Still Alice

It is not at all surprising that Julianne Moore should have won the best actress Oscar for her performance as a university professor who discovers she has early onset Alzheimer's. It is a courageous and moving portrayal of a woman who progressively loses everything – not in a material sense, of course. She has no shortage of money and possessions, whether we are talking about her significant personal income and that of her hospital consultant husband, or a sizeable flat in the city and a hous...