4K UHD Review: Kino Lorber’s Ray (Special Edition)
Jamie Foxx stars as Ray Charles in the Academy Award-winning musical biopic Ray. New to 4K UHD loaded with special features fromContinue Reading
Tag: Biopic
Maria: London Film Festival 2024
Pablo Larraín wraps up his trilogy of female icon-centred biopics with Maria, set during the last days of Maria Callas’Continue Reading
Film Review: Hilma (2022)
Lasse Hallström’s biopic of Swedish abstract artist Hilma af Klint struggles to unpack the originality of the artist’s life andContinue Reading
Film Review: The Pact (2022)
Based on the memoirs of a young Danish poet whose life intertwined with that of author Karen Blixen in theContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Universal’s Respect
Jennifer Hudson is amazing as Aretha Franklin in Respect. New to Blu-Ray from Universal. The Film Jennifer Hudson leads a great castContinue Reading
Belushi – AFI Film Festival 2020
Belushi is a heartfelt documentary about the life and often difficult times in the life of John Belushi. Director RJ CutlerContinue Reading
Shirley – London Film Festival 2020
A psychological drama based on a real-life protagonist provides an opportunity for Elisabeth Moss to shine snarkily in Josephine Decker’sContinue Reading
And the Winner Isn’t … Podcast – Apollo 13
Season 1 Episode 5 – Apollo 13 (1995) Dan and Marie explore the films which were nominated in the OscarContinue Reading
Film Review: Radioactive (2020)
Cineastes had to wait 5-years for Marjane Satrapi’s follow up to The Voices. Radioactive gives us a visually arresting albeit straightforward biopic. Radioactive isContinue Reading
Film Review: John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)
A beautiful portrait of Civil Rights Activist turned Congressman. John Lewis: Good Trouble is the type of Documentary that is vitalContinue Reading