Be it a quirk of timing or the invisible hand of trend cycles, Hollywood seems ready to reconsider the idea of the “older woman”. A
Category: Films
Superboys of Malegaon review – boisterous heartwarmer about movie-loving underdogs
Here is a thoroughly enjoyable, big-hearted movie about building a better life through showbusiness. It is a feelgood underdog adventure set in the Indian city
BFI apologises to film-maker over racial discrimination complaint
The chief executive of the British Film Institute has apologised to a prominent film-maker of colour for mishandling his complaint about racial discrimination. The apology
Matthew Modine: ‘The film and TV industry chews kids up and spits them out’
Has there ever been a moment on set that you just can’t shake, that even now leaves you thinking: did that really just happen? NomadPoetics
A Traveler’s Needs review – Isabelle Huppert hypnotises in cool Korean comedy of manners
Here is another deadpan comedy of manners from the prolific Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo: unworldly, gentle and effortlessly minimalist as always, and it is his
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon review – heartfelt portrait of a generational talent
Alex Gibney’s docu-celebration of Paul Simon unfolds over an epic three-and-a-half hours, but he persuades you that this is exactly how much time was needed.
Terrifier 3 review – killer clown is tooled up for third helping of gleeful gorefest
Here is a film that opens with a self-contained prologue that gleefully sets its stall out, fair and square. The scene is a family home
Timestalker review – Alice Lowe’s anti-romcom is a darkly hilarious spin through history
The Taoist philosopher Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly – but couldn’t be sure if the butterfly wasn’t the one having the dream about him.
Buffalo Kids review – CGI old west adventure with a big, warm heart
This is the family-friendly animated story of Tom and Mary, a pair of parentless 19th-century mites making the journey from Ireland to California in search
Blitz review – Steve McQueen’s rousing wartime adventure is surprisingly old-fashioned
Steve McQueen finds the key of C major for this well made and unashamedly old-fashioned wartime adventure, heartfelt and rousing and – yes – a