Review: Appropriate Behaviour @ Glasgow Film Festival
March 7, 2015 by admin
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Appropriate Behaviour is not a comedy, even though the film is super funny, witty and will make you laugh out loud.
Desiree Akhavan’s debut feature, which is hitting cinemas in the UK today and was part of the strand PIONEER at the Glasgow Film Festival, is a break up film dressed up as comedy, probably because using a comedy tone as a shield make it easier to digest most of the serious themes the film addresses.
Ever so often film reviews are a pre made formula, which consists of using comparisons, with other titles, directors or main actors, in an attempt to instigate and inform the reader of what to expect when choosing a film to watch.
Most of the articles written about Appropriate Behaviour widely appropriate, no pun intended, other films, directors and cast to describe and compare this gem of a film.
In this review, however, there will be no comparisons. There will be no mentioning of other film titles, other directors or actors.
That’s because Appropriate Behaviour is so good that it’s in a league of its own. It needs no comparison.
The film’s narrative focus on Shirin’s recent break up to girlfriend Maxine, her consequently heartbreak phase and the difficulty of coming out as bisexual to her Iranian family.
On Shirin’s attempt to mend her broken Brooklyn-hipster-heart, the audience embark on a journey where we all laugh, cringe and cry with her adventures and hiccups.
There is the rebound sex with an Internet hook up; a hilarious best friend, Crystal, who understands her like no one in the world (“I think we were an ‘it’ couple” she explain early in the film), and a very awkward and unsuccessful attempt to have a threesome. And Brooklyn never looked so hip and cool serving as the perfect background to the story.
There is also a great moment when she is given self-esteem coaching by the assistant in a lingerie store (watch below).
The film travels between past and present on flashbacks that explains how Shirin and Maxine’s relationship developed from the first kiss on New Year’s Eve to the saturation and decline of their love, intertwined with Shirin’s relationship with her traditional family and her recent job teaching filmmaking to kindergarteners.
Appropriate Behaviour is clever, emotional and amusing. Go see it.
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Serena Williams Shows Off Curves for Lingerie Ad
March 7, 2015 by admin
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When she isn’t busy winning Grand Slam titles, Serena Williams is posing for her latest campaign with Australian lingerie brand Berlei.
The tennis star gave fans a sneak peek of her shoot via Instagram. For the new ad, Williams wore high-waisted underwear and a navy blue blazer over a leopard print bra from the brand.
Just days before, the 33-year-old athlete shared a candid photo of herself wearing an animal print bra and bright orange shorts with the caption, “New Berlei sports bra. I love the zebra print! #berleisport.”
Williams also appears in the 30-second ad, cleverly titled “Berlei Masters of Bounce,” where Williams and a crew of bra-clad athletes demonstrate the effectiveness of the sportwear’s design, namely how it “reduces bounce by up to 60%.”
Check out more pics and the ad below!
