The sheer sustained silliness of this spoof silent comedy is what finally compels admiration. It’s like chancing across a bunch of eerily gifted kids by
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Schlitter: Evil in the Woods review – tightly crafted horror turned DIY torture tutorial
From pruning knives, to a table-saw, to pulley-activated mousetraps, DIY buffs will be in heaven watching this rigorously conceived and intelligently shot French horror-thriller (and
Longlegs review – Nicolas Cage is a miscast killer in misfiring hokum
In a rather gloomy period for the horror film – a string of commercial misfires causing some to question the usually profitable genre’s long-life reliability
In a Violent Nature review – horror unplugged is quietly gruesome
A man in a mask is out to get you; that’s the basic drill, and horror fans know it – they love the drill, they
Sleep review – marriage unravels in gleeful Korean somnambulist psycho-chiller
The sleep of reason is what’s supposed to produce monsters … but not as many as sleep deprivation. That is the awful paradox driving this
Agent of Happiness review – Bhutan surveyors attempt to analyse joy
In Bhutan, they measure progress not just by GDP, but also Gross National Happiness. This quiet, gently absorbing documentary follows two “happiness agents” as they
James Stewart is sublimely strange and sweet in Harvey as a drunkard with an invisible rabbit friend
How does one go about choosing their favourite James Stewart movie? The great actor’s oeuvre spans a wide variety of genres and moods. For good
‘Rage is your gift’: Paul Mescal battles Pedro, Denzel and a rhino in first Gladiator II trailer
The first trailer for one of the autumn’s most hotly anticipated films has arrived. Gladiator II, Ridley Scott’s sequel to his 2000 Oscar-conquering epic, is
Fly Me to the Moon review – slinky Scarlett Johansson in cynical moon-landing conspiracy comedy
Would you like to watch a goofy romcom about Bill Gates conspiring to implant 5G in millions of Americans’ bodies using the Covid vaccine –
Jon Landau obituary
Three of the highest grossing films of all time – Titanic (1997), Avatar (2009) and its sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) – were