Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment is, internationally, one of the best known Cuban movies ever made. Filmed in Cuba and first released in 1968 the film was made and distributed under the auspices of the Cuban government […]
Historical
Silence
It’s a reasonable assumption that your attitude towards Silence before seeing the film may also be coloured to your attitude towards religion. Say to anyone on their way to see a movie that it is […]
Stonewall
Alas, there is a problem when you make a movie about real historical events and do it by telling a fictional story. Some films can overcome it – Suffragette for example used Carey Mulligan’s fictional […]
The Wicked Lady
The Wicked Lady, one of Michael Winner’s latter-day pictures (but before the career nadir that was Parting Shots) is a controversial movie about a noble woman masquerading as a highwayman. And it’s just not very good. […]
Florence Foster Jenkins
There’s a thing that used to happen in the X-Factor (and may still do, I have to confess I haven’t watched it for a while) where deluded fame hungry and tone deaf auditionees would berate the […]