Lust On Film

This year we're really excited about films. Like, really excited. First off we're spending too much time watching the trailer (in French - we can't understand it, but it's so pretty!) for Coco Avant Chanel, the biopic on the label's designer. Starring Audrey Tautou, it was released in France late last month and should be around the world 'later in the year'. Do they have to be so vague?


We're trying to ignore the mono-type picture Valentino paints of women ('I know what women want - they want to be beautiful.') So that we can go and enjoy Matt Tyrnauer's incredible-looking documentary, Valentino: The Last Emperor. A portrayal of a highly-strung man still living in an era when he was king of the runway. Any glimpse into one of fashion's most gargantuan names has to be worth a look and as soon as it hits the UK we're going to be there, with knobs on.

We've come over all gleeful, like children with balloons, at the trailer for Where the Wilds Things Are. This return to our favourite ever childhood book would normally inspire trepidation - will they do it justice? - but with the unfathomably good Spike Jonze at the helm there's literally nothing that can go wrong. Love the guy, love the book, got to see the film.

Everybody should watch Anvil. This is the story of two guys in a rock band, who by all accounts should have made it BIG a long time ago, but for whatever reason just didn't. Their dedication to their cause and to each other is at once touching and amazing and the film manages to twang your heart strings as well as making you laugh. Definitely, definitely watch this film.