Category: Films
Malcolm McDowell: ‘Kubrick had stewed pears and sour chicken for lunch because Napoleon did’
If they ask you to appear in Star Trek again, would you say yes? Nicens_boiI mean, you can’t top killing Captain James T Kirk. I [more…]
Breaking the bank: are Hollywood stars getting paid too much?
Marvel was surely expecting a hero’s welcome over the weekend when they announced that Robert Downey Jr would be returning to the Marvel Universe, and [more…]
Post your questions for Paul Feig
Paul Feig is one of the most exciting directors of the last 20 years, especially if comedies are your bag. His biggest break came with [more…]
‘She lived so much life so quickly’: the lost tapes of Elizabeth Taylor
Imagine the conversation Elizabeth Taylor could have had with Taylor Swift; a generational tete-a-tete between the Cleopatras of their times (to name drop Taylor’s most [more…]
Werckmeister Harmonies review – Béla Tarr’s brooding masterpiece of a town sleepwalking into tyranny
Hungarian auteur Béla Tarr and his co-director and editor Ágnes Hranitzky now have their 2000 film rereleased, 24 years on as part of a career [more…]
Knock Out Blonde: The Kellie Maloney Story review – trans boxing promoter fights for identity
This is one of those documentaries that feels like it directs itself, so improbable is its story: The Peckham-born Catholic and heavyweight boxing promoter formerly [more…]
Kensuke’s Kingdom review – Michael Morpurgo’s desert island boy’s own adventure
Michael Morpurgo’s children’s story is a boy’s-own desert island adventure, closer in spirit to The Coral Island than Lord of the Flies, and here attractively [more…]
More than half UK’s film and TV workers still unemployed after Hollywood strikes
More than half of the UK’s film and TV workforce are still out of work a year after the Hollywood strikes of 2023, new research [more…]
Dìdi is a rare thing: a genuinely great film about the internet
Dìdi, the feature debut from writer-director Sean Wang and one of the best new films of the year, risks cliche from the jump by zooming [more…]
Jimmy Kimmel and John Mulaney turn down Oscars host role
A host for next year’s Academy Awards is being headhunted, after the role was declined by chatshow host Jimmy Kimmel – whose stint in March [more…]
