Christmas came early at the box office this year. Moana 2 brought in a tidal wave of moviegoers over the Thanksgiving Day weekend, setting records
Category: Films
Remembering Every Night review – drifting drama follows three Tokyo women living their lives
Japanese director Yui Kiyohara is clearly a believer in time, not speed, and situation over story. For nearly two hours, with virtually no plot to
Invisible Nation review – insightful primer for Taiwan’s complex history
Producer-director Vanessa Hope has worked on a number of films about China and its neighbouring nations, and this new one focuses on Taiwan, which is
‘Intensely nostalgic’: why A Knight’s Tale is my feelgood movie
There’s a neat little moment in A Knight’s Tale that I like to think speaks directly to how it became one of my favourite films.
Allen Sunshine review – deft character study bathed in a sense of goodness
Shot when director Harley Chamandy was 22, making him the youngest recipient of the Werner Herzog award for “special achievement in innovation, courage and vision”,
A Thousand Fires review – mesmerising study of Myanmar’s homemade oil wells
In Saeed Taji Farouky’s impressionistic documentary, the act of manual labour gains a sensorial, almost celestial dimension. The film’s opening sequences are near-wordless, as the
Marshall Brickman, Woody Allen’s Oscar-winning co-writer, dies aged 85
Marshall Brickman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter who wrote some of Woody Allen ’s best films, the Broadway musical Jersey Boys and a number of Johnny Carson’s
Film advent calendar: 24 festive movies chosen by leading film figures
View image in fullscreen The Christmas movie has, in recent years, become its own industrial complex, algorithmically churned out by streaming services to hit various
How to Make Gravy review – a well-intentioned, mawkish misfire
How to Make Gravy is a rare example of a film that originated as a song – in this case, the beloved ballad by Paul
Mark Kermode on… director Mike Leigh, who mines the comedy and tragedy of life
A few years ago I went on a pilgrimage to West Lulworth in Dorset. My wife, Linda, came with me. I stood on the shore