Whatever Works – Woody Allen's 39th feature movie premiered this weekend in the UK. Most critics dismiss it as mediocre, but no one raises the question why it comes to the UK so late. I saw this film in Lithuania on my Christmas holiday last year. It's over a year since its release in the US. I suppose it's because the feature isn't great and they saved the film roll.
It's been an average week in the Barbican and, unfortunately, my weekly culture dose came exclusively from there. The Australian theatre sensation Back to Back showed their play Food Court with a disabled cast. It started promising with two overweight ladies bullying a perfectly normal size colleague accusing her being fat. There was a lot of irony in the actual fatties discussing never eating chips and doughnuts and shaming a slim one over her 'massive' body. But as it went further it lost the plot. The soundtrack was performed live by the Australian experimental band The Necks. A trio of drums, base and piano play mesmerising improvisations. They were the best part of the play, but on Saturday night in their own concert the music sounded slightly boring. In the 39 minutes long piece a monotonic rhythm develops and is continuously repeated. Their music sounds great as a soundtrack but doesn't have the depth to be enjoyed on its own.
Also this week I saw Everything Must Go, a sweet tribute to the performer's eccentric father.
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