Category: Films
Daisy Ridley: ‘I made a toilet cake on Bake Off because flushing with the lid up is unhygienic beyond belief’
How much training did you do for Young Woman and the Sea? Wasn’t the sea cold? Closey29 Incredibly cold. I did three months training, then [more…]
The Apprentice actor Sebastian Stan says Hollywood stars are ‘afraid’ of Trump
Sebastian Stan, who stars in The Apprentice, a biopic of Donald Trump focusing on his association in the 1970s with lawyer Roy Cohn, has said [more…]
Snow Leopard review – enigmatic tale of man v beast is late Tibetan film-maker’s final word
Tibetan film-maker Pema Tseden died of heart failure last year at the age of 53, just months after completing this movie; his health was almost [more…]
Layla review – heartbreak looms in coming-of-age yarn of a secret affair and queer identity
British-Iraqi drag artist and film-maker Amrou Al-Kadhi makes a strong feature debut with this coming-of-age dramedy of queer identity, which is heartfelt if slightly glib. [more…]
‘Nothing left except quivering protoplasm’: the man who pedalled a plane across the Channel
Bryan Allen is not the type to blow his own trumpet. Colleagues who knew him only as a software engineer in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory [more…]
BAM! review – smart gig-economy comedy is a rollicking modern-day farce
Sparkling and vivacious, Jordan Tragash’s heartfelt queer comedy captures with considerable charm the conundrums of the precarious gig worker’s lifestyle. For those familiar with Chicago, [more…]
The Merry Gentlemen review – more forgettable festive filler from Netflix
The unending expansion of Netflix, still easily the most streamed of all the streamers, has turned it into an ambitious one-stop shop for all, home [more…]
Mediha review – remarkable Yazidi victim of Islamic State’s sexual slavery tells her own story
This is impressive work from film-maker Hasan Oswald that allows its subject, as far as possible, to tell her own story. Mediha Ibrahim Alhamad is [more…]
Wicked review – Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are a blast in sugar-rush Wizard of Oz fantasy
As Kermit the Frog and the Hulk discovered: it’s not easy being green. Now another verdant character is gleefully brought to the screen by lyricist-producer [more…]
Post your questions for Aaron Taylor-Johnson
At 34, Aaron Taylor-Johnson has built up one of the best CVs in the business – in part because he started so young: he was [more…]