Hollywood is full of tantalising “what-if?” moments; decisions made on the spur of the moment that have far-reaching repercussions for all involved. What if Robert
Category: Films
Happy 90th birthday Sophia Loren! Her greatest films – ranked
20. Prêt-à-Porter (1994) Loren’s 14th and final collaboration with her frequent co-star Marcello Mastroianni provides one of the few bright spots in Robert Altman’s dog’s
The Goldman Case review – gripping French courtroom drama with a chaotic energy
French cinema has recently given us some sensationally good courtroom dramas, such as Alice Diop’s Saint Omer and Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, both
Strange Darling review – grisly but audacious serial-killer horror outside the comfort zone
Writer-director JT Mollner shuffles the narrative deck with this macabre, ingenious serial-killer horror whose chapters are shown out of linear order. Each storytelling card is
Girls Will Be Girls review – sexual awakening in Indian boarding school is poised and plausible
‘Some teachers thought a girl wasn’t up to it,” says a veteran female teacher with a weary roll of the eye. It’s some time in
Public Enemy review – anatomy of Greece’s economic crisis framed as epic tragedy
Maybe the true Greek tragedy is the temptation to interpret everything that happens in that country under the long Hellenic shadow of history. It is
Cyborg: A Documentary review – man who ‘hears’ colours is leading transhuman age
The subject of Carey Born’s film is amusing, engaging and more than a little preposterous. It is about the talented artist and musician Neil Harbisson,
‘His ego will not accept defeat’: the story behind Trump’s attempt to steal an election
By now, 6 January 2021 has so thoroughly saturated the American political consciousness – a single date conjuring up images of the once unthinkable, mentioned
Transformers One review – animated origin tale is fun fan service
Optimus Prime is typically a dour and self-serious figure. In both the 80s cartoons and the Michael Bay-directed Transformers movies, the leader of the Autobots
‘I filed my copy from Waterloo station loos’: the Guardian’s theatre critics assess The Critic
‘The friendship between a critic and an actor violates a boundary’ Arifa Akbar Oh, how I’d love to take bubble baths in the morning, long