Iain Softley, director I was working at Granada in the 1980s when I came across a photograph of Astrid Kirchherr and Stuart Sutcliffe while going
Category: Films
Fitting In review – rare biological condition gets thrown into typical teen movie mix
Older viewers may feel, well, erm, old, to see that this film comes prefaced with a wise statement – handed down as if ’twere written
Fragile Memory review – a personal tribute to a prolific Soviet film-maker
A labour of love, Ihor Ivanko’s documentary pays tribute to his grandfather Leonid Burlaka, a prolific Ukrainian cinematographer during the golden days of Soviet cinema.
From Darkness to Light review – Jerry Lewis’ infamous Holocaust film rescued from oblivion
In 1971 Jerry Lewis, America’s most famous comedian, decided to swing for the fences and make his masterpiece. The Day the Clown Cried was a
‘Like criticising a book that has 700 pages’: The Brutalist director defends long films
How do you properly do justice to the life story of a Hungarian-born Jew who survived the Holocaust and emigrated to the US, where he
‘Everyone recognises her now – me, not so much’: Arthur Harari on how Anatomy of a Fall catapulted him and Justine Triet to film power couple status
Rising French cinema notable Arthur Harari is a film-maker, screenwriter and actor – but the last of these only occasionally, and with reservations. He has
The Order review – Jude Law leads neo-Nazi-hunting thriller with confident authority
You wouldn’t want to spend time with the kind of people you meet in the films of Australian director Justin Kurzel: the deranged loner of
And Their Children After Them review – racism and revenge festers in smalltown France
Class and racial tensions come to the boil in this potent tale of disaffected youth in smalltown France. Co-directed by Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma from
‘You’re part of the tornado’: the summer of moviegoing game-changer 4DX
During this long, hot, languishing summer, I have come to believe in one thing and one thing only: seeing Twisters in 4DX. The Oklahoma-set film,
Mark Kermode on… Martin Scorsese’s love of British cinema
This weekend, the BFI Southbank in London begins a season of films entitled Martin Scorsese Selects Hidden Gems of British Cinema. Among the treats that