Matt Damon and Casey Affleck – grizzled veterans of Steven Soderbergh’s classic caper Ocean’s Eleven from back in 2001 – now come together as stars
Category: Films
‘I’m happy for everyone released, but there is also sadness’: film-maker Odessa Rae on today’s momentous prisoner swap
Is Odessa Rae being eavesdropped on? The answer may depend how long the Kremlin holds a grudge. In 2022, the Canadian American producer helped make
My Neighbour Totoro review – Miyazaki’s supernatural masterpiece still enchants
The iconic status of Hayao Miyazaki’s 1988 Studio Ghibli animation was recently underscored by a smash-hit stage adaptation in London, and now the movie itself
Harold and the Purple Crayon review – garish and charmless kids fantasy dud
Plenty of actors will talk about doing the occasional family film in order to make something that their kids might enjoy. Film-makers, meanwhile, will often
Post your questions for Paul Feig
Paul Feig is one of the most exciting directors of the last 20 years, especially if comedies are your bag. His biggest break came with
‘She lived so much life so quickly’: the lost tapes of Elizabeth Taylor
Imagine the conversation Elizabeth Taylor could have had with Taylor Swift; a generational tete-a-tete between the Cleopatras of their times (to name drop Taylor’s most
Werckmeister Harmonies review – Béla Tarr’s brooding masterpiece of a town sleepwalking into tyranny
Hungarian auteur Béla Tarr and his co-director and editor Ágnes Hranitzky now have their 2000 film rereleased, 24 years on as part of a career
Knock Out Blonde: The Kellie Maloney Story review – trans boxing promoter fights for identity
This is one of those documentaries that feels like it directs itself, so improbable is its story: The Peckham-born Catholic and heavyweight boxing promoter formerly
Kensuke’s Kingdom review – Michael Morpurgo’s desert island boy’s own adventure
Michael Morpurgo’s children’s story is a boy’s-own desert island adventure, closer in spirit to The Coral Island than Lord of the Flies, and here attractively
More than half UK’s film and TV workers still unemployed after Hollywood strikes
More than half of the UK’s film and TV workforce are still out of work a year after the Hollywood strikes of 2023, new research