Dea Kulumbegashvili is the much-admired Georgian director whose feature debut, Beginning, won golden opinions, though I confess to having been agnostic on the grounds of
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Post your questions for Jude Law
Never say Jude Law doesn’t throw himself into a role. To better inhabit late-stage Henry VIII, he of the rolls of fat, rotting leg and
Keanu Reeves at 60: from surfer dude to action hero, his 20 best films – ranked!
20. Little Buddha (1993) Bernardo Bertolucci, deep into his picturesque international film-making phase, portrays the search for a reincarnated lama to insipid effect. But who
Firebrand review – Jude Law’s obese and oozy Henry VIII rules supreme in Catherine Parr drama
Jude Law outrageously steals every scene as a horrendously unwell and cross Henry VIII in this Tudor court intrigue drama that also serves as an
From Hard Truths to Nightbitch: 10 films to look out for at Toronto film festival 2024
Last year’s Toronto film festival, a key stop on the fall circuit for some of the season’s biggest new movies, was a subdued edition, the
The Brutalist review – epic Adrien Brody postwar architectural drama stuns and electrifies
Brady Corbet’s amazing and engrossing epic The Brutalist is about the design of postwar America and what was mixed into its foundations at the building
Damaged review – Samuel L Jackson comes to Edinburgh in crime thriller
Here is what appears to be an authentic so-bad-it’s-good crime thriller, set on the mean streets of Edinburgh and starring the improbable trio of Gianni
Joker: Folie à Deux review – Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga musical spirals out of tune
Five years ago, Todd Phillips released Joker, his much-acclaimed take on the DC Comics supervillain, with Joaquin Phoenix wearing the clown makeup as the crazy
What we do in the shadows: why film noir will never die
Film noir was first identified at a distance. In 1946, Italian-born French critic Nino Frank coined the term to describe a cycle of coolly cynical
‘We didn’t worry about a few dirty laughs!’ The Carry On women on playing nags, bra-burners and ‘crumpet’
I’m watching a clip from the 1969 film Carry on Camping with Valerie Leon. As in, I’m with Leon, in her house in west London,