Arts & Entertainment

Despite the title’s reference to the original vogue movie PARIS IS BURNING this French documentary serves up a vibrantly haphazard fresh slice of chic. It builds on, rather than just borrows from, the African American ballroom scene.  If you like your intersectionality joyful, human and juicy rather than dry, theoretical and earnest this stiletto kick against the French establishment is en pointe. It is a behind the scenes exploration of the world of DJ Kiddy Smile following on from his controversial invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron to perform at the Elysee Palace. In the home of French tradition Smile and his […]

This is the stories of three middle-aged sad and depressed Iranians trying to cope with the reality that love has simply passed them by..  In this very bittersweet comedy from writer-director ALI JABERANSARI we see how these lonely individuals cope with the lack of a romantic relationship . Overweight Mina (FOROUGH GHAJABAGLI) ironically is the receptionist at a busy beauty clinic which helps people change their bodies.  She uses her job to copy down any good looking man’s phone number and sets about cat-fishing them.  She gets off hiding in the cafe she has arranged to meet her latest handsome victim so […]

This is the film that all MONTGOMERY CLIFT fans have waited for since his death at the far too early age of 45, and also the one to introduce to millenials who have never had joy of knowing of his existence, This wonderful queer actor, one of the most handsome Hollywood stars ever, has been the subject of so much scandalous and misleading sensationalism that has overlooked actual real facts that he may have made only 20 movies. but he was actually nominated  for an Oscar for his performance in 4 of them. The reason for the excitement and relief is that […]