Keyword results: Biopic

Control

17th Oct 07

Yes, we've bitched about biopics here before - but when the subject is Ian Curtis of Joy Division who sound as good now as they ever did? When it's the first feature by famous rock-photographer and film clip auteur Anton Corbijn? Fingers were crossed.

Control looks gorgeous. Soft black and white, beautifully framed, never over-composed.

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The Notorious Bettie Page

14th Feb 07
Format: Cinema
Mood: Nostalgic

Until now, Gretchen Mol’s roles have ranged from ‘somewhat forgettable’ to‘still somewhat forgettable’. Suddenly, here she is playing 1950s uber-pinup, the canonical sex symbol Bettie Page, and her performance is an amazing, bona fide transformation of Hollywood magic.

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