Category: Films
Daddy’s Head review – a creature emerges from grief in clever British psychological horror
A monster, or the supernatural, as a manifestation of uncontainable emotions is hardly a new idea, especially as so-called elevated horror has leaned into the [more…]
Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot review – true tale of rescued kids is test of faith
After its controversial US box office hit Sound of Freedom, producer Angel Studios has put its weight behind another title that crudely mines child misery. [more…]
Portraits of Dangerous Women review – dog car crash sets off baffling and peculiar drama
This bafflingly peculiar and lifeless dramedy comes from Swiss film-maker Pascal Bergamin, who is based in Zurich and London and has released some English-language work [more…]
Motherboard to Nightbitch: maternity in spotlight at London film festival
When she was 38, Victoria Mapplebeck found herself single, pregnant and broke. She had to quit her job as a TV director because the long [more…]
Traffic wardens issue tickets for vehicles on Daniel Day-Lewis film set
Filming for a new movie starring Daniel Day-Lewis was interrupted when traffic wardens in Chester began putting parking tickets on 1980s vehicles being used in [more…]
‘My disability is the least interesting thing about me’: Actor Adam Pearson on fame, film and his sibling rivalry
Adam Pearson has a longstanding argument with his mother, Marilyn, about how well-known he is. The tension is most likely to surface when they are [more…]
Hugh Grant says fourth Bridget Jones film will be ‘funny but very sad’
It is a universally acknowledged truth that Bridget Jones films are packed with humour and comedic scenes that attract viewers in their droves. However, in [more…]
‘I’m fine with people bashing us’: inside the controversial Trump biopic
In 1973, Donald Trump was a hungry, awkward real estate heir from Queens looking for respect in New York. Not particularly smart, not particularly charming [more…]
Mark Kermode on… British director Carol Morley, who sees the surreal in the real
This time last year, British film-maker Carol Morley was tirelessly touring the independent cinemas of the UK, promoting her new film, Typist Artist Pirate King, [more…]
‘I wasn’t interested in Churchill’: Steve McQueen on the ‘ordinary people’ in his film Blitz
When Steve McQueen’s new film, Blitz, premieres at the London film festival on 9 October, those in attendance will see a side of the bombing [more…]
