Little did he know that when he made his 2005 adaptation of Pride & Prejudice, Joe Wright would be cementing his place in my bubble bath cinema of joy. Having rewatched his version countless times from the warm, sudsy confines of someone else’s bathtub, I feel the same sense of calm and contentment each time that only a two-hour massage or beta blockers bring. With his new film Cyrano (an adap...
I AM HEATH LEDGER documents the life of Academy Award winning Australian actor Heath Ledger. Born in Perth in 1979, Ledger went on to great fame and success despite a relatively brief career which was cut short after his accidental death from an overdose of prescription drugs. He was 28. The bare bones of Ledger’s story are well known in Australia. Our celebrities’ lives are scrutinised in minute ...