Category: Films
Timestalker review – Alice Lowe’s anti-romcom is a darkly hilarious spin through history
The Taoist philosopher Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly – but couldn’t be sure if the butterfly wasn’t the one having the dream about him. [more…]
Blitz review – Steve McQueen’s rousing wartime adventure is surprisingly old-fashioned
Steve McQueen finds the key of C major for this well made and unashamedly old-fashioned wartime adventure, heartfelt and rousing and – yes – a [more…]
Angela Rayner reconsiders rejected application for Marlow film studio
The deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, has called in a rejected planning application for a multimillion-pound film studio development in what is being closely watched [more…]
‘I hope God gives me the strength to make more movies’: Scorsese addresses retirement rumours
Martin Scorsese has denied he is planning to retire, telling a press conference in Italy that he has “more films to make” after reports surfaced [more…]
Flopping at the box office, hated by the critics – could Joker: Folie à Deux possibly be any worse?
Name: Joker: Folie à Deux. Age: Released last week. A moving picture, right? Yes, the sequel to 2019’s Joker, Todd Phillips’s critically acclaimed, Oscar-winning take [more…]
Almodóvar in English, McQueen at war and Jolie on song: Peter Bradshaw’s picks of the London film festival
A Traveler’s Needs It’s one of the most intriguing director-star pairings in world cinema: Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo and French icon Isabelle Huppert. This is [more…]
‘Bond’s audience will be patient’: Amazon MGM Studios’ boss on the hunt for a new 007
If there is anyone who knows what is happening behind the scenes in the saga over who will become the next James Bond, it’s Jennifer [more…]
Stuntman review – spirited love letter to golden age of Hong Kong’s action movies
This is a film that is more likely to work for hardcore fans of Hong Kong cinema than HK-curious mainstream viewers. Stuntman is an action-drama [more…]
Bunting, bobbies and Doctor Who phone boxes: Dinard, the French film festival that’s mad for Britain
Cannes may be the home of France’s biggest and best-known film festival, but the one that’s held in Dinard in Brittany is, in its own [more…]
‘It was a challenge to film both sides’: the struggle to portray Kenya’s age-old land dispute
The Laikipia plateau in Kenya is a wildlife conservation haven, and a popular safari destination featuring all the big five animals of Africa. As yet, [more…]
