Evening with Beverly Luff Lin takes place in a distorted fairground of a dead-end town in the middle of an unspecified country. A mysterious man marches into town with an intriguing performance in the local Scottish themed hotel, and Lulu Danger – trapped in an unhappy marriage – decides to run away to see the…