Category: Films
‘Drawings do not lie’: film-maker Michel Hazanavicius on his animated feature about the Holocaust
When the acclaimed French film-maker Michel Hazanavicius was approached by his parents’ best friend, the author and playwright Jean-Claude Grumberg, to adapt his fairytale The [more…]
Visions of America: 25 films to help understand the US today
This is a dire moment in the US. It’s a moment where there’s an opportunity for people with a lot of money to rip apart [more…]
Academy apologises for failure to back Palestinian Oscar winner over attack
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has apologised after criticism for its failure to support the detained Palestinian Oscar winner Hamdan Ballal. Almost [more…]
‘His genius is elusive’: Harry Lawtey and Toby Jones on bringing Richard Burton back to the screen
Sandringham Road lies in the east of Cardiff; a quiet run of Edwardian terrace houses overlooking Roath Mill Gardens. On a late July day, when [more…]
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip review – snarking all the way
Buckle up for a family road trip comedy, containing as much arguing and hugging and learning as you could possibly hope for, and shot with [more…]
Gérard Depardieu trial finally gives France its #MeToo moment
When the actor Gérard Depardieu took the stand at his sexual assault trial in Paris this week, it was seen as a turning point for [more…]
‘I heard he won the Oscar but he had to give it back’: Will Smith gets jiggy with the Slap
When you have embarrassed yourself in front of the entire world, as Will Smith did during the 2022 Oscars, you find yourself confronted with two [more…]
Avengers: Doomsday: a doomed character pile-up or a masterstroke-in-waiting?
Marvel’s big cast reveal for Avengers: Doomsday earlier this week was like something out of an avant garde endurance piece curated by Andy Warhol, a [more…]
Post your questions for Jack O’Connell
Jack O’Connell, still only 34, has already been on our screens for a couple of decades. Born in Derby in 1990, he had a troubled [more…]
Warfare review – film-makers’ message gets lost in the deafening blizzard of battle
There’s a brutally efficient energy to this war movie recreating with 4K digital clarity a real incident involving US special forces on a chaotically failed [more…]
