Category: Films
Don’t Turn Out the Lights review – party-animal horror turns into backwoods road trip to hell
If the ritualistic nature of horror means higher tolerance for cliche in the genre, director Andy Fickman runs with that in this brash but increasingly [more…]
Kamay review – searing story of Afghan Hazara family’s painful quest for justice
Living in the remote, mountainous Daikundi province in central Afghanistan, the Khawari family is part of the Hazara community, one of the most persecuted ethnic [more…]
Next James Bond should be British, says former 007 Pierce Brosnan
The next James Bond should be British, Pierce Brosnan has said, as a leaked memo reportedly confirmed the character will remain a man. The Irish [more…]
The Accountant 2 review – Ben Affleck’s autistic assassin returns for solid sequel
Ben Affleck may have given up Batman, but he’s not done with superheroes. In the 2016 film The Accountant, Affleck played Christian Wolff, one of [more…]
Halt Disney! Flow’s director, and fellow upstart animators, on a new era for the artform
Flow is a gorgeous animated Noah’s Ark tale-of-sorts that bobs into cinemas like a message in a bottle. The brainchild of Gints Zilbalodis, a 30-year-old [more…]
‘It’s been really profound’: artists Joel Meyerowitz and Maggie Barrett on laying bare their marriage on film
We might all have domestic arguments that demand to be preserved on film for their drama, but few of them would ever live up to [more…]
‘Everything is so fragile’: Cate Blanchett on marriage, #MeToo and the state of the world
Cate Blanchett saw in the New Year in the Arctic, with her husband and four children, by cutting a hole in the ice and jumping [more…]
Streaming: Steven Soderbergh’s Presence and the best haunted house films
The first more-or-less horror movie in the lengthy, genre-skimming career of director Steven Soderbergh, Presence is a film about grief, trauma, familial dysfunction and abusive [more…]
Gene Hackman died of natural causes days after wife died of rare respiratory virus
The actor Gene Hackman died of natural causes days after his wife, Betsy Arakawa, succumbed to a rare respiratory virus, authorities said on Friday. Arakawa [more…]
Anora is nothing new – Hollywood has always been obsessed with sex workers
Anora emerged triumphant from last week’s Academy Awards presentation, winning five Oscars including best actress for Mikey Madison for her performance as Ani, a sex [more…]
