Karen Krizanovich

All roads lead to Namibia | The real star of Mad Max: Fury Road

All roads lead to Namibia | The real star of Mad Max: Fury Road

by Karen Krizanovich

"The film’s original location was the desert around the mining town of Broken Hill, New South Wales, but its long expanse of desert flats went bloomy and verdant two years in a row due to uncharacteristic flooding. Tiny wildflowers sprang up, perfect for a revamp of The Sound of Music"

<em>8½</em>: I finally got it

: I finally got it

by Karen Krizanovich

"I’ve seen 8½ many times and each time been left baffled by it" - Karen Krizanovich finally gets Fellini

Review: Portland, London | Fitzrovia’s new eating machine

Review: Portland, London | Fitzrovia’s new eating machine

by Karen Krizanovich

"First of all, I’m local and I was here before the other reviewers, okay?" Karen Krizanovich’s new favourite neighbourhood restaurant

Bent wood | The Thonet 14 on film

Bent wood | The Thonet 14 on film

by Karen Krizanovich

Karen Krizanovich on the most wooden big screen icon of all time

Why the sound of a toast makes you oh SO happy

Why the sound of a toast makes you oh SO happy

by Karen Krizanovich

"A proper ringing toast soothes the savage beast"

The Cromarty Film Festival 2014

The Cromarty Film Festival 2014

by Karen Krizanovich

"This is filmic Brigadoon. Be there next year"

G-whizz | Avenue G, Glasgow

G-whizz | Avenue G, Glasgow

by Karen Krizanovich

"Avenue G is, for me, that place in Glasgow: it’s like Cheers with coffee"

The new spirit of Beverly Hills | Review: Scarpetta, Los Angeles

The new spirit of Beverly Hills | Review: Scarpetta, Los Angeles

by Karen Krizanovich

"So it’s Beverly Hills, but not as you know it." Karen Krizanovich dines at Scarpetta

Steak in and out | Review: CUT, London

Steak in and out | Review: CUT, London

by Karen Krizanovich

"In America, steak is always some muscular animal of the plains. It may be hearty, heavy, manly and bloody, but it is never fancy or foreign"

It doesn’t, in fact, suck | Review: Quattro Passi, London

It doesn’t, in fact, suck | Review: Quattro Passi, London

by Karen Krizanovich

Karen Krizanovich thinks that critics are missing the point at Mayfair's Quattro Passi