Screen Grabs: 'Simple Passion' is French, explicit, and kind of meh
Plus: A ludicrous new Woody Allen movie, Poly Styrene's life gets x-rayed, Italian youth speak out
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Plus: A ludicrous new Woody Allen movie, Poly Styrene's life gets x-rayed, Italian youth speak out
A documentary film festival running through to March at the Kumu Art Museum (Kumu kunstimuuseum) in Tallinn will kick-off with a new take on the Beatles' legendary 1968 trip to India. The Estonian premiere will be introduced by veteran singer and fab four fan Ivo Linna, while anyone searching for an anti-dote to hippiedom might want to catch a biopic of X-Ray Spex singer Poly Styrene, also seeing its premiere, later on in the festival.
World view to crumble. after love recently swept the board at the british independent film awards — or bifas — where its trophies included best british independent film, best director and best screenplay, alongside best actress forjoanna scanlan. there were significant wins, too, for the documentary poly styrene: i am a cliche, which opened here in march and which told the story of the punk icon and x—ray spex frontwoman through the eyes of her daughter, celeste bell. i find a kind of solace in retracing herfootsteps, barely visible as they are in the sands of time.
Daughter, celeste bell. i find a kind of solace in retracing herfootsteps, barely visible as they are in the sands of time. the other big winner at this year's bifas was the tense one—shot drama boiling point, which uk audiences can see in the new year. how do you wash your hands, love? i know... sorry, what? in the sink. in the sink? which sink? andy... no, hang on, carly. no, carly, waita minute, love... stephen graham stars as the chef on the verge of a nervous breakdown, struggling to hold his personal and professional lives together over the course of one frantic evening, all captured i...
Best actress forjoanna scanlan. there were significant wins too for the documentary poly styrene: i am a cliche, which opened here in march and which told the story of the punk icon and x—ray spex frontwoman through the eyes of her daughter, celeste bell. i find a kind of solace in retracing herfootsteps, barely visible as they are in the sands of time. the other big winner at this year's bifas was the tense, one—shot drama boiling point, which uk audiences can see in the new year. how do you wash your hands, love? i know... sorry, what? in the sink. in the sink? which sink? andy... no, ha...