The Guardian’s latest audio slideshow: a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the set design for A Streetcar Named Desire, which is currently playing at London’s Donmar, starring Rachel Weisz. It’s informative, beautiful and brief enough to enjoy in a coffeebreak at work. Plug in your headphones and press play.
Archive for August, 2009
Trailer of the Week: Lorna’s Silence
Posted in Watching, tagged Dardennes, L'Enfant, Lorna's Silence, poverty in film on August 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Very few directors make successful films about poverty, or about the people whose lives are spun out in its shadow. It’s not only that Hollywood producers have little interest in the subject, the blame also rests with us, the audience. It’s rare that we feel inclined to watch truth in all its hopeless chaotic injustice. [...]
