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Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Just released in the UK before lockdown, this film is currently streaming on MUBI. Celine Sciamma’s beautiful, tender love story has to be one of the films of the year – in fact, of this or any other year. Lovingly shot, it progresses at a pace that matches the painstaking efforts of an artist commissionedContinue reading “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”

The Grump (Mielensäpahoittaja)

Another in the series of films released on Vimeo by Cinefile, the 2014 Finnish film, The Grump, from director Dome Karukoski is available to rent now. Based on the character from the book of the same name created by writer Tuomas Kyrö, who co-scripts the film with Karukoski, The Grump tells of this antediluvian oldContinue reading “The Grump (Mielensäpahoittaja)”

A Virtual Garden Visit

During these undreamt of times, people seek solace in whatever ways they can. It might be food and drink, it might be music, it might be gaming, it might be keeping fit or it might be gardening. The latter’s not an option for everyone for a multitude of reasons so the option of a virtualContinue reading “A Virtual Garden Visit”

Victoria

With no cinemas for us to visit just now, Cinefile have released selected films on their Cinefile Vimeo on Demand Platform. Justine Triet’s Victoria (aka In Bed With Victoria) defies easy categorisation – too much drama to be a rom-com – “You’re the Queen of Drama Queens” Sam (Vincent Lacoste) tells Victoria (Virginie Efira) atContinue reading “Victoria”

Theatre in Quarantine

For those of us lucky enough to be escaping the clutches of the omnipotent Madame Corana (only feminised because the name ends in the letter ‘a’!), passing time can be an issue in the days spent in at home instead of gallivanting. When the accumulated chores you said you’d get round to one of theseContinue reading “Theatre in Quarantine”

L’Homme Fidele (A Faithful Man)

With no cinemas for us to visit in these strange times in which we live, Cinefile have decided to release selected films on their Cinefile Vimeo on Demand Platform. First up we have Louis Garrel’s romantic comedy (a bit too sophisticated, perhaps, for the “rom-com” categorisation? Maybe, maybe not). Garrel himself takes the male leadContinue reading “L’Homme Fidele (A Faithful Man)”