Bleeding Heart movie review: sisters in waiting
There may not be much surprising here, but this is a smartly sensitive depiction of abuse and redemption that never descends into caricature.
Year: 2015
Body movie review: lying lies and the lying women who tell them
Women’s friendships in dangerous situations are not something we see a lot of onscreen. But this ends up not really being about the women at all.
The Forbidden Room movie review: leave it locked
A grueling marathon of cinematic masturbation; a mind-numbingly empty exercise in self-conscious style with absolutely nothing to say.
London photos: Ching Court
One of the reasons I love London so much is that it is full of secret nooks and crannies like Ching Court, in Seven Dials, near Covent Garden.
London photo: many many knives
At Old Spitalfields Market, on antiques Thursday.
Where Are the Women? The Night Before
A female Christmas grinch is a nice touch for women’s representation, but having one of the three best buddies be a woman would have been even better still.
The Night Before movie review: twas the bromance before Christmas
It’s bogged down by too many derailing tangents, but the three appealing leads have a wonderful chemistry, and it gets close to the spirit of the season.
Where Are the Women? In the Heart of the Sea
Men have adventures, face fear and danger, and grow as people, while women do nothing but stand by their sides with brave smiles on their faces.
In the Heart of the Sea movie review: here be monsters (and whales)
Solid, old-school man-versus-nature adventure melodrama, with a simmering green awareness; rollicking, smart, breathtaking, and sobering.
London photo: something fishy at Harrods
Servant of Cthulhu in the food hall.
