Category: Films
Gérard Depardieu trial finally gives France its #MeToo moment
When the actor Gérard Depardieu took the stand at his sexual assault trial in Paris this week, it was seen as a turning point for [more…]
‘I heard he won the Oscar but he had to give it back’: Will Smith gets jiggy with the Slap
When you have embarrassed yourself in front of the entire world, as Will Smith did during the 2022 Oscars, you find yourself confronted with two [more…]
Avengers: Doomsday: a doomed character pile-up or a masterstroke-in-waiting?
Marvel’s big cast reveal for Avengers: Doomsday earlier this week was like something out of an avant garde endurance piece curated by Andy Warhol, a [more…]
Post your questions for Jack O’Connell
Jack O’Connell, still only 34, has already been on our screens for a couple of decades. Born in Derby in 1990, he had a troubled [more…]
Warfare review – film-makers’ message gets lost in the deafening blizzard of battle
There’s a brutally efficient energy to this war movie recreating with 4K digital clarity a real incident involving US special forces on a chaotically failed [more…]
The Woman in the Yard review – pared-back horror is Grandma’s Footsteps: The Movie
Sometimes a single image is enough to carry a film so far. This pared-down Blumhouse chiller opens with a brisk, detailed overview of the disarray [more…]
Boulder, Colorado, to be new home for the Sundance film festival
Boulder, Colorado, has been named as the new home for the Sundance film festival starting in 2027. The festival, which was started in 1978 by [more…]
Gérard Depardieu trial: prosecutor calls for 18-month suspended sentence
Gérard Depardieu should be found guilty of the “indisputable” sexual assault of a set decorator, as well as sexual assaults of an assistant film director, [more…]
Geoffrey Rush on Pirates, Pinter and pugs: ‘Just be happy we evolved on this bit of rock’
The Rule of Jenny Pen looks terrifying! Does the prospect of sudden ageing frighten you? BenderRodriguez It’s not sudden. I was in [King] Lear when [more…]
‘I was surprised how common it is’: the director of Sebastian on his controversial film about an author who enters sex work
Growing up in a small Finnish town close to the Russian border, Mikko Mäkelä knew he was gay from the age of 11. “I think [more…]
