Curse of the Golden Flower
As the chrysanthemum festival approaches, trouble is brewing in the Chinese royal household as the Empress (Gong Li) plots revenge against her manipulative husband (Chow Yun Fat). Zhang Yimou, director […]
Author Archives: Alex Chafey
The Red Violin
In Paris a rare violin is up for auction – the last work of legendary violin maker Nicolò Bussotti (Carlo Cecci). This is the story of how it got there. […]
Frankenstein at the National Theatre
Mad scientist Victor Frankenstein (Johnny Lee Miller) faces the consequences of the maddest experiment since they made that reality TV host US President, in this production from the National Theatre. […]
Circus of Books
Documentarian Rachel Mason investigates her own family to find out more about the gay porn business her heterosexual parents have run for 30 years, while hiding the true nature of […]
At Eternity’s Gate
In his final years, Vincent Van Gogh (Willem Dafoe) battles vicious critics of his work and his own inner demons. While Vincent and Loving Vincent are retrospective views of the […]
The Adventures of Tintin
Boy-faced boffin Tintin (Jamie Bell) buys a model boat at a flea market which leads him to drunken sailor Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis) and the promise of buried treasure. Like […]
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
When MacMurphy (Jack Nicholson) is committed to a sleepy psychiatric hospital for evaluation he shakes up their mundane routine from under the watchful eye of Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher). Jack […]
