Tag Archives: Cole Porter

DVD review | Midnight in Paris – A champagne comedy to toast Woody’s return to form

Posted on 2 February 2012 by Jason Best

Woody Allen seemed to have lost his fizz as a filmmaker of late – and then he uncorked the sparkling Midnight in Paris, a comic fantasy with all the effervescence of vintage champagne. He has a new leading man this … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | De-Lovely – they just don’t write songs like this any more

Posted on 31 January 2010 by Beth Williams

In the space of two days I’ve had two people say to me ‘I love Cole Porter. They just don’t write songs like that anymore.’ Weird. Spooky. Random. However, I totally agree. And now, this foot-tapping musical biopic about the … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Brokeback Mountain: Why didn’t it win that Best Picture Oscar?

Posted on 28 March 2009 by Beth Williams

The other day I told a film critic friend of mine that I’d decided to do a post about Brokeback Mountain because it was going to be showing on TV within two days of Crash? (Come back on Monday for … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Easy Virtue

Posted on 15 March 2009 by Jason Best

Australian director Stephan Elliott, maker of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (which opens in a musical stage version in London’s West End this month), has come up with a sparkling adaptation of Noël Coward’s 1920s social comedy … Continue reading →

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BFI 52nd London Film Festival – Opening night… and the pick of the rest

Posted on 15 October 2008 by Jason Best

The Times BFI London Film Festival opens tonight with the world premiere of Frost/Nixon, Ron Howard’s screen version of Peter Morgan’s hit play. Over the past few weeks I’ve been dashing hither and thither, from Leicester Square to, er, Leicester, … Continue reading →

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