Category: Films
Elijah Wood says fees for Lord of the Rings actors were ‘not massive’
Elijah Wood has said that his salary for The Lord of the Rings movies was “not massive” and that appearing in the films was “a [more…]
From android to assassin: Daryl Hannah’s 10 best films – ranked!
10. The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) Looking as though she has strayed from another genre, Hannah plays Mickey Rourke’s girlfriend, a leggy aerobics instructor [more…]
A Minecraft Movie review – building-block game franchise spin-off is rollicking if exhausting fun
If you’re not familiar with Minecraft as a game then this film, notionally a big screen version of same, won’t necessarily solve that. Minecraft, even [more…]
Mr Burton review – the teacher who inspired and encouraged screen legend Richard Burton
The career of Richard Burton seemed mythic at the time, and more so in retrospect. In Pedro Almodóvar’s latest movie The Room Next Door, Julianne [more…]
Val Kilmer, star of Top Gun, Batman Forever and The Doors, dies aged 65
Val Kilmer, the actor best known for his roles in Top Gun, Batman Forever and The Doors, has died at the age of 65. His [more…]
Balomania review – those magnificent Brazilians and their flying balloons
An intriguing film set in Brazil, first shown last year at the CPH:DOX documentary festival in Copenhagen, in which expatriate Danish film-maker Sissel Morell Dargis [more…]
Sebastian review – journalist turned sex-worker aims to turn side-hustle into art
Sex work as a window into human nature is a longstanding theme in cinema, from Kenji Mizoguchi’s Street of Shame to Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, [more…]
The full comté: quest to make a semi-hard cheese is French cinema’s breakout hit of the year
Louise Courvoisier grew up the daughter of farmers in France’s eastern Jura region and, by the time she was 15, was desperate to leave this [more…]
Help! Why are none of the new Beatles cast from Liverpool? | Peter Bradshaw
Sam Mendes has announced the cast for his colossal four-film Beatles extravaganza: Harris Dickinson as John, Paul Mescal as Paul, Barry Keoghan as Ringo and [more…]
The Most Precious of Cargoes review – postmodern Holocaust fairytale is dreamy curiosity
Directed by Michel Hazanavicius, this postmodern Holocaust fairytale premiered at Cannes last year, and turns out to be a dreamy animated curiosity which is certainly [more…]
