‘I’ve always liked the company of older people,” says Julian Clary, still smoothly beautiful at 64. “I like the fact they’ve lived a life they
Category: Films
Unfrosted review – Jerry Seinfeld delivers a surreal toast to Pop-Tarts
Standup veteran Jerry Seinfeld makes his directing debut with this decent family comedy that puts a surreal twist on the history of Pop-Tarts, one of
The Fall Guy review – Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt fun it up in goofy stuntman romance
You might need to get your indulgent smile firmly in place for this colossal action comedy – not unlike the adorable smirks on the faces
Love Lies Bleeding review – Kristen Stewart lifts brilliant bodybuilding noir
British film-maker Rose Glass lets rip with some pure roid-rage cinema in this uproarious, horribly violent and lethally smart noir thriller sited in the Venn
Much Ado About Dying review – brave, loving record of an actor uncle’s last days
Films about film-makers and their kith and kin sometimes get dismissed as self-serving, self-indulgent or even – everyone’s favourite smear word these days – narcissistic.
Red Herring review – document of family soul-searching after terminal diagnosis
When he was 24, film-maker Kit Vincent was diagnosed with a brain tumour; doctors said that he could expect to live four to eight years.
The Idea of You review – Anne Hathaway lives out fanfic fantasy in solid romance
There are lithe, low-level pleasures to be had in the glossy pop romance The Idea of You, Amazon’s latest attempt to turn a fanfic fave
Witch review – occultist gothic horror takes a swerve into the psychedelic
After kicking off with an atmospheric but orthodox piece of hoary British witchfinder gothic, Witch takes a genuinely unexpected and ambitious swerve after 45 minutes;
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry review – a gentle gem about late-life love and loneliness
Here is a marvellously tender story of loneliness and love which starts with a bigger bang than most thrillers. Etero, played by Eka Chavleishvili, is
The Animal Kingdom review – Romain Duris leads post-Covid fantasy of virus-triggered mutants
Thomas Cailley’s sci-fi fantasy has too much sensitivity and good taste to be the proper horror-thriller or creature feature that it almost resembles. It’s a