It's been another busy week in the screening rooms, with a mix of current releases and awards contenders. One of the best was
Elsinore, which stars Andrew Scott as actor Ian Charleson preparing to perform
Hamlet at the National Theatre in 1989 while grappling with the effects of Aids. It's a powerfully involving film, and Scott is terrific. Robert Pattinson plays journalist Chris Hansen in
Primetime, which chronicles his TV series
To Catch a Predator. The subject matter is intense, but the film has a superbly unhinged energy that forces us to think more deeply.
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Meanwhile, there was also the sunny and very goofy British comedy
Blueberry Inn, starring Jack Davenport. The Indonesian prison thriller
Ghost in the Cell is inventively packed with bonkers humour and nasty horror. And there were three docs:
Making Marie Antoinette goes behind the scenes on Sofia Coppola's 2006 classic, directed with a personal eye by Sofia's mum Eleanor. Taking in both the majestic filmography and messy private life,
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean is an entertaining slice of movie history. And
Nuisance Bear skilfully uses an engaging polar bear to explore the legacy of commercialism and colonialism in Canada. I also attended a live performance of
Pia at Milton Concert Hall.
Coming up this next week, I'll be watching Nicholas Galitzine in
The Mosquito Bowl, Channing Tatum in
Josephine, Chris Rock's
Misty Green, Japanese sequel
Godzilla Minus Zero, Czech thriller
Manipulation, Mexican comedy-drama
The Divine Tragedy, horror icon doc
Barbara Forever, Ava DuVernay's doc
14th and a live performance of Germán Cornejo's
Tango After Dark.
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