Category: Films
Beyond the Borders review – Zoe Saldaña shines in timely tragedy-flecked thriller
This competent but somewhat predictable drama, which strobes between settings in Mexico and Texas, emerged two years ago under the title The Absence of Eden [more…]
Scarlet Winter review – chopped-up narrative method decorates corpse-disposal thriller
Mulholland Drive and Memento are celebrated examples of how narrative fragmentation can dovetail well with the philosophical heart and aims of film noir. While this [more…]
Vista Mare review – fascinating look at invisible labour in Italian beach hotspot
All the familiar pleasures of a beach getaway – seafood feasts, open-air concerts, lazy lounges under the hot sun – take on a fascinatingly odd [more…]
‘I was trying to explode the idea of beauty’: Coralie Fargeat on The Substance, women and Hollywood
Coralie Fargeat is based in Paris, but is in London for the Oscar nominations – the film she wrote and directed, The Substance, has been [more…]
D Is for Distance review – tender portrait of parents battling for their son’s medication
That uniquely valuable British writer and independent film-maker Chris Petit, creator of downbeat classics such as Radio On from 1979 and An Unsuitable Job for [more…]
Is it time to stop bashing Bridget Jones? Hapless everywoman has evolved – and so have we
Bridget Jones is back. The fabled diary (probably a Surface Pro now) has snapped back open. The cigarettes are doubtless replaced by a Vaporesso vape. [more…]
Hayley Atwell on theatre, Tom Cruise and the tabloids: ‘I’ve reached the point where I’m OK if I’m not liked’
Before meeting Hayley Atwell, I am shown to an empty dressing room down the corridor from where she is rehearsing in London for her upcoming [more…]
Mark Kermode on… David Lynch, a one-off visionary who was also incredibly funny
In January 1997, I went to Paris to interview the great American surrealist film-maker David Lynch, who died at the end of last month aged [more…]
Grumpy Harrison Ford, a mystery asterisk and AI gone wild: everything from Disney’s new slate presentation
There are moments in life when you expect to be confronted by greatness: hearing a live orchestra swell into the opening notes of John Williams’ [more…]
Companion review – empty sci-fi thriller short-circuits too quickly
Imagine, if you will, a skewed sci-fi reality that envisions a Black Mirror episode but for an entire movie? Can you even begin to grasp [more…]
