Category: Films
The Room Next Door review – Almodóvar’s English-language debut is extravagant and engrossing
When this film won the Golden Lion for Pedro Almodóvar at the Venice film festival this summer, there were three kinds of surprised critic. Some [more…]
‘I am valued here’: the extraordinary film that recreates a disabled boy’s rich digital life
The night after their son Mats died aged just 25, Trude and Robert Steen sat on the sofa in their living room in Oslo with [more…]
Americans don’t want to see a Trump movie but elsewhere it’s a different story
I’ll be the first to admit that I did not want to watch The Apprentice, the new film chronicling Donald Trump’s ascendancy through 1970s and [more…]
Black Box Diaries review – inside the remarkable events that triggered Japan’s #MeToo movement
This is the remarkable story of Japanese journalist Shiori Itō, who waived a legal right to anonymity to pursue her rape case against prominent TV [more…]
Tom Holland set to star in new film from Christopher Nolan
Spider-Man’s Tom Holland is set to take a starring role in Christopher Nolan’s next film, alongside Matt Damon. According to Deadline, Holland is in talks [more…]
Family Pack review – Jean Reno is game for a laugh in card-based time-travelling caper
This rather sweet time-travelling comedy raises welcome memories of French classic Les Visiteurs, especially with the latter’s star Jean Reno on board. On this occasion, [more…]
Secrets of a Wallaby Boy review – low budget romp-com tracks delivery rider round his route
Cheap and pretty charmless, this low-budget British comedy combines kids’ telly naffness with crass sex jokes. It’s really quite tawdry and the knob gags just [more…]
Matt and Mara review – lo-fi answer to When Harry Met Sally offers uncertain relationship
Here is a toothless, aimless dramedy from Canada, a lo-fi excursion into nothing very interesting; it’s what would happen if Harry met Sally and maybe [more…]
Mitzi Gaynor obituary
The actor and singer Mitzi Gaynor, best remembered as the star of the 1958 film musical South Pacific, began her showbiz career as an ingenue [more…]
‘Emotionally resonant’ animation wins top prize at London film festival
A whimsical Australian stop-motion film about separated twins has taken the top prize at the London film festival, with the jury calling it a “singular [more…]
