There are strong performances and storytelling energy in this fiction feature debut from Danish-Palestinian film-maker Mahdi Fleifel, a graduate of the UK’s National Film and
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Women achieve gender parity with men in US big screen lead roles for first time
Women achieved gender parity on the big screen in 2024 for the first time in the US, according to two new studies. Out of the
Mom review – neonatal horror leaves new mother in nightmare of guilt and terror
Descending fully inside postnatal depression and psychosis, this horror film blends hallucination, premonition, memory and flashback; what it loses in storytelling precision it makes up
Gravy cocktail, anyone? Wallace & Gromit’s cheese-free dining venture is far from cracking
Ever since A Grand Day Out was released in 1989, we as a nation have grasped Wallace & Gromit to our collective heart like nothing
The Baby in the Basket review – devilish convent horror is low-budget nun fun
This cheap-as-chips British horror concerning demented nuns is risible in the extreme, but there’s something about its willingness to commit to the bit that’s sort
Cottontail review – life lessons are learnt in tender, Beatrix Potter-inspired tale
The curse of Beatrix Potter-associated cinema – from the lamentable Peter Rabbit films to the merely dismal Miss Potter – is lifted, at least temporarily,
Rosinha and Other Wild Animals review – repudiation of Portugal’s ‘gentle’ colonialism
For a film that grapples with the legacy of colonialism, Marta Pessoa’s documentary begins with a rather provocative title card – it says: “Portugal is
Emilia Pérez wins top Spanish film prize amid Karla Sofía Gascón furore
The multi-Oscar-nominated narco-musical Emilia Pérez, whose success has been overshadowed by the emergence of a series of racist and Islamophobic social media posts written by
PH Moriarty obituary
PH Moriarty, who has died aged 86 after suffering from dementia, came late to acting as he approached 40, but made an indelible impression, most
‘They were trying to do 200 different poses during power cuts’: Bridget Jones director takes on The Joy of Sex
Sex positivity, polyamory, threesomes: they may not be universal practices but the extent to which they are more acceptable these days has a lot to