A solid entry from Allen, justly remembered for Cate Blanchett’s mesmerising performance
Tag: film
Peter Weir’s top 5 films
Australian director Peter Weir is the prince of middlebrow filmmaking – here are five of his best
Austen and her adaptations – Love and Friendship
Love and Friendship, adapting Austen’s Lady Susan, is too glossy and self-aware to be successful
Austen and her adaptations – Sense and Sensibility
Ang Lee’s Sense and Sensibility is a spirited effort in adapting Austen’s first novel
Christmas Classics: “The Holly and the Ivy” by George More O’Farrell
Subtle, moving The Holly and the Ivy explores the hurts that afflict us and the healing power of Christ’s birth
Mel Gibson, ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ and his films
Mel Gibson is an artist, though it may not be obvious because his films eschew subtlety for drama.
‘A Man For All Seasons’ – Fred Zinnemann
A personal favourite, this worthier-than-worthy Hollywood account of the life of English martyr, St Thomas More, is easily the best of account of his life in fiction.