A friend loaned me this rental movie, knowing that I have every copy of Vogue magazine for years past. It is a love-hate relationship of long standing. I hate the thin girls and I hate that I care about hating the  thin girls. Watching this movie was pure joy for fashionistas. It had suspense –will the magazine finally close on time; sadness- when the Rodartes are cut from the magazine; poignancy-when the art decorator spends hours setting up a shoot that isn’t used and humour-every time Andre Leon Talley is on screen. It is also actually an interesting look at a very tightly wound woman. Does she ever let down her guard and laugh? I think daddy did some Freudian number on her. Ironically, fashion which is supposed to be fun, looks anything but in this film.

Dame Velveeta Peron

A friend loaned me this rental movie, knowing that I have every copy of Vogue magazine for years past. It is a love-hate relationship of long standing. I hate the thin girls and I hate that I care about hating the thin girls.

Watching this movie was pure joy for fashionistas. It had suspense –will the magazine finally close on time; sadness- when the Rodartes are cut from the magazine; poignancy-when the art decorator spends hours setting up a shoot that isn’t used and humour-every time Andre Leon Talley is on screen. It is also actually an interesting look at a very tightly wound woman.

Does she ever let down her guard and laugh?

I think daddy did some Freudian number on her. Ironically, fashion which is supposed to be fun, looks anything but in this film.

Dame Velveeta Peron

Brilliant tale of Hell on Wheels

If you loved Das Boot, you will absolutely adore Lebanon. It is the most claustrophic film I have ever seen. It is also one of the best photographed, directed and acted film of the year. This film is bleak, colourness and unrelenting. It is not political in any particular way. It is another metaphorical film about the inanity, absurdity ,cruelty, endless cycle of war that could have happened anywhere and is in fact in full force around the world.

I was mesmerized by the direction of this film and the acting. If the tale of woe is your cup of joe, don’t miss it.

Dame Velveeta Peron, from the front lines ( very hard on my shoes, believe me .)

She couldn’t disappear fast enough for me.

This movie tried to do what Blood Simple did so much better years ago- be a low budget, twists and turns surprise thriller with an unexpected ending. It failed miserably. I had no sympathy for any of the characters, least of all the whiny Alice character of the film’s name. Didn’t care what happened to her or her two abductors. Wasn’t surprised by the twists and turns or the ending. No really cute boys or girls.

If you want to see this type of thriller re-rent Blood Simple.

Dame Velveeta Peron

[Editor's note, on a train somewhere between Budapest and Vienna, Louise and I started talking about review pen names, and Veleeveta Peron was born - not to be confused with her unidentical twin sister separated at birth Velvita Peron who can be found in The Real Hags of Cabbagetown)"