DOCUMENTARY: PAVAROTTI Tracing
the life of the owner of one of the most
prolific voices of the 20th century,
Luciano Pavarotti, this exhilarating
documentary comes from the Oscar-
winning director Ben Howard. Offering
clips from some of the tenor’s most iconic
performances as well as never-before-
seen footage, it’s a spine-tingling portrait
of a complex man whose life was marked
by many contradictions and great drama.HORROR: IN FABRIC
Director Peter Strickland serves
us festishism and witchcraft
with lashings of blood in his
weird new comedy horror.
Our heroine is a somewhat
unlikely one: a haunted red
dress, that goes from owner to
owner turning their lives
upside down. Gloriously
atmospheric, alluringly red and
eerily sensual, In Fabric simply
screams 1970s giallo and David
Lynch. But don’t worry, it’s not just a
glossy-looking skin flick. It has some
feisty things to say about consumerism,
human vanity, greed and ego.Ultimately, the film will do to you what
the dress does to its unsuspecting
victims: reveal to you your darkest,
innermost cravings and desires—
hopefully without the gore.119FILMS
BIOGRAPHY: VITA AND VIRGINIA
Writers Virginia Woolf (Elizabeth
Debicki) and Vita Sackville-West (Gemma
Arterton) shared a passionate, decade-
long relationship which fed and inspired a
significant number of both of their works
and transformed them as individuals.
This steamy affair is captured here in
fetching fashion through dreamy
cinematography, exquisite production
design and a pulsating electro
soundtrack that invigorates the
sometimes-stale rhythm. As
any tale of the thrill of a new
relationship, Vita and
Virginia can be exhilarating
but sadly lacks the substance
to work as a robust biopic.© CURZON ARTIFICIAL EYE / ENTERTAINMENT ONE / THUNDERBIRD RELEASING / DECCA/TERRY O’NEILLby Eva Mackevic
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