Category: Films
Saturday Night review – unbearably self-indulgent sketch of an iconic comedy show
Even the superest superfan of the legendary US TV comedy show Saturday Night Live is going to struggle with the unbearable self-indulgence and self-adoration of [more…]
Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story review – engaging study of a life less ordinary
Sinéad O’Shea’s documentary portrait of the author Edna O’Brien is a reminder that most writers – most people, in fact – don’t have lives anywhere [more…]
‘They don’t want you to see the slave labor’: a new film goes inside Alabama’s prisons
Floors streaked with blood, rat-infested cells, flooded hallways and routine beatings by officers – these are but some of the degrading conditions within Alabama state [more…]
Meryl Streep cut a car-sized hole in her garden fence to escape LA fires
The actor Meryl Streep made a dramatic escape from the fires which killed 28 people and destroyed more than 16,000 structures across Los Angeles earlier [more…]
Post your questions for Ke Huy Quan
Comeback kids don’t come much more extraordinary – or well-loved – than Ke Huy Quan. After starring, aged 13, as Short Round in 1984’s Indiana [more…]
Backlash builds: why the architecture world hates The Brutalist
It has graced tea towels and cushions, mugs and socks, and spawned numerous Instagram accounts and coffee table books galore. Now brutalism, the once-maligned postwar [more…]
Luther: Never Too Much review – the mystery and brilliance of ‘love doctor’ Vandross
All of the mystery and certainty of love is carried in Luther Vandross’s radiant singing voice. On uptempo tracks he seems suffused with joy; on [more…]
‘A reminder that we can resist’: hard-hitting documentary takes aim at anti-trans rhetoric
A new documentary at the Sundance film festival delves into the fight to preserve access to gender-affirming care for minors via the US supreme court, [more…]
Atropia review – military roleplaying satire is a frustrating jumble of ideas
There can be a cavernous distance between the discovery of a topic worthy of expansion and the understanding of how best to then go about [more…]
Together review – codependent relationship body horror is a fun ride
We all know couples like Tim and Millie. Never an I, always a we. Never an immediate answer, always an “I should probably check with [more…]
