Tourists drifting out of London’s Tate Modern sometimes find themselves peering through the gates of nearby Hopton’s Almshouses, a collection of 20 pretty cottages built
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Thelma review – June Squibb is marvellous in sweet mobility scooter revenge caper
At 94, June Squibb gives a marvellous performance in this sentimental comedy from writer-director Josh Margolin, inspired by his own grandmother, a video of whom
Crossing review – search for estranged trans niece becomes emotional Istanbul journey
The title wears its wan and melancholy significance a little heavily, and the trompe l’oeil ending is rather mannered, with the kind of flourish that
June Squibb on getting her first starring role at 94: ‘I don’t have to prove myself any more’
Park up the rig, Furiosa; ditch the rubber suit, Deadpool: there’s a new action hero in town. In Josh Margolin’s wildly entertaining Thelma, an elderly
Uncanny Me review – exploration of cloning tech fraught with moral and ethical questions
Doubles, doppelgangers, clones; twin visions have long fascinated directors and audiences alike. It’s unnerving, however, when technologies that once belonged to the realm of science
Credit at last for female screenwriter airbrushed from Hollywood history
To screenwriters in the 1950s, she was a major power player, fighting for pay rises and striking rights. To the Hollywood studio heads, she was
‘It’s been a mad old journey’: Danny Dyer on family, royalty and his tough guy image
It’s a beautiful day in Essex and I’m making myself at home with the Dyers. Theirs is a neat house on a hill, furnished in
Inner demons: grappling with childhood trauma in horror movies
In the first scene of Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical drama The Fabelmans, the director’s junior stand-in Sammy is traumatized by a train crash – not a
‘His skincare regime alone would bankrupt you’: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman bring banter and bromance to London
The enduring friendship between the actors Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman was unpacked in irreverent detail in London on Friday, as the pair premiered their
‘A magical being’: Shelley Duvall remembered by Woody Allen, Daryl Hannah and Michael Palin
‘She gave me reports on last night’s date with Paul Simon’ Woody Allen, writer, director, co-star, Annie Hall (1977) We cast Shelley Duvall as the