Boogie Woogie (2010)

Set in the London art world, the film (from a novel by Danny Moynihan who also penned the screenplay) aims its eye on a group of artists, art dealers, art collectors, gallery owners and hangers on who have the collective morality of a nest of vipers. They're shallow, ambitious, predatory, narcissistic, self absorbed individuals who, while they make for fascinating characters, are ultimately a turn off. With the exception of Christopher Lee as a dying art collector whose great love is Art, the rest of the characters are only motivated by what Art can do for them. I'm not sure there's actually a point to the film, it's Altmanesque without the heart or the wit, but it's never boring. Directed by Duncan Ward in his feature film directing debut, the film is drenched in cynicism without irony. The large ensemble cast includes Gillian Anderson, Alan Cumming, Heather Graham, Danny Huston (who's just awful), Joanna Lumley, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgard, Simon McBurney, Jaime Winstone and Charlotte Rampling who has the film's best scene as a three time married maven who coaches Anderson on the finer points of divorce over lunch and drinks.