Yuli Review - So Much More Than Dance
I was fortunate to pop along to the preview screening of Yuli – a beautiful and moving biopic about Cuban ballet dancer, Carlos Acosta (nicknamed Yuli by his father). As I write this, it’s World Ball…
Jeanette Muscat
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I, Tonya Review
Jeanette Muscat
4 min read
I love films based on true stories. I love sports (not all, and not necessarily sports films purely focused on the sport aspect). I love dramas. I love black comedy. And, I remember the mayhem around…
Swinging Safari Review
Jeanette Muscat
3 min read
Boy oh boy. That was quite the ride. In the family station wagon, to the beach, in the seventies. Directed by Stephan Elliott (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert), coupled with its huge…
Louis Theroux: Heroin Town Review
Jeanette Muscat
3 min read
Heroin Town is the latest ‘feature’-length documentary from Louis Theroux, although it is not a feature film in the way My Scientology Movie was – specifically made as a feature-length film. It’s part…
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards Review
Jeanette Muscat
5 min read
Squeeeee! Okay, disclaimer: I do love a good shoe. Some might even (rightly!) say I’m a shoe-aholic, so I was always going to be very interested in this film – and its subject matter. The shoes – and…
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life Review
Jeanette Muscat
4 min read
I’m not sure where to begin with this, so will just dump my thoughts on paper and go from there. In fact, I really wish I’d taken pen and paper to the cinema for this. Not that I'd anticipated rev…