I wept tears of joy watching Ron Howard’s stellar documentary charting the life of one of the greatest operatic tenors to have blessed the planet. Including never before publicly seen photos and footage, Pavarotti is insightful and compelling. The music icon sold more than 100 million records in his lifetime. Dubbed “The People’s Tenor”, Pavarotti…
André Leon Talley is larger than life. He’s human dynamo who has embraced the fashion world like few before him. What? You’ve never heard of him? Well neither had I, but now I know a whole lot more thanks to The Gospel According to André. I know his inner sanctum includes some of the biggest…
At a time when alternative music had progressed from post-punk into grunge (the late 80’s and early 90s), Greg Dulli got together with John Curley, and Rick McCollum and quickly evolved from a garage band to a dark, heavy art rock band that was obviously obsessed with R&B and soul music. Dulli once described Afghan…
David Cronenberg’s first feature film in eight years sees the master of smart but visceral horror back in the groove. Crimes of the Future (2022*) is a gripping but gruesome exploration of how technology and the human body intersect. As such, this film can be considered the long-delayed (Cronenberg wrote it in 1999 but shelved…
It Ends With Us is one of those read-in-a-sitting books for me. Here’s the blurb: Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up – she graduated from college, moved…
I was a fan of the UK television series Cold Feet, so when I received this book written by the creator of that series, I was intrigued. Here’s the blurb: ‘Trust wasn’t something you could have in degrees; it was all or nothing…’ When one bad decision sends a happy couple into turmoil and turns…
Sally Hepworth’s latest novel, The Mother’s Promise, should come with a “Tissues needed” warning. I cried. More than once. Chances are you will, too. Here’s the blurb: The bestselling author of The Secrets of Midwives delivers her most powerful novel yet. Alice and her daughter Zoe have been a team of two all their lives. With no family…
Although Please Stand By is a fairly predictable film and endeavours to strike a sensitive nerve, I’m all for such a type of film. The number of films about individuals with a disability who try to survive in our society where perfection is the standard nowadays, and who succeed in making great achievements, is endless….
Michael Keaton is having a moment right now. After the much-hyped Beetlejuice Beetlejuice the veteran actor is back on our screens in the gentle dramedy Goodrich. In the hands of writer-director Hallie Meyers-Shyer (Home Again), Keaton gets the chance to display his talents without make-up and catch-phrases. Goodrich is an almost-Christmas movie. Even though no…
Gritty and unrelenting, Wind River marks the directorial debut of Taylor Sheridan. He’s the screenwriter behind Sicario and Hell or High Water; and here he weaves a tense thriller. Wind River is Sheridan’s conclusion to a thematic trilogy (with those earlier films) exploring the modern American frontier. The film explores what Sheridan calls “perhaps the most tangible remnant…
