Anna Karenina (review)

There is no pretense that we’re getting a realistic depiction of late-19th-century Russia. Director Joe Wright isn’t merely crafting a metaphor about the social structures under which we all live: he’s underscoring the artificiality of cinema itself.

a very little bit of David Tennant: ‘Jude’

It’s only one tiny scene in the 1996 film Jude, but it’s kinda notable, in a totally nerdy way, because in it, David Tennant gets to taunt Christopher Eccleston (that is, Doctor No. 9): This is about the best shot I could get with both actors in it, because director Michael Winterbottom has to be … more…