The Grand
Budapest Hotel recalls the glory days in the 1930s of the titular faded
hotel in the fictional country of Zubrowka. Whilst the likely prospect of war
looms over the country, the Grand Budapest occupants are more concerned with
living in opulent luxury; all their pleasures cared for by top concierge Monsieur
Gustave (Ralph Fiennes). Under his tutorage is young Zero (Tony Revolori), the newly
appointed lobby-boy having escaped from his war-torn homeland. When one of
Gustave’s patrons dies unexpectedly and leaves him a priceless painting,
Gustave is accused of murder and theft, and requires the help of his trusted
lobby-boy.
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Sunday, 1 February 2015
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
Birdman (2014): *****
One of the
first scenes in Birdman tracks in on
the cast of Riggan Thomson’s (Michael Keaton) play rehearsing a scene, flowing
seamlessly between acting out their parts and asking Thomson for direction in
the same breath. It is one of the countless incidences where we call into the
question the line between artificiality and the truth. It is also one of the
numerous themes that director Alejandro González Iñárritu tackles in Birdman, a technically marvellous,
darkly humorous and insightful film.