Lou Reed: The Life
Lou Reed: The Life, by Mick Wall, is a book I found by turns frustrating and interesting.
About the first quarter of the book is a furious hagiography; furious because the author appears
Rodger Donaldson
The Wait/L'Attente/L'atessa
This film is, simply, the most enjoyable art film I have seen in years, and one of the finest I have ever seen. The performance of the principal three actors, especially Binoche and
Lolo
There are a number of things that are unfamiliar to me in this film. For one, I am not in the habit of thinking of Julie Delpy in comedy roles (which probably says
April and the Extraordinary World/Avril et le Monde truqué
The movie opens by explaining the alternative world in which it is set: a world which differs in two key ways from the one we know; the great scientists of the 19th century
Elle L'Adore
Do you like your comedy black? Really black? If you mean really, really black, this is the film for you; in fact, the first half of the film is essentially a noir-ish thriller