Category: Films
Streaming: Monkey Man and the best revenge movies
In real life, most of us don’t get that many opportunities to exact revenge on someone. A passive-aggressive comeback maybe, but that’s not quite the [more…]
Cannes film festival faces strike disruption over seasonal workers’ rights
The Cannes film festival is facing strike action as it opens next week and could see protests by projectionists, floor managers and press agents who [more…]
Blunt, stunts and Gosling: how did The Fall Guy flop – and what does that mean for cinema?
On paper, it couldn’t fail. The Fall Guy was a lock as this summer’s first – and possibly biggest – box office smash. It had [more…]
Raging bull-terrier: did Martin Scorsese’s dog really eat Paul Schrader’s thumb?
Stephen Rodrick’s interview with Paul Schrader in Variety is a thing of great heft. Over the course of the piece, Schrader grapples openly with the [more…]
The Hunt for Gollum: Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis to work on new Lord of the Rings film
Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis are working on a new Lord of the Rings film due to release in 2026, it has been announced. In [more…]
Kristen Stewart says Hollywood’s self-congratulation over gender equality ‘feels phony’
Kristen Stewart has chastised Hollywood’s efforts at gender equality, saying that the industry clapping itself on the back for an embrace of female film-makers “feels [more…]
Ian McShane: ‘When I was about to get it on with Richard Burton, he said I reminded him of Elizabeth’
Which of the so-called serious actors – Richard Burton, John Hurt, Oliver Reed etc – that you worked with were the funniest? Kellysahero1970Oli. We did [more…]
Strictly Confidential review – Elizabeth Hurley’s softcore sex drama directed by … her son
After Blackbird, the traumatising spy-thriller bankrolled by and starring Irish dancer Michael Flatley, filmgoers thought they were safe – for a while – from bizarre [more…]
Mother of the Bride review – Brooke Shields leads middling Netflix mush
Despite experience mostly insisting caution, certain markers still allow one to naively daydream that a new Netflix comedy might be worth more than a background [more…]
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging
The Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to eight years in prison, flogging, a fine and the confiscation of property, his lawyer has confirmed. [more…]
