Cinephiles lie awake at night worrying that talented young film-makers are deserting cinema for TV. Jane Schoenbrun, one of the most gifted around, has just
Category: Films
Deadpool & Wolverine review – Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s sarky gagathon mocks the MCU back to life
Can the ailing Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise be redeemed with a metric tonne of frantically self-aware comedy? Now that fewer and fewer people care, can
The secret to living longer: join a club
Between the 1970s and 1990s, the number of Americans who attended a single local civic meeting in a year plummeted by 40%. The number who
Robin and the Hoods review – nostalgic battle cry for children’s imagination
This family comedy is not only another iteration of the legendary outlaw yarn; it’s an entertaining feature film focusing on the importance of a child’s
The Echo review – heightened reality in the backwoods of Mexico
Salvadoran-Mexican director Tatiana Huezo is a documentary film-maker who received great acclaim for her non-fiction work before pivoting triumphantly to drama in 2021 with Prayers
Twisters is the blockbuster that almost has it all. But where’s the big kiss? | Adrian Horton
If you haven’t seen Twisters, Lee Isaac Chung’s loosely related sequel to the 1996 film starring Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt, you should stop reading
Coma review – vital signs are weak in Bertrand Bonello’s mopey lockdown drama
Prominent French film-makers are supported by their national industry and even their lockdown projects have been received with respectful attention. Earlier this year Olivier Assayas’s
Toronto film festival: Jennifer Lopez, Hugh Grant and Mike Leigh head lineup
Major new films from the directors Mike Leigh and Angelina Jolie and actors such as Jennifer Lopez, Hugh Grant and Pamela Anderson are toplining this
‘I lied to get the part’: Melvyn Hayes on his ‘angry young man’ beginnings – and It Ain’t Half Hot Mum
One day in 1957, Melvyn Hayes was on the set of a film called Woman in a Dressing Gown when a man sat down next
Shayda review – tense Australian-Iranian domestic abuse drama
There’s not much to celebrate for Shayda (Zar Amir Ebrahimi, excellent) and her six-year-old daughter Mona (Selina Zahednia), holed up in an Australian women’s shelter