Julianne Moore and Annette Bening star in a delightful tale about the
complications of modern parenthood.
It’s a tiny but telling example of how keen director Lisa Cholodenko is to
shed the conventions and clichés of modern Hollywood drama, and of the many
subtle strands of realism she brings to a project whose storyline a lesser
filmmaker would have played as melodrama.
Frank Capra’s It Happened One Night (released by the BFI together with the
director’s much darker and less known Forbidden) was such a hit in 1934 that
it won, unprecedently at the time, Oscars in the five most important
categories. It reminds you how few romantic comedies today are so witty,
give as good roles to women, or treat their audiences as sophisticated
equals.
Smart, surprising and with a charming cast, this high-school sex comedy is a
delight.
The Arbor brilliantly explores the life and legacy of Andrea Dunbar.
Australian mud-moulder Adam Elliot's talent makes Nick Park look like an
office drone.
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