Category: Films
Lonely Planet review – Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth heat up beach-read travel romance
Be it a quirk of timing or the invisible hand of trend cycles, Hollywood seems ready to reconsider the idea of the “older woman”. A [more…]
Superboys of Malegaon review – boisterous heartwarmer about movie-loving underdogs
Here is a thoroughly enjoyable, big-hearted movie about building a better life through showbusiness. It is a feelgood underdog adventure set in the Indian city [more…]
BFI apologises to film-maker over racial discrimination complaint
The chief executive of the British Film Institute has apologised to a prominent film-maker of colour for mishandling his complaint about racial discrimination. The apology [more…]
Matthew Modine: ‘The film and TV industry chews kids up and spits them out’
Has there ever been a moment on set that you just can’t shake, that even now leaves you thinking: did that really just happen? NomadPoetics [more…]
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon review – heartfelt portrait of a generational talent
Alex Gibney’s docu-celebration of Paul Simon unfolds over an epic three-and-a-half hours, but he persuades you that this is exactly how much time was needed. [more…]
Timestalker review – Alice Lowe’s anti-romcom is a darkly hilarious spin through history
The Taoist philosopher Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly – but couldn’t be sure if the butterfly wasn’t the one having the dream about him. [more…]
Blitz review – Steve McQueen’s rousing wartime adventure is surprisingly old-fashioned
Steve McQueen finds the key of C major for this well made and unashamedly old-fashioned wartime adventure, heartfelt and rousing and – yes – a [more…]
Angela Rayner reconsiders rejected application for Marlow film studio
The deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, has called in a rejected planning application for a multimillion-pound film studio development in what is being closely watched [more…]
‘I hope God gives me the strength to make more movies’: Scorsese addresses retirement rumours
Martin Scorsese has denied he is planning to retire, telling a press conference in Italy that he has “more films to make” after reports surfaced [more…]
Flopping at the box office, hated by the critics – could Joker: Folie à Deux possibly be any worse?
Name: Joker: Folie à Deux. Age: Released last week. A moving picture, right? Yes, the sequel to 2019’s Joker, Todd Phillips’s critically acclaimed, Oscar-winning take [more…]
