In the 50 years since Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation was released in theaters, the evolution of technology and the devolution of political culture have
Category: Films
Mark Kermode on… Céline Sciamma, the auteur who finds the universal in the unique
“Does French film-maker Céline Sciamma ever put a foot wrong?” That’s a question I posed in my 2021 Observer review of Petite Maman, a sublime
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson says he will not repeat Joe Biden endorsement
The wrestler turned action star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson dealt a blow to Joe Biden, saying he would not repeat his endorsement of the president
Yolo review – smash-hit Chinese boxing drama is a tale of personal transformation
Jia Ling writes, directs and stars in this boxing drama with a twist: there’s not really very much boxing in it. In this smash hit
Joaquin Phoenix and Joel Coen sign open letter in support of Glazer’s Oscar speech
More than 150 Jewish Hollywood professionals, including Joaquin Phoenix, Joel Coen and Ilana Glazer, have expressed their support for Jonathan Glazer after the Zone of
Time to take the blue pill – do we really need a fifth Matrix film?
Somewhere over the digital horizon, down the rabbit hole and straight on til morning, a new Matrix episode is brewing. After handing us three deeply
Marco Bellocchio on his new film about the notorious kidnapping of a Jewish child
He’s 84, but could be 10 or even 20 years younger. In his jacket and open-necked shirt, he looks like a university professor, speaking animatedly
Barbara Rush obituary
In the 1950s, the elegant actor Barbara Rush, who has died aged 97, was extremely visible in films (she made 22 during the decade) and
The First Omen review – stylish horror prequel is damned by its franchise
We didn’t need a prequel to landmark 1976 horror The Omen but we’d have been foolish not to expect one. The major genre films of
Scoop review – self-admiring replay of Prince Andrew’s Newsnight interview
Here is a laboriously acted and distinctly self-admiring, self-mythologising drama about the media, the royals and the media royals. It is all about Emily Maitlis’s