Category: Films
‘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…]
The Electric State review – Millie Bobby Brown’s bot war yarn is soulless digital content
Here is a very bland and derivative sci-fi adventure from Netflix, directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, freely adapted from the illustrated YA novel by [more…]
Branching out or nipped in the bud? Could Groot be getting a solo Marvel movie?
There comes a time in every veteran actor’s career when they ask themselves: have I spent too long playing a large, talking tree? But for [more…]
Plankton: The Movie review – Netflix’s Spongebob spin-off movie is for fans only
Honestly, a title like Plankton: The Movie is about as difficult to evaluate as any movie that comes down the Hollywood pike or, in this [more…]
‘One agency called me Thunder Thighs’: Twiggy and Sadie Frost on sexism, self-esteem and the swinging 60s
The woman in the jade-green suede biker jacket and tartan trousers sticks out her hand. “’Allo, I’m Twig,” she says. The name still sounds funny [more…]
Picture This review – Bridgerton star can’t save tinny romcom
I am generally wary of streaming platform originals, so often do they feel like the fast fashion of the film world: cheap, disposable, chasing ephemeral [more…]
