Category: Films
Demon-child movie wows China – and smashes global box office records
Just a few years ago, the biggest star of the Chinese box office was a brave army commander. Last year it was a woman who [more…]
Streaming: A Real Pain and the best mismatched buddy movies
Kieran Culkin’s mile-a-minute turn in A Real Pain was the single most lauded performance of this past awards season, winning pretty much every best supporting [more…]
Gene Hackman estate goes to court to prevent release of autopsy pictures
A representative for the estate of actor Gene Hackman is seeking to block the public release of autopsy and investigative reports, especially photographs and police [more…]
‘Musicals can be quite sinister’: Tilda Swinton and Joshua Oppenheimer on bonkers bunker singalong The End
Time is short for the family at the heart of Joshua Oppenheimer’s new film. Mother, Father and their adult son eke out their days in [more…]
No Other Land director calls Florida mayor’s campaign against his film ‘very dangerous’
The Israeli director of No Other Land has criticised a Florida mayor’s efforts to evict a local cinema after it screened his Oscar-winning documentary about [more…]
The Parenting review – supernatural caper is a so-so comedy and a lousy horror
Writer-director Craig Johnson broke out with 2014’s spiky comedy drama The Skeleton Twins, a film that hit familiar Sundance indie beats but hit them better [more…]
‘I told Charlotte Rampling’s agent: I want to see her doing the vacuuming’: François Ozon
You’ve had such an eclectic career. Is there any particular genre that you haven’t tackled already but would like to? LickyKickyI don’t care about genre. [more…]
Daniel Craig in line for role in Greta Gerwig’s Narnia film for Netflix
Daniel Craig is being lined up for a role in Greta Gerwig’s new Narnia film, her first directorial project since her huge success with Barbie [more…]
Antidote review – gripping study of dissidents and whistleblowers in Putin’s crosshairs
Finally getting a release after the verdict in the Bulgarian spy-ring trial, James Jones’s gripping documentary takes open-source journalism website Bellingcat’s former lead investigator Christo [more…]
Tiger Woods biopic in the works with the Obamas set to produce
Tiger Woods is headed to the big screen with Amazon MGM Studios acquiring film rights to Kevin Cook’s book The Tiger Slam: The Inside Story [more…]
