Posts By Nina Francesca
- Film
Film Review: Labor Day
Kate Winslet (Titanic, Little Children) stars as reclusive divorcee and single mother Adele in this evocative tale of love and loss. Josh Brolin...
- Film
Film Review: Jeune & Jolie
As far as French cinema goes, Jeune & Jolie doesn’t stray too far from the norm. Not a whole lot happens in...
- Culture
Theatre Review: Coriolanus – Donmar Warehouse
A couple of weeks ago I managed to secure myself and a friend ‘Barclays Front Row’ tickets to see Shakespeare’s Coriolanus at...
- Film
Film Review: Don Jon
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Looper, Inception) emerges as a writer and director in this comedy centred on a porn-addicted lothario by the name of...
- Film
Film Review: Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Summarising the vast struggles and incredible journey of the great Nelson Mandela in a biopic about his life, is by no means...
- Film
Film Review: The Great Gatsby
It was always going to be risky trying to re-create the magic of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic The Great Gatsby. Four attempts have...
- Film
Film Review: Take This Waltz
Actress and Director Sarah Polley challenges the audience with this indie flick about a seemingly happily married couple whose supposed bliss is...
- Film
Film Review: The Devil’s Double
Dominic Cooper takes on a dual role in this fact-based thriller as the unhinged son of Saddam Hussein and the man forced...
- Music
Foster The People: Torches
This year I was introduced to Electro/Indie-Pop trio Foster The People. Having strayed from the indie genre in recent years, the Californian threesome...
- Film
Film Review: iLL Manors
UK singer/songwriter and rapper Ben Drew (aka Plan B) establishes himself as a director with his cinema debut iLL Manors – a harrowing portrayal of inner city...