There’s a strangely erotic atmosphere in Chloe which becomes evident from as early as the opening scene and Amanda Seyfried’s first few lines. Based on Anne Fontaine’s Nathalie, Chloe makes its way through sexual fantasies and heartaches, broken egos and insecurities, before it lands on obsessions and fatal mistakes. Atom Read More

Don’t ask me what I Heart Huckabees is about – I really couldn’t help you. I can’t offer any insight into what the title means, or what the film is trying to say, so I’m not going to pretend and I’ll save us both the time. Don’t ask and don’t Read More

One finds it difficult to believe that our beloved Alfred Hitchcock may have had any flaws, but history has shown – with Ray and The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, to name a few — that we’ll survive. Without knowing how much of Stephen Rebello’s book is true, what Read More

I went expecting nothing, but left having gotten a lot. The Perks of Being a Wallflower deals with a number of fears, insecurities and traumas, but puts time and energy into sweetening its sufferings and relieving a great deal of the pain. The title, cast and premise may first give Read More

Away We Go flows naturally and travels through states, emotions and realisations without preaching or drawing any life-changing conclusions. Its appeal lies in its truthful protagonists, the genuine warmth it induces and the recognisable quest for a home. Sam Mendes’ idea of a road trip could never fit the genre’s Read More

Since it’s not often that a group of elderly people screams and sings “I Wanna Be Sedated”, Stephen Walker and Sally George’s Young@Heart is unusual. Both the title and the poster of this wonderful documentary put me off initially, but I’m glad I looked past its typically American you-can-do-it cheesiness Read More

Wolfgang Becker’s Good Bye Lenin! places its characters in a heavily political background, but it does not tell a political story. As it has been accused of siding with the wrong system time and time again, I feel I should begin by stating that I disagree. The writer-director’s preferences are Read More

I read a lot about Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut and I think I disagree with everything. Quartet may have a lot of flaws — which I failed to identify — but there is one major asset that no one can deny – it makes growing old look good. Charming and Read More

Beauty dresses misery and brings forth injustice, in both the original fairytale of Snow White, and the quirky Spanish screen version of Pablo Berger. Only Blancanieves takes it a few shades darker and a few tones meaner. The evil stepmother has never been this nasty and Snow White has never Read More