There’s an extraordinary story that could be told here about the birth of reality television in all its cruelty and superficiality. In 1998, a Japanese
Category: Films
Tell us your favourite films of 2024
We would like to hear about your favourite films of 2024. Was it a comedy that had you rolling in the aisles, or a horror
Cinema singalongs: is it OK for Wicked fans to belt out all the tunes?
Name: Cinema singalongs. Age: Hard to tell the exact origin but the most recent example is just days old. Appearance: Like a film, but with
The Silent Hour review – intriguing cat-and-mouse thriller with deaf protagonists
This crime thriller unfolds mostly in a nearly empty apartment building supposedly in Boston, Massachusetts, although the end credits reveal it was actually shot on
‘Activates my lizard brain’: why Alita: Battle Angel is my feelgood movie
When I’m in a truly bad mood, about the state of the world or just the state of myself, traditionally uplifting movies (or music, or
Two of a Kind review – Ghanaian summit meeting of the sexes in cleared-out luxury hotel
Fifty minutes in, a Shakespearean twinkle comes over this Ghanian romantic drama; having at first bunkered us into a luxury hotel with squabbling spouses Carl
Wicked slays Gladiator II in ticket sales duel as new films boost box office
With a combined $270m in worldwide ticket sales, Wicked and Gladiator II breathed fresh life into a box office that has struggled lately, leading to
‘The Bowie of his era’: new biopic charts wild life of cross-dressing Victorian peer
It’s the costume drama plot with the startlingly up-to-date twist: the fifth marquess of Anglesey, a scandalously extravagant, cross-dressing peer of the realm, who cavorted
Wrestler, film star – and future president? Why we should all take Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson seriously
It’s proving to be a busy period for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, sometime WWE professional wrestler and Hollywood film star. Well, another one. Red One,
Richard Linklater: ‘I’ve always had that French new wave notion – that a film should be an extension of your life’
The American director Richard Linklater has one of the great, eclectic film-making CVs: from classics such as Dazed and Confused to School of Rock, Before