Category: Films
High-minded, progressive and literate, Laurent Cantet made a trio of brilliant films | Peter Bradshaw
Laurent Cantet was a classic product of the French cinema industry: a deeply intelligent, high-minded progressive film-maker of the same generation as Robin Campillo and [more…]
There’s Still Tomorrow review – resoundingly sentimental drama in postwar Rome
Italian actor and singer Paola Cortellesi has been breaking hearts and box office records on her home turf with this directing debut. It’s a richly [more…]
Rebel Wilson memoir to be published in UK with Sacha Baron Cohen passages redacted
The UK edition of Australian actor Rebel Wilson’s memoir will be published with redacted passages relating to her experience on set with Sacha Baron Cohen. [more…]
Ben Stiller: I was blindsided by Zoolander 2 flopping
Ben Stiller has said that he was “blindsided” by the failure of his 2016 sequel to Zoolander, the much-loved male model comedy from 2001. Speaking [more…]
Anne Hathaway is a secret Arsenal fan and now her reinvention is complete
Anne Hathaway’s renaissance has been a wonderful thing to witness. For years now, the actor’s reputation has been based on the assumption that she tries [more…]
Multiple crew members hospitalised after accident on set of Eddie Murphy film
Several crew members were injured and two were hospitalised when a car and truck collided during shooting of the Eddie Murphy film The Pickup in [more…]
Malum/Hunt Her, Kill Her review – double bill of low-budget, single-location horror
New horror-focused studio Welcome Villain are aiming to be the next Blumhouse, but judging by this double bill of early releases it could be a [more…]
Omen (Augure) review – Baloji offers secrets and sorcery in Congolese homecoming
Congolese-born rapper, musician and film-maker Baloji (né Serge Baloji Tshiani) was a prizewinner at Cannes last year with this feature directing debut: a dynamic, teemingly [more…]
Soiled nappies and karate: AI-rendered Putin biopic to be released
The “world premiere” of a new biopic of Russian president Vladimir Putin featuring an AI-rendered central character, has been announced for 26 September. In a [more…]
In the Company of Kings review – boxing legends hold court in illuminating mosaic
Admittedly, their freewheeling boxing documentary is a little rambling and understructured, but nevertheless director Steve Read and producer-narrator Robert Douglas (both Brits) end up making [more…]
