Viewed a few days ago:
- The third one in the series, Red Riding: 1983, is a corker, coming with a virtuoso plot knitting together the first two. In some ways darker than the first two, with its main protagonist one of the corrupt West Yorkshire policemen, it nonetheless offers a ray of sunshine at the end. 4 stars.
- I saw Van Gogh: Brush with Genius at the monster IMAX cinema. This must be a short doco for TV, only three quarters of an hour long. The central premise, an accented artist-from-the-beyond the grave talking about his works, is twee, but I must admit that being able to see the gorgeous colour of Van Gogh’s works portrayed so large, with the camera zooming in to reveal individual brush strokes, was a wonderful experience. 3 stars.