Tom Ford – well respected fashion designer celebrated for his stunning collections for luxury fashion houses including Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent. Tom Ford – filmmaker?

Yes, you heard right, Tom Ford has decided to pursue the world of filmmaking. Ford’s self-financed debut film, A Single Man, recounts a day in the life of British college professor George Falconer, who is mourning the loss of his lover in a horrific car accident. Set in America in 1962, the film addresses themes of forbidden love, loss, friendship and hope.

Touching and educational, A Single Man is available for viewing in limited release only; however, the film’s positive reception amongst film critics and spectators alike will hopefully prompt its wider release over the next few months. We will keep you posted!!!

Described by many as an anti-musical, Lars von Trier’s film Dancer in the Dark (2000) tells the story of Selma, an Eastern European migrant living in America in the 1960s. If the typical Hollywood style musical bores you, but you enjoy a bit of satirical song and dance in your films, then Dancer in the Dark is a must see! The film tackles the hardships of everyday life such as poverty, untrustworthy friends and illness, yet simultaneously takes the viewer to a happier place through song and dance.

Dancer in the Dark is available to rent at all good video stores.

Often the film adaptation of a novel is never as good as the novel itself. Having never read the 1996 novel “Push” by Sapphire, I can’t tell you whether the recently released film “Precious” is better or worse. What I do know, is that this film about a black, sixteen year old, obese, illiterate Harlem girl, who lives in housing commission, and who is raped and impregnated by her father and abused by her mother, is not only confronting; but educational, heart wrenching and inspiring.

Precious is now showing at cinema’s everywhere.