People ride horses for all sorts of reasons, explains the jockey hero of Luis Ortega’s offbeat and stylish Argentinian crime drama. They ride to arrive
Category: Films
Maria review – Angelina Jolie plays the diva in magnificent stroll around the cult of Callas
Hide the overflowing ashtrays and move that infernal grand piano – Maria Callas, La Diva, is granting a valedictory TV interview. She’s pacing the halls
Riefenstahl review – deep-dive study takes down the Nazis’ favourite director
Leni Riefenstahl returns to the Venice film festival, after a fashion, as the star of Andres Veiel’s extraordinary deep-dive documentary about the original cancelled artist.
Angelina Jolie says women are defined too much by other people’s perceptions
Angelina Jolie has said it is often “other people’s perception of a woman” that defines too much who she is, as she discussed portraying the
Jason Schwartzman: ‘I was the kid driving around all the record stores buying all the Oasis singles’
Does Wes Anderson still make you audition? TopTrampThere have been times when he’s said: “Maybe you should try reading this part,” or: “Let me hear
The Count of Monte Cristo review – a good-looking gallop through Dumas’ tale of revenge
There have been dozens of (mostly inadequate) attempts to adapt Alexandre Dumas’ behemoth payback yarn on film and TV, but it doesn’t stop people trying;
Seeking Mavis Beacon: the search for an elusive Black tech hero
Before bashing out emails and text messages by thumb became an accepted form of communication, typing was a fully manual skill. In the 80s, “the
Film suggests Nazis’ lead propagandist had role in 1939 massacre
A new documentary on the Nazis’ favourite film-maker and lead propagandist Leni Riefenstahl suggests she was a direct witness to murderous crimes of the Third
Touch review – unashamedly emotional love story travels back to the 1960s
Notes tucked between the leaves of a book; plastic cherry blossoms; a verse or two of an old poem … mere ephemera, to anyone other
Milk & Serial: the vicious, viral $800-budget horror that’s free to watch
2024 is already becoming something of a banner year for horror, with Longlegs making over $100m and Late Night with the Devil earning a whopping