Desert Dancer
The true and extraordinary story of dancer Ashfin Ghaffarian and his audacious escape from Iran is the tale being told in this curiously uninvolving biopic, which comes from director Richard Raymond and writer Jon Croker. Set […]
Biopic
Noble
There is no doubt that Christina Noble, the subject of this biopic from writer/ director Stephen Bradley, should be better known. The Irish campaigner and fundraiser has done an enormous amount for dispossessed children in […]
Mr Turner
There was a lot of furious rumblings around awards season when this Mike Leigh biopic about painter J.M.W. Turner was passed over for gong nomination. But having watched it, I really can’t see what the […]
Jimi: All Is By My Side
Good lord this is a curious movie – a biopic about Jimi Hendrix which features no music by Jimi Hendrix. It’s difficult not to be reminded of the fake Janis Joplin biopic Sing Them Blues, […]