The films reviewed here represent those I have liked or loved over the years. It is not a list of my favourite films but all the films reviewed here are worth seeing and worth seeking out. I know many of you won't agree with me on a lot of these but hopefully you will grant me, and the films that appear here, our place in the sun. Thanks for reading.
Thursday, 19 July 2018
A BURNING HOT SUMMER
Philippe Garrel at his lushest and mercifully at his most accessible. "A
Burning Hot Summer" is a delectably sensuous tale of amour fou in which
two couples spend a summer together in Rome; a case of Godard meets
Minnelli. So as not to stray too far from the fold, Garrel makes one of
the women, (Monica Belluci), an actress married to a so-so painter,
(Garrel's son, Louis), and the other couple, movie extras. It's the same
kind of self-enclosed world Woody Allen might inhabit sans
the humour or indeed any attempt at Gallic charm; at times it reminded
me of how Joan Crawford used to suffer in mink. All four central
performances are excellent, even the usually reticent Louis Garrel makes
his mark here. Unfortunately none of these people are particularly
likeable and outside of the movie I'm sure I wouldn't want to know them.
For once, however, that doesn't prove a barrier when the film is as
smart as this one.
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