Bittersweet biopic of the tragic, legendary cellist, Jaqueline du Pre. Bristol-trained Oscar nominee Emily Watson ("Breaking the Waves") is frighteningly intense in her portrayal of tortured genius Jackie, whose phenomenally successful career - and life - was nipped in the bud by a particularly vicious bout of MS. Rachel Griffiths is equally excellent as Jackie's gentle, long-suffering sister Hilary.
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I'M NOT THERE (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
An intriguing premise; take Dylan's music as an inspiration and using six different actors (one a young black boy, another a woman) loosely re-enact his life from childhood to venerable and venerated troubadour of the 20th Century. The possibilities of ‘I'm Not There' going horribly wrong were always going to be high but Todd Haynes manages to pull off a fascinating, hypnotic, original tale of a living icon and while the performances, with out exception, are excellent, it is Kate Blanchett's tur
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