Category: Films
Jade review – big hair and high kicks from the new Foxy Brown
British martial artist and stunt performer Shaina West (she was one of the assassins in Black Widow and also appeared in The Woman King) graduates [more…]
‘Making this film was forbidden’: how Agnieszka Holland’s migrant thriller inflamed the Polish right
Director Agnieszka Holland is accustomed to attacks from the right in Poland, but her latest film, Green Border – about the plight of immigrants on the [more…]
Pongo Calling review – Roma lorry driver turns viral activist after political persecution
Centring on an ordinary man with extraordinary determination, Tomáš Kratochvíl’s documentary shows how one simple video can ignite a revolutionary movement. After emigrating to the [more…]
‘We’re excited’: arthouse hits draw young UK filmgoers to a summer of subtitles
This time last summer, British cinemas were holding their collective breath, looking forward to the biggest box office weekend of the year. “Barbenheimer” came to [more…]
Strike: An Uncivil War review – brutal confrontation on the miners’ strike picket lines
British schoolchildren are taught that the last full-scale military engagement on their soil was the battle of Culloden in 1746. But this should change: on [more…]
‘I don’t want to take these characters home’: Jesse Plemons on life playing the psychopath next door
Jesse Plemons is a successful young actor, instinctive and natural, who likes to inhabit every role he takes on. He can play lead or support; [more…]
‘It always destroys me’: our writers on their saddest movie deaths
Earl in Magnolia “Have you seen death in your bed?” bellows Julianne Moore’s unfaithful gold digger, wracked with guilt and hurtling toward a full breakdown [more…]
Every Little Thing review – hummingbird documentary shimmers with the best of humanity
Encounters with hummingbirds are not easily forgotten. I vividly remember my first, on a visit to Los Angeles 15 years ago: walking the streets of [more…]
Streaming: the best films about elections
You simply cannot move for high-profile elections lately. The UK’s big decision day is less than three weeks away; France called one last week in [more…]
Blur: To the End review – sentimental journey for four likely lads on their way to Wembley
The Blur fan does not want for documentaries. From the ramshackle Starshaped in 1993, which captured these Britpop Monkees pre-megastardom, to the slick New World [more…]
