It may seem like a stretch to call a film that features scenes of rape, murder, incest, castration, cannibalism, bestiality and, most famously, shit-eating, a
Category: Films
Scarlet Winter review – chopped-up narrative method decorates corpse-disposal thriller
Mulholland Drive and Memento are celebrated examples of how narrative fragmentation can dovetail well with the philosophical heart and aims of film noir. While this
Vista Mare review – fascinating look at invisible labour in Italian beach hotspot
All the familiar pleasures of a beach getaway – seafood feasts, open-air concerts, lazy lounges under the hot sun – take on a fascinatingly odd
D Is for Distance review – tender portrait of parents battling for their son’s medication
That uniquely valuable British writer and independent film-maker Chris Petit, creator of downbeat classics such as Radio On from 1979 and An Unsuitable Job for
Is it time to stop bashing Bridget Jones? Hapless everywoman has evolved – and so have we
Bridget Jones is back. The fabled diary (probably a Surface Pro now) has snapped back open. The cigarettes are doubtless replaced by a Vaporesso vape.
Hayley Atwell on theatre, Tom Cruise and the tabloids: ‘I’ve reached the point where I’m OK if I’m not liked’
Before meeting Hayley Atwell, I am shown to an empty dressing room down the corridor from where she is rehearsing in London for her upcoming
Mark Kermode on… David Lynch, a one-off visionary who was also incredibly funny
In January 1997, I went to Paris to interview the great American surrealist film-maker David Lynch, who died at the end of last month aged
Grumpy Harrison Ford, a mystery asterisk and AI gone wild: everything from Disney’s new slate presentation
There are moments in life when you expect to be confronted by greatness: hearing a live orchestra swell into the opening notes of John Williams’
Companion review – empty sci-fi thriller short-circuits too quickly
Imagine, if you will, a skewed sci-fi reality that envisions a Black Mirror episode but for an entire movie? Can you even begin to grasp
Big knickers, bad decisions and old bats: Renée Zellweger on the return of Bridget Jones
Mark Darcy is dead. Bridget Jones fans have been grieving since 2013, when Helen Fielding’s third novel, Mad About the Boy, was published sans Bridget’s