A quick look at Monsoon Wedding…

It was a pleasure to see Monsoon Wedding (2001) again on the big screen, courtesy of this month's Screen St Ives presentation, particularly when the audience reaction was so warm and enthusiastic (average audience rating a very strong 4.3 out of 5). In preparation for my brief introduction to the film I checked out the …

Fellini’s La Strada

This month's very well attended Screen St Ives presentation was Fellini's La Strada. The average audience rating for the film was a very reasonable 4 out of 5. There was a particularly interesting post-film discussion reflecting a range of reactions to the movie. Some of the observations emerging from that discussion are reflected in the …