The brick-hard forehead of Nick Love’s new geezer comedy lands with an uncompromising crunch on our sensitive nasal bridge. “Have that!” the film appears to
Category: Films
Spit review – David Wenham is superb as this goofy, good-natured crim
Punching up is a valuable rule of thumb for comedians. When it comes to film and TV, however, few would insist on a blanket rule
‘Standing up against the devil’: how the far right tried to co-opt Dietrich Bonhoeffer biopic
A Hollywood veteran’s biopic about an anti-Nazi resistance martyr, which was nearly engulfed by the Trump-era culture wars during its US release, is on its
Like Tears in Rain review – Rutger Hauer portrait takes deep dive into the archive
The late Dutch actor Rutger Hauer is probably still best known for his extraordinary turn as rebel replicant Roy Batty in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner,
Ernest Cole: Lost & Found review – tragic story of fiercely pioneering photographer
Haitian film-maker Raoul Peck won an Oscar nomination for his 2016 documentary I Am Not Your Negro about James Baldwin, whose writings were voiced by
Oscars 2026: who might be up for next year’s main awards?
It’s so soon after this year’s Oscars ceremony that there may still be parties going on and with Anora, a film largely set in the
Sneakers: the cult ‘feelgood heist film’ with a hefty cast and a byzantine plot
Picture this. It’s 1969. Two young hackers, Martin and Cosmo, have broken into a government facility. They’re cocky little idealists but they’re principled, too; they
Oscars telecast ratings fall 7% to 18m viewers
Viewership for the telecast of this year’s Oscars ceremony was down 7% from 2024, according to figures from Nielsen. After three consecutive years of growth,
Hakeem review – musician’s journey from prison to Glastonbury exudes warmth and sincerity
So many music documentaries have a kind of faked intimacy; they dangle the promise of lifting the lid on a star’s darkest secrets but end
Die Alone review – Carrie-Anne Moss is enigma wrapped in a parka in zombie survival thriller
As this highly derivative but mildly absorbing Canadian horror thriller kicks off, we meet Ethan (Douglas Smith), a young man seemingly on the verge of