Category: Films
Streaming: the best Hamlets on screen
When I was 16, for a high school English assignment I composed a short play titled Deconstructing Hamlet, made up entirely of decontextualised quotes from [more…]
Glicked double bill may not match Barbenheimer buzz, experts say
The great Barbenheimer clash of summer 2023 – when Barbie came out on the same day as Oppenheimer – will for ever be a part [more…]
‘I don’t look like him at all, I’m just tall’: Jacob Elordi lookalike crowned in Melbourne
“If I saw someone who looked like Jacob Elordi, I wouldn’t be mad,” says Milla, one of the spectators of Saturday’s Jacob Elordi lookalike competition, [more…]
Spellbound review – Netflix’s misfiring Disney princess knock-off
To commemorate its 100th anniversary last year, Disney decided to showcase just how far its animated output had fallen with the release of Wish, a [more…]
Wicked fans ‘couldn’t be more thrilled’ as blockbuster musical opens worldwide
What is this feeling? After years of speculation, more casting rumors than Oz’s population of flying monkeys, a production ripe for tabloid fodder, and a [more…]
Pretentious, moi?: Josh Brolin’s poetry about Dune has landed, whether we like it or not
When it comes to pretension, Dune isn’t exactly left wanting. In print, the books are a progressively abstract and deranged space opera about a young [more…]
Look out kid: ecstatic reactions to Bob Dylan biopic mean Timothée Chalamet may break Oscars record
A Complete Unknown, James Mangold’s biopic about Bob Dylan, finished filming five months ago. Shortly afterwards, the studio behind the film moved its release date [more…]
Can DC really pull off a Sgt Rock movie with Daniel Craig and Luca Guadagnino on board?
There are no cherry blossoms hinting at the first flush of spring, the nights are creeping in rather than drawing out, and there are scant [more…]
Bread & Roses review – Afghan women reveal crushing reality of Taliban rule
Afghan film-maker Sahra Mani, creator of the rape-survivor documentary A Thousand Girls Like Me from 2018, brought her camera to Kabul to chronicle Afghanistan’s fall [more…]
Two bottles a day and a 10,000 bottle wine cellar: Denzel Washington opens up about his past drinking problem
Health and fitness coverage of Gladiator II, Ridley Scott’s belated Roman empire sequel, has so far focused on Paul Mescal’s gym regime and glut of [more…]
