Vox Lux Directed by Brady Corbet Starring Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin and Jennifer Ehle Screening at LFF October 15th and 16th 2018 by Joanna Orland In 1999, teenaged Celeste (Cassidy) survives a high school shooting massacre. At the memorial, she performs a song she composed with her sister Eleanor (Martin), capturing […]

Planetarium Directed by Rebecca Zlotowski Starring Natalie Portman, Lily-Rose Depp, Emmanuel Salinger andLouis Garrel by Laura Patricia Jones Pretty and pleasing, Rebecca Zlotowski’s supernatural period piece Planetarium is a stunning spectacle for the senses. One thing to say about Zlotowski’s film is that it’s pretty, oh so very pretty.  It takes two stunning actresses – Natalie […]

February 5th – 15th, 2015 Berlin, Germany by Joanna Orland The Berlin International Film Festival is a staple in the film industry’s diary.  Every year, the Berlinale showcases roughly 400 films, mostly international and European premieres.  More importantly for the film industry, the European Film Market (EFM) holds around 400 companies and over 8000 film […]

Directed by Terrence Malick Starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman, Brian Dennehy, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Wes Bentley, Isabel Lucas, Teresa Palmer, Imogen Poots, Joe Lo Truglio and Nick Offerman by Joanna Orland Terrence Malick films tend to evoke the feeling of intruding in on someone’s memories. In Knight of Cups, these memories belong […]

Berlinale 2015 Photo Gallery February 6-10, 2015

Mr. Magoogoo‘s Magorium’s Wonder Emporium In theatres now by Marko Domazet Loose Lips like Dustin Hoffman. He’s fun, seems compassionate and has the kind of nose ladies would like to sit on for hours and hours. That’s why it pains me to see Mr. Hoffman being reduced to playing the same type of character over […]