Category: Films
‘It would not get made today’: Todd Solondz on his shocking paedophile film Happiness
Todd Solondz, writer and director I’d had an unexpected success with my movie Welcome to the Dollhouse and, knowing how fleeting that can be, I [more…]
The Island review – Matt Dillon’s moody clarinetting sums up exotic Greek idyll thriller
Neither pulpy enough for the midnight movie crowd, nor classy enough for the arthouse, this alleged thriller about a young woman called Alex (Aida Folch), [more…]
Last Straw review – waitress holes up in diner in twisty low-budget siege horror
The first half of this 80-minute roadside diner siege horror plays out almost like a section of an anthology film, calling to mind the nasty [more…]
Astrakan 79 review – memories of a boyhood adventure in chilly communist Russia
The melancholy sound of an oboe thrums through the opening frames of Catarina Mourão’s contemplative documentary as the camera moves languorously through a slightly rundown [more…]
Anyox review – ghostly afterlife of a devastated mining town in ecological disaster
Back in the early 20th century, Anyox was a booming mining town in British Columbia, Canada. It is now a deserted wasteland; only two residents [more…]
‘The most horrific, sobering thing I’ve ever seen’: BBC nuclear apocalypse film Threads 40 years on
One Sunday night in September 1984, between championship darts and the news with Jan Leeming, the BBC broadcast one of its bravest, most devastating commissions. [more…]
‘Not many people know what happened’: covered up London Blitz tragedy is inspiration for Steve McQueen’s new film
The Oscar-winning British film director, Sir Steve McQueen, who is most famous for bringing the horror of the slave trade to cinema screens, has turned [more…]
‘We can be violent to ourselves. Brutal’: Demi Moore on body image, reinvention and her most shocking role yet
I first catch sight of Demi Moore crouching on the floor in a hotel corridor, coal-black hair fanned across her back. She’s talking in a [more…]
The British are coming, again! Ralph Fiennes, Daniel Craig and Hugh Grant set for Oscars face-off
On Sunday, the Toronto film festival will hand out its prizes and roll up its red carpet, a week after the Venice film festival did [more…]
Uglies review – Netflix’s drab and dated YA dystopian mess is not pretty
It’s been a few years since Hollywood’s rush for young adult dystopian franchises, from The Hunger Games to Divergent to The Maze Runner. Which makes [more…]
