Forrest Gump review – Tom Hanks’ hero still gets under your skin 30 years on
Robert Zemeckis’s comedy drama is rereleased for its 30th anniversary, starring Tom Hanks as its savant-patriot hero goof from the fictional town of Greenbow, Alabama.
Skywalkers: A Love Story review – ‘rooftopping’ couple chase thrills in Netflix documentary
Love is quite literally in the air for Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus. They’re the daredevil Russian couple who make a living “rooftopping”, as in
Chuck Chuck Baby review – emotionally charged musical drama rules the roost
There is a terrific warmth and emotional generosity to this romantic comedy-drama from the Welsh film-maker Janis Pugh, and if the storytelling in the end
Rwanda’s Paul Kagame cruises to crushing election victory
The Rwandan president, Paul Kagame, is gearing up for a fourth term in office after winning a thundering 99.15% of the vote in an election
Thousands of children swept up in El Salvador mass arrests, rights body says
About 3,000 children – including some as young as 12 – have been swept up in El Salvador’s mass detentions since President Nayib Bukele began
Janet Planet review – mother-daughter relationship unfolds in dreamy summer haze
The dramatist Annie Baker won a Pulitzer for her stage play The Flick, about listless, bored ushers in an empty cinema auditorium between screenings; now
Brat summer: is the long era of clean living finally over?
A brat, said Charli xcx – describing not so much her album, Brat, as the spirit of brat – has a “pack of cigs, a
Kidnappings soar in central Africa’s ‘triangle of death’
Tired of waiting for the authorities to come to their aid, young men in the Mayo-Kebbi Ouest region of south-west Chad are banding into vigilante
Wolves to make formal complaint after Hwang Hee-chan suffers alleged racial abuse
Wolves will submit a formal complaint to Uefa after their pre-season match against Como was overshadowed by alleged racial abuse towards Hwang Hee-chan. The South
Georgia: judge in Young Thug racketeering case removed
The judge overseeing the long-running racketeering and gang prosecution against Young Thug and others has been removed from the case after two defendants sought his