CategoryJUST LISTEN TO ME

Posted December 23, 2021 ACTION

Bajirao Mastani (2015)

CRUMBLIES… Now here’s a holiday movie. A big, beautiful, operatic in its telling, stuffed full of gorgeous vignettes, with music like a waterfall, and the worst self-righteousness humanity, its religions … Continue Reading Bajirao Mastani (2015)

Posted December 13, 2021 BRITISH

The Dig (2021)

CRUMBLIES… Now this one is lovely. If you’re alone at Christmas, take the chance to watch something free of Noellian syrup, with something to say about history, class, sexism and … Continue Reading The Dig (2021)

Posted December 5, 2021 AGEING

AB Aani BC (2020)

CRUMBLIES… Oh, but this should have been brilliant. What is the horror of the old? It is our degradation, physical and social. And how can that play out in a … Continue Reading AB Aani BC (2020)

Posted December 1, 2021 AMERICAN

The Last Duel (2021)

CRUMBLIES… A serious film, this. So pardon the old man’s frown. It’s about an ancient rape and the voice of women – and the power of men that doesn’t so … Continue Reading The Last Duel (2021)