Vera Brittain’s memoir Testament of Youth is a heart-rending lesson about the First World War and its effects. As you read, gobsmacked by the forces that swoop in and pluck off everything and everyone Brittain loved, her outrage — at injustice and preventable death — informs every step of her story. Aged 21 in 1914, […]
In 2003’s Swimming Pool, François Ozon seductively blurred realism with psychological archetypes, the film’s composition, colours and landscape putting an exquisite pressure on Charlotte Rampling’s blocked English author to let loose, connect with her anima and get her mojo back. His new film, The New Girlfriend/Une Nouvelle Amie, has even more fun with divided selves […]
