Film

Contrary to the condescension of some of the reviews it received it is entirely possible and really quite safe to enjoy The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel without having to leave all your finer sensibilities […]

Cousin Bette was the film debut of Des McAnuff, the theatre and opera director (and until 2014 artistic director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario) noted for his showmanship, and his flamboyant treatment of […]

Why call it a “guilty pleasure”? A Stolen Life is an uneven but enormously watchable entertainment that many viewers return to for a variety of satisfactions which many of those viewers themselves might find it […]

One aspect of this 1997 neo-noir classic that drew much attention was its style—especially its period sense (it is set in the early 1950s)—and deservedly so. From the upholstery on a diner’s banquettes to the […]