Musings on Marianne and her lover

There’s no shortage of never-before-seen footage in Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love, but the film seems to lose interest in its central theme about half way through

Marianne Ihlen and Leonard Cohen ride mules along a stone path on the Greek island of Hydra Pic: Getty

Cinema

Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love: Directed by Nick Broomfieldm Nationwide, 15A,Rating:***

The Chambermaid: Directed by Lila Avilés, IFI, no certRating:****

We might know Nick Broomfield as the persistent, boom-mike carrying investigator behind such scandalous music documentaries as Kurt & Courtney and Biggie & Tupac, but the British filmmaker’s more recent work is more thoughtful (like the serial-killer saga Tales of the Grim Sleeper), comic (Sarah Palin: You Betcha!) and tragic (Whitney: ...