This Week in Grolsch Film Works 15/10/2012
By GFW Staff
Interview with Alice Englert
Oliver Lunn
OK, this does happen from time to time. Ginger and Rosa is a film that has neatly sliced opinion in half here at GFW. While our critic Ashley Clark thought it took itself way too seriously, I found it understated and incredibly moving, not least because of newcomer Alice Englert’s breathtaking performance as Rosa…
The Most Outrageous Costumes
Sophia Satchell Baeza
With the recent release of Xavier Dolan’s fashion-feverish Laurence Anyways, we thought we’d dig out our favourite crazy costumes from the sequin-ridden cupboards of film past and present.
Top 10 Deep South Movies
Ashley Clarke
Lee Daniels’ lurid, sweaty Florida-set crime thriller The Paperboy stars Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron and John Cusack, and is out now in the US. It divided audiences sharply following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, but whatever its merits, it’s the latest in a long line of films to have made great use of the uniquely humid conditions of America’s Deep South. For some reason, this location seems to attract filmmakers who want to tell sleazy stories about lust and crime (though this isn’t always the case). To celebrate this, we’ve put together some of our favourites.