Category: Films
Mufasa: The Lion King review – storytelling takes pride of place in punchy origin tale
How did Scar, the wicked uncle from The Lion King voiced by Jeremy Irons, get to be so … well … wicked? How is it [more…]
Can the Russos find a good reason for Chris Evans’s return to Marvel?
Ever wondered what the multiverse might look like if Marvel just used it to bring back popular superheroes the studio regrets writing off? Welcome to [more…]
Richard E Grant’s renaissance is a pleasure to watch – and it all began with Withnail and I
If you like what Richard E Grant is doing now – in series such as The Franchise and films like Can You Ever Forgive Me? [more…]
Marisa Paredes, Almodóvar star and legend of Spanish cinema, dies aged 78
The award-winning Spanish actor Marisa Paredes, best known to international audiences for her work with directors such as Pedro Almodóvar, Guillermo del Toro and Roberto [more…]
Dolphin Boy review – human baby lives under the sea in watery kids animation
‘Can I keep it, mommy?” It’s likely that even very small kids will smell something fishy about this family adventure from Iranian animator Mohammad Kheirandish. [more…]
Best films of 2024 in the UK: No 4 – All We Imagine As Light
‘Evening is my favourite time of the day” says a character in All We Imagine As Light, as twilight descends on Mumbai – it’s when [more…]
Investment in film and TV made in Australia plummets by almost 30%, report finds
Investment in feature films and television dramas made in Australia has tanked, according to the latest report by the government’s funding body for the screen [more…]
‘Yes, I condemn murder’: Michael Moore responds to Luigi Mangione’s manifesto
Michael Moore, the Oscar-winning documentarian reportedly mentioned in the manifesto of suspected killer Luigi Mangione, has responded to the case. Mangione was arrested last week [more…]
Carry-On up the cockpit: we’ve got it in for the title of Netflix’s new airplane thriller
From time to time, a film made in the US will reach these shores with a slightly different title. Ford v Ferrari, for example, was [more…]
Last Tango in Paris screening in French capital cancelled amid women’s rights protests
A prestigious French cinema has cancelled a screening of Last Tango in Paris after women’s rights groups protested at its infamous rape scene filmed without [more…]