Category: Films
Warfare review – nerve-shredding real-time Iraq war film drags you into visceral frontline combat
It’s up there with the first 23 bruising minutes of Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan or Elem Klimov’s harrowing and relentless Come and See. This [more…]
Sinners review – Ryan Coogler’s sexy southern gothic horror is a blast
In Black Panther (2018) and its sequel, Wakanda Forever (2022), Ryan Coogler directed two of Marvel’s most satisfying and textured recent movies. His 2015 Rocky [more…]
Pink smoke, pigs and Pixar: a dozen movie Easter eggs to feast on
Archie Leach makes an appearance One of Hollywood’s most durable Easter eggs debuted in Howard Hawks’s His Girl Friday (1940) when Cary Grant’s character says: [more…]
Ryan Gosling standalone Star Wars film confirmed
Star Wars producer Lucasfilm has officially confirmed that a standalone film in the series, starring Ryan Gosling, will go ahead. Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and [more…]
‘No thought given to the human being’: Ben Affleck says he hated his ‘horrendous’ Batman suit
Ben Affleck says that he “hated” the Batsuit, and that it was “horrendous to wear” and “made it difficult to make the movie”. Speaking to [more…]
Boot camp, matching tattoos and mutual head-shaving: Kit Connor, Will Poulter and Michael Gandolfini on making Warfare
Five actors and one director are seated around a table in a London hotel room, when there is a knock at the door. The room [more…]
Karla Sofía Gascón to play psychiatrist who ‘embodies God and the devil’ in next film
Karla Sofía Gascón, the actor who made history earlier this year as the first trans performer to be nominated for an acting Oscar, has signalled [more…]
Julie Christie at 85: her 20 best films – ranked!
20. Hamlet (1996) There are many things wrong with Kenneth Branagh’s galumphing slab of actor-manager Shakespeare, but Christie as Gertrude is not one of them. [more…]
‘I was being a sassy Karen’: Florence Pugh’s skyscraper stunt positions her as the new Tom Cruise
If you ever needed definitive proof that Marvel has lost pace with the zeitgeist, just look at the panicky marketing of Thunderbolts*. The film opens [more…]
‘My heart broke’: director Ryan Coogler on mourning Chadwick Boseman, rebooting Black Panther and his new movie Sinners
We’re supposed to be talking about movies, but Ryan Coogler has family on his mind when we have our video call – parents, siblings, twins, [more…]