Mike Leigh has criticised UK voters considering abstention at this year’s general election, saying the subjects of his 2018 historical drama Peterloo would be appalled
Category: Films
Head of France’s cinema agency sentenced to three years for sexual assault of godson
Dominique Boutonnat, the head of France’s powerful National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image (CNC), was on Friday given a three-year prison sentence, including
Kalki 2898 AD review – maximalist sci-fi epic mixes Mahabharata with Mad Max
This fizzy Telugu-language mashup of Indian mythology, martial arts and Bollywood-style dance-romance-and-melodrama plot mechanics, all filtered through a fine sci-fi sieve, is mostly a hoot.
Is Marvel breaking all its own rules with the new Fantastic Four movie?
Once upon a time, every new superhero movie seemed to exist in (not-so) splendid isolation. Michael Keaton’s Batman never met Christopher Reeve’s Superman, despite the
The other 1969 concert that changed music: ‘one of the most important stories in rock history’
In the summer of 1969, promoter John Brower thought he had a foolproof plan for a classic concert. Though just 22, he had already promoted
‘In Europe, everyone’s screaming kill, kill, kill’: Stellan Skarsgård on Sweden, ‘silly’ Scandi noir and security
Stellan Skarsgård is speaking to me from his cabin, outside Stockholm, and why shouldn’t he look relaxed and happy, in those clement, sun-dappled surrounds? But
A Family Affair review – Nicole Kidman’s hot age-gap romance quickly goes cold
When it comes to age-gap films starring Nicole Kidman, Jonathan Glazer’s Birth is surely impossible to follow. But newcomer screenwriter Carrie Solomon and director Richard
Marilyn Monroe’s Los Angeles home named a historic cultural monument
Marilyn Monroe’s Brentwood, Los Angeles, home has been saved from destruction after a year-long battle to save the property from developers. On Wednesday, the Los
A Quiet Place: Day One review – noise-free alien-invasion prequel starts with a bang
The hideous novelty is leaking a little from what now has to be called the Quiet Place franchise, about humans of the future forced to
Tony Lo Bianco obituary
The American actor Tony Lo Bianco, who has died of cancer aged 87, specialised in hoods and heavies, often played with an uncommon twinkle in