Friday Film: Oscar thoughts 2023
The Oscar nominations for the films of 2022 are out. Overall, it’s been a pretty good year; audiences of all
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MOVIES
Monday Movie: Desert Storm Stars
The Palm Springs Festival Awards Gala is an important stage on the route to Oscar. The festival is held in the first week
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Friday Film: Tar
Director : Todd Field Cast: Cate Blanchett, Mark Strong, Nina Hoss By Rehna (Venice film festival premiere) Tar stars Cate Blanchett.
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Friday Film – LFF 2022: Empire of Light
Director: Sam Mendes Cast : Olivia Colman, Colin Firth, Micheal Ward, Toby Jones Empire of Light gets only two stars
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Monday Movie: The Legend of Maula Jatt
I once came across two employees of a big supermarket excitedly chatting about film they had seen the night before.
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Friday Film: Bones and all – LFF 2022
I first saw this film at the Venice film festival but it’s screening at LFF too. Bones and all is
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Friday Film: White Noise – LFF 2022
This review was first written for another outlet, after I saw the film at Venice 2022 Director: Noah Baumbach Cast:
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Friday Film : Music biopics. Whose life next?
By Rehna Bohemian Rhapsody (about the band Queen) was a huge hit of superhero proportions . It is the highest grossing
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Tuesday triumph:The wonder of Austin and Elvis
The wonder of Austin and Elvis. Reflections on Awards season. John Lennon famously said, ‘Before Elvis there was nothing.’ Well, before
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Friday Film: The Shuroo retreat
The Shuroo Retreat Director: Emrhys CooperCast: Fiona Dourif, Donal Brophy, Emrhys CooperAvailable on paying streaming platforms from Monday 25th July Loosely
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Monday Movie: Elvis : review
Have you noticed how Elvis impersonators always tend to depict the hamburger guzzling, rhinestone covered jumpsuit wearing, bloated Elvis of
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Friday Film: Coffined at 15. Review
Coffined at 15 The subjugation of Afghanistan to Taliban rule has made for harrowing but moving art. The Swallows of
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Monday Movie: Will Smith -a slap in the face of Oscar
The Oscars got its water cooler talking point last night. And it cannot possibly be what they wanted. In summary:
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Friday Film: Oscar predictions 2022
Oscar predictions 2022By Rehna Best Lead ActorI’ve always been pretty relaxed about Will Smith’s acting career. His presence in a
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Ava: The Secret Conversations :Theatre review
To be the woman men wanted, that was my only job recalls Ava Gardner, looking back to the heady days
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Monday Man: The Artful Advocate- Andrew Pack
https://suesspiciousminds.com/ is the best legal blog out there. It’s informative, easy to understand and full of pop culture references to
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Monday music/movies : The Artful Advocate- Anneka Sinclair-Jenns
Named after the intrepid tv presenter Anneka Rice, with early dreams of getting into photography and later developing a penchant
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The Artful Advocate: Victoria Wilson
Happy New Year! Itsalawyerslife is starting 2022 with a new series ‘The Artful Advocate’ in which lawyers talk about the music,
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Monday Movie at LFF 2021: King Richard. By Rehna
By any standards of achievement the story of Venus and Serena Williams is a remarkable one. Astounding,in fact. Two black
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Tuesday Trends: Selfridges but at the cinema. By Keeley
Selfridges-More than just a shopping experience In the basement of the prestigious Selfridges building lies the new Selfridges cinema. My
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LFF 2021: The Harder They Fall by Rehna
LFF 2021 The Harder They Fall Director: Jeymes Samuel Cast: Idris Elba, Regina King, Zazie Beetz, Jonathan Majors The events
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Monday Movie/Tuesday Trends: No time to Die by Keeley
Bond-No Time to Die – The end of an era by Keeley Craig (Sorry Keeley Lengthorn) After the longest 18 month wait in living history, Daniel
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Tuesday Trends: The Duchess of Cambridge, Bond girl!
If clothes maketh the man then one dress can sometimes change the course of a woman’s career in public life.
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Friday Film: Venice 2021 – Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a journey, a song
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen a journey, a song Documentary Writer/Directors : Dayna Goldfine. Daniel Geller The warmest and most rapturous applause I heard at
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Friday Film: Venice 2021 – The Lost Daughter
Venice 2021By Rehna The Lost Daughter Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal Cast: Olivia Coleman, Jessie Buckley, Ed Harris Summary: middle-class intellectual angst
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