Amid the dumper-truck of post-Covid lockdown-inspired films, very few take disease and pandemics themselves as their central focus (maybe after rewatching Contagion, we were all
Category: Films
This Time Next Year review – satisfyingly slick by-the-numbers romcom
Based on Sophie Cousens’ novel of the same name, and adapted for the screen by the author, this opens with a twinkly tourism-office-style visit-London-for-the-festive-season montage
Gasoline Rainbow review – a free-ranging coming-of-age ode to the curiosity of youth
In the opening seconds of the Ross brothers’ new film, a teenager professes his hope to discover a place “weirdos” like him can call home.
Moosa Lane review – loving cinematic bridge between two countries and cultures
Shot over the course of 15 years, Anita Mathal Hopland’s documentary provides a cinematic bridge between two countries. Born in Denmark to a Norwegian mother
Alien? Mission: Impossible? Toy Story? What is the greatest movie franchise ever?
Mission: Impossible View image in fullscreen When a blockbuster franchise is seven movies in (and counting), and the consensus choice for worst entry was directed
Little Monsters review – infuriatingly awful family film is worse than AI
Made in Russia in 2022, this animated flick has been dubbed in American English for global release, but it seems unlikely that it made much
Richard Sherman obituary
Richard Sherman, who has died aged 95, often said that he never realised his youthful ambition to write “the great American symphony”. However, with his
Anora is a vivacious Cannes victor and a fitting end to a radically romantic festival
This was a Cannes that turned out to be about love, and the Palme d’Or went to a love story that knocks down the whole
Cannes 2024 week two roundup – scuffles, screwballs and spellbinders
“Which film is this?” the burly US critic asks twice, as the house lights go down inside the Bazin cinema. The first time he’s half-joking,
Super Size Me: the film that sounded a fast-food alarm in America
When a person shuffles off their mortal coil, they count themselves lucky to have some quantifiable or tangible expression of their legacy – an accomplishment