Category: Films
A sinner, a killer and a very controversial erection: has director Alain Guiraudie surpassed Stranger By the Lake?
There’s a wonderfully frank clifftop scene in Misericordia, Alain Guiraudie’s new rural thriller, in which a priest seems to give absolution to a murderer. Not [more…]
La Cocina review – Rooney Mara gets stuck in New York restaurant kitchen drama
Here is a strangely exhausting movie, quaintly imagining the frenzied atmosphere of a New York restaurant kitchen as a microcosm of exploited migrant workers, full [more…]
Gérard Depardieu to appear in Paris court over sexual assault allegations
Gérard Depardieu will become the most high-profile French person to stand trial on #MeToo abuse allegations when he appears in a Paris court on Monday. [more…]
Seth Rogen on going from onscreen slacker to studio boss: ‘People really do scream at each other in Hollywood’
Seth Rogen is itemising all the ways in which, when he’s producing a film or TV show, he’s inclined to agonise about his contribution. “Are my [more…]
Harry Potter and Spider-Man producers lined up by Amazon to oversee Bond franchise
Amazon is lining up Harry Potter’s David Heyman and Spider-Man’s Amy Pascal to oversee the James Bond franchise for its studio MGM. In news first [more…]
‘It was chaotic but beautiful’: Warda Mohamed and Kosar Ali on filming the British-Somali short Muna
When Warda Mohamed posted a message on social media that she had completed her feature film script, she never expected it to change her career. [more…]
Bad Boys review – 30th anniversary of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence blowing stuff up
Back in the day when Martin Lawrence had top billing over Will Smith, this movie landed in cinemas in all its gun-wielding, vehicle-exploding, post-shootout-wisecracking humungousness. [more…]
Is Hollywood really going to ditch the anti-fascist satire in its Starship Troopers remake?
If there is a modern day equivalent in Hollywood to Dutch director Paul Verhoeven, he or she must be hiding in the nearest underground space [more…]
David Lynch ‘wanted to go back to work’ before his death says Naomi Watts
Mulholland Drive star Naomi Watts says that David Lynch “wanted to go back to work” before his death in January. In an interview with the [more…]
Just Another Girl on the IRT review – Leslie Harris takes on race, sex and class in 90s indie gem
There’s an undimmed freshness, warmth and freewheeling energy in this 1992 indie gem, and its director Leslie Harris – whose career since has chiefly involved [more…]
