Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt makes her feature debut with an ingenious revisionist body-horror version of Cinderella, lavishly costumed and designed. There are twists in the
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Experts talk realism of Conclave movie: ‘Gets a lot of the details right’
I confess: my first thought this morning, when I heard the news that Pope Francis died at the age of 88, was of Conclave. As
Goldbeak review – kids cartoon sends baby eagle to live in a chicken coop
Birds of a feather flock together, unless you’re an eagle being raised in a community of chickens, per this animated family adventure. Orphaned in a
Baby boomers: if Sue Storm is pregnant then what’s going to happen in the Fantastic Four’s first outing?
You might have thought that the introduction of Marvel’s first family, the Fantastic Four, into the MCU would be enough heavy lifting for one movie.
What’s missing from Alex Garland’s Iraq movie Warfare? Context, motivation and, for the most part, Iraqis | Peter Beaumont
Think back to 2006. Iraq was at the peak of its conflicts. A horrific sectarian war was raging, and al-Qaida in Iraq and other insurgent
Ted Kotcheff obituary
The Canadian film-maker Ted Kotcheff, who has died aged 94, was denied entry to the US for being a suspected communist, banned for life from
UK taxpayers contributed £89m to the most expensive movie ever made
A leafy corner to the west of Watford was transformed into a jungle last year. Authentic-looking exotic flowers lined the floor, tree trunks soared up
Warfare review – nerve-shredding real-time Iraq war film drags you into visceral frontline combat
It’s up there with the first 23 bruising minutes of Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan or Elem Klimov’s harrowing and relentless Come and See. This
Sinners review – Ryan Coogler’s sexy southern gothic horror is a blast
In Black Panther (2018) and its sequel, Wakanda Forever (2022), Ryan Coogler directed two of Marvel’s most satisfying and textured recent movies. His 2015 Rocky
Pink smoke, pigs and Pixar: a dozen movie Easter eggs to feast on
Archie Leach makes an appearance One of Hollywood’s most durable Easter eggs debuted in Howard Hawks’s His Girl Friday (1940) when Cary Grant’s character says: