For her directorial debut, Blink Twice, actor and reluctantly labelled nepo baby Zoë Kravitz has arrived at the table with a plate that’s stacked precariously
Category: Films
Kneecap review – Irish-language hip-hop trio in fiercely riotous Belfast romp
The Irish-language hip-hop trio Kneecap from Belfast caused much spluttering from the DUP in 2019 when, one day after William and Kate’s royal visit to
Together With Lorenza Mazzetti review – compelling final testament from overlooked director
Lorenza Mazzetti was the Italian artist, writer and film-maker whose short film Together made a key contribution to the influential mid-1950s Free Cinema movement in
The Mountain Within Me review – disabled heroes take on the Himalayas
Director Polly Steele’s documentary centres on Ed Jackson, a former professional rugby player who was catastrophically injured when he accidentally dived into a swimming pool’s
‘A war of who gets to write history’: the artists resisting in Ukraine
Kyiv was supposed to fall in three days. That’s what talking heads and pundits in media were saying, rather dismissively, before the February 2022 Russian
Bennifer is over – again. But why does Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s divorce feel so sad?
All Hollywood stars embarking on a romance secretly hope for just one thing: official condemnation from the Vatican. When it emerged that Elizabeth Taylor and
Hell Hole review – creature feature is fracking fun
In This Is Spinal Tap, one of the eponymous rock band’s hits is called Hell Hole. As the song has it, “It’s better / In
Guns banned from set of The Crow reboot after Brandon Lee’s death
The director of the upcoming reboot of The Crow has revealed that he banned all firing weapons from the set because of the death of
Lollipop review – impassioned, head-butting indictment of the social-care system
Daisy-May Hudson is the British film-maker who in 2015 made a fiercely personal documentary about homelessness: her own. Half Way told the story of how
The Home Game review – sweet and heartwarming story of Iceland’s footballing underdogs
Set in Hellissandur, Iceland, population 369, this modest documentary tells the story of how the village got its first football pitch – with the whole