Michael Winterbottom’s rose-tinted biopic of Paul Raymond, purveyor of pornography and sleaze in London’s SoHo, creates a wonderfully authentic sense of time and place, and boasts a pair of knockout performances from Steve Coogan and Imogen Poots as his troubled daughter, Debbie. However, the film does run a little long, especially as it becomes increasingly […] Read more »
The Look Of Love, directed by Michael Winterbottom and starring Steve Coogan is a lighthearted, nostalgic biopic thatlooks back longingly at the popularisation of sleaze in the 60s and 70s. However, the failure to take seriously the dark tragedy at the heart of the story gives this film a disjointed and odd tone. You can […] Read more »
The Look Of Love, directed by Michael Winterbottom and starring Steve Coogan as Raymond, is a lighthearted, nostalgic biopic that for the most part looks back longingly at the popularisation of sleaze in the 60s and 70s. The Look Of Love does have a tragic arc, but in every act, the film reminds you of this tragedy then quickly looks away to the more fun aspects of the era. Read more »
A film that hugely rewards revisiting, particularly in the wake of the hugely successful TV series (and film) The Trip, in which Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon took their onscreen versions of themselves on the road for a travel/restaurant tour of Britain. Here is where it all began, however, in Michael Winterbottom’s insanely meta, post-modern […] Read more »