rehna January 8th, 2012
Audiences are as divided about The Iron Lady as voters were about Margaret Thatcher herself. In my screening there was a trickle of applause at the end from one group while some people in front of me were clearly bored. One of my own group declared it ‘tedious’. However, few would disagree that Meryl Streep is magnificent as Mrs T. Continue Reading »
rehna November 5th, 2011
All everyone wants to know about the London film festival is; ‘what was George Clooney like?’
Not what was the best film (The Artist by a mile – for the record) but what was gorgeous George like.
Well, he was pretty gorgeous. Continue Reading »
rehna November 5th, 2011
Anonymous kills two sacred English cows in one go. 1. That William Shakespeare was not the literary genius the world knows but a barely literate jobbing actor who played the part of the bard whose works were actually written by a nobleman lover of Queen Elizabeth 1. 2. That the queen herself, revered as the virgin queen was far from it and bore 3 illegitimate children.
Some people will not be able to get past the first post with this film due to what Shakespeare scholars have decried as its preposterous basic premise. They would be missing a rollicking good tale. Continue Reading »
rehna October 25th, 2011
“I was drawn to the story of Bernadette Devlin by the passion, courage and intelligence of the woman, all qualities which have remained undimmed over the years,” says Lelia Doolan. “I wanted to offer the story of an activist who has never deviated from who she was from when I first saw her years ago in the 60s and 70s when she was this extraordinary creature in a mini skirt spouting what she believed non stop!” Continue Reading »
rehna October 13th, 2011
The London Film Festival 2011 is underway. The opening gala was 360, an international ensemble piece shot in various European cities and the USA. The Hollywood names are all British; Anthony Hopkins, Rachel Weisz and Jude Law but the other countries, France, Russia, Slovakia and Germany are well represented by their respective stars.
As in the award winning Babel, this is a film about interconnectedness across the globe. The multi-lingual cast may not share a language or a lifestyle but the same invisible thread weaves through their respective lives across continents. Continue Reading »
rehna September 22nd, 2011
The non gossip ‘story’ of the week has to be the ‘life with Aniston was dull,’ comments attributed to Brad Pitt because he talked about being unfulfilled in the 90′s. Now, I don’t know if iggy Pop lookalike Aniston is dull. Whether anyone is objectively utterly tedious depends on your own level of interestingness, I suppose.
All I can say about Aniston is:
She’s certainly never done or said anything to suggest she is INTERESTING. Continue Reading »
rehna September 15th, 2011
There have been many cinematic and television adaptations of Charlotte Brontë’s classic, Jane Eyre. Few have captured the bleakness, desolation and loneliness of the heroine’s life as stunningly as this new version by director Cary Fukunaga. Continue Reading »
rehna September 15th, 2011
Friends with benefits asks the eternal questions: can there be sex without emotional involvement and is it different for men and women?
They have been asked before of course, on screen, recently in No strings attached, but this is, in my opinion, one of the best films you’ll be on the subject. Continue Reading »
rehna September 15th, 2011
Wednesday saw the press launch for the 2011 London film Festival. Getting into the Odeon Leicester Square was the first achievement of the morning for the assembled journalists. The place is a complete obstacle course at present with all its scaffolding and construction work paraphernalia.
But in we got, and it was worth the effort. Continue Reading »
rehna September 15th, 2011
Life takes me off on interesting tangents quite frequently. This week, I found myself making a presentation to a group of women seeking to become members of Parliament. It’s a tough route. They have to go through a rigorous selection process before they even get a chance to woo the electorate. Continue Reading »
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