Category: Films
German star at Cannes condemns ‘madness’ of protective culture for UK child actors
Is Britain leading the way in protecting young people and children from the potential traumas of working on a film set, or has it all [more…]
The Balconettes review – neighbours finding trouble in invitation to hot guy’s flat
Here to prove that “actor project” movies are always the ones with the dodgiest acting is the otherwise estimable French star Noémie Merlant who presents [more…]
Emilia Perez review – Jacques Audiard’s gangster trans musical barrels along in style
Anglo-progressives and US liberals might worry about whether or not certain stories are “theirs to tell”. But that’s not a scruple that worries French auteur [more…]
Sex, rape, cannibals: what Yorgos Lanthimos did after Poor Things
Joe Alwyn, the British star of one of the most disturbing films to compete at the Cannes festival this year, has given his verdict on [more…]
Caught by the Tides review – two-decade relationship tells story of China’s epic transformation
As so often in the past, Chinese film-maker Jia Zhangke swims down into an ocean of sadness and strangeness; his new film is a mysterious [more…]
The Fall Guy to Megalopolis: is 2024 the year of the box-office megaflop?
In Hollywood, the first weekend of May is traditionally seen as the official kick-off of the summer movie season: an auspicious blockbuster date that has, [more…]
Man arrested in connection with assault on actor Steve Buscemi
A man wanted in connection with the random attack on actor Steve Buscemi on a New York City street earlier this month was arrested on [more…]
Cannes 2024 week one roundup – the jury’s out, the sun isn’t…
The Cannes film festival opens just as the heavens do, too. It’s raining on the red carpet and on the black limousines and on the [more…]
‘It felt like a historic moment’: the Hollywood strikes one year on
Fans of Pete Davidson who tuned in to watch him host Saturday Night Live were disappointed to find a rerun instead. Viewers of Stephen Colbert, [more…]
Kinds of Kindness review – sex, death and Emma Stone in Lanthimos’s disturbing triptych
Perhaps it’s just the one kind of unkindness: the same recurring kind of selfishness, delusion and despair. Yorgos Lanthimos’s unnerving and amusing new film arrives [more…]
