A conversation with Mike Figgis can lead you into unexpected places — such as why a Gypsy once steered him to swim around the reeds, in what way he might be a Geordie Buddhist and the impossibility of making porn sexy. For someone who is associated with rather brooding, intense films, he has a lightness …
It must be possible, indeed, advisable, to take a break from eating and drinking when you visit New Orleans but it’s more difficult than you might think since temptation beckons from every street corner. The last time I was there, three decades ago, was when I was close to the age of the older of my two sons, …
You’ve seen Miami so often in countless films and tv series that when you visit it for the first time, it’s like bumping into a famous person who looks so familiar that you are convinced you actually know them. But if Miami were a celebrity, she would toss her immaculately groomed hair, give you a …