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Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Directed by John Madden Starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Richard Gere Rating 3.5 /5 We are right back in sunny, colour saturated, fragrant India in the hotel for the “ageing and beautiful” and it feels so good. Sonny (Dev …
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False Fairytale Idols by Naomi Elana Zener To the creators of "once upon a time," "happily ever after" and all of the nursery rhymes in between, did you ever stop and think that the messages you were sending would provide a foundation for a life of disillusionment for children who believed that …
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Filmmaker Richie Mehta on Siddharth In limited release now, opening Feb 27 Siddharth, Richie Mehta’s stunning film of love and loss, reflects a sad reality of life for many of the world’s poor. Rajesh Tailang is a street chain wallah, a fixer of zippers, in Delhi, India, barely able to support …
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Last Tango in Paris, Duke of Burgundy, Make Fifty Shades Look Like Junk “Go Get the Butter” The zeitgeist took a sharp turn to the kinky this past Valentine’s Week. The release of Fifty Shades of Grey with its self-aware, jejune philosophy and wooden acting started a conversation about BDSM. Find …
I have such a soft spot for Kevin Costner. We go way back to 1987 and one of my earliest TV press junkets to New York. The film was The Untouchables. Paramount had talked up this handsome six footer as the being the Next Big Thing and it turns out they were spot on. His future was incredibly …
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