Weightless confection
Hollywood directors have lost the art of making clever, witty, sexy movies about the war between men and women.
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Love in a time of cholera
CINEMA is the art of illusion and two of three films this week transport us to locations that aren’t exactly what they seem.
Happiness within reach
The Edge of Heaven (Auf der AnderenSeite) (M) Limited national release from April 24 4½ stars Street Kings (MA15+) 2½ stars National release FATIH Akin, who was born in Hamburg into a family of Turkish migrants, came to prominence as a director of talent when he won the Golden Bear at Berlin in 2003 for Head-On, a film that revealingly and uncompromisingly depicted the clash between traditionalism and modernity in the Turkish diaspora.
School for scandal
St Trinian’s (M) 2½ stars National release The Spiderwick Chronicles (PG) 3½ stars National release IN 1954, the talented British writer-director team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat adapted Ronald Searle’s famous cartoon schoolgirls into a highly successful film. The Belles of St Trinian’s had one of Britain’s best-loved comedy actors of the time, Alastair Sim, playing the dual roles of the school’s headmistress, Miss Fitton, and her disreputable brother, Clarence. It was so successful that there were four sequels, the last being produced in 1980, by which time the idea was getting very tired.
Journey towards independence
MONICA Ali’s novel Brick Lane was an unvarnished portrait of life among members of London’s Bangladeshi community
Masterful suspense
It comes as no surprise that some of the best recent American films have dealt, in one form or another, with violent crime.
Magician minus the magic
Harry Houdini became known as one of the greatest illusionists and escape artists of all time.
Nic’s knack for gritty role
NOAH Baumbach is a director who writes his own material, not a commonplace job description in American cinema.
Reading the beautiful world
YOU’D have thought that even diehard Jane Austen fans would have had a surfeit by now.
Gangster flick saved by mob
HOLLYWOOD’S fascination with the crime movie never diminishes.
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