In Anora, a wilful young woman engaged in sex work is swept up in a Cinderella story. Anora, or Ani as everyone calls the titular
Category: Films
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin review – moving tale of disabled gamer’s digital double life
It’s probably just an accident of scheduling, but this deeply affecting documentary is arriving just when there’s a debate raging at the school gates about
‘Madonna, please. It’s only a film. Be happy!’: the star of Emilia Pérez on transitioning at 46 and making icons cry
When Madonna posted an image of the Spanish actor Karla Sofía Gascón on Instagram recently, the word she scrawled above it in vivid pink letters
Mitzi Gaynor, dancer and actor from South Pacific, dies aged 93
Mitzi Gaynor, the dancer and actor who starred as Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film of South Pacific and appeared in other musicals with Bing
Smile 2 review – gory pop star horror sequel sings a familiar tune
When Smile, an original low-budget horror movie, became a surprise smash hit in 2022, it was a success story that was easier to admire than
Alvin Rakoff, veteran director of British TV and film, dies aged 97
Alvin Rakoff, prolific director and producer of scores of film and TV productions including Requiem for a Heavyweight, Passport to Shame and A Dance to
The Rubber-Keyed Wonder: The Story of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum review – glory and geekery
You’ll need a pretty high geek tolerance level for this very detailed and specialised account of Sir Clive Sinclair’s bestselling ZX Spectrum home computer, whose
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things review – lovingly eccentric ode to a forgotten abstract painter
A rogue preposition in the title betrays this film’s distinctive, dartingly eccentric idiom: not “of deeper things” but “to deeper things”. It is about neglected
How the gory Terrifier movies became a shock phenomenon
Conventional wisdom may dictate that you need a guy dressed up as a bat to properly defeat the Joker. But this past weekend, the indie
Why did Joker 2 lose so much money? And how on earth did it cost so much in the first place?
To quote Heath Ledger’s version of the clown prince of crime, maybe some wag should be scrawling “Why so serious?” on glass-fronted offices at Warner