Category: Films
Almodóvar in English, McQueen at war and Jolie on song: Peter Bradshaw’s picks of the London film festival
A Traveler’s Needs It’s one of the most intriguing director-star pairings in world cinema: Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo and French icon Isabelle Huppert. This is [more…]
‘Bond’s audience will be patient’: Amazon MGM Studios’ boss on the hunt for a new 007
If there is anyone who knows what is happening behind the scenes in the saga over who will become the next James Bond, it’s Jennifer [more…]
Stuntman review – spirited love letter to golden age of Hong Kong’s action movies
This is a film that is more likely to work for hardcore fans of Hong Kong cinema than HK-curious mainstream viewers. Stuntman is an action-drama [more…]
Bunting, bobbies and Doctor Who phone boxes: Dinard, the French film festival that’s mad for Britain
Cannes may be the home of France’s biggest and best-known film festival, but the one that’s held in Dinard in Brittany is, in its own [more…]
‘It was a challenge to film both sides’: the struggle to portray Kenya’s age-old land dispute
The Laikipia plateau in Kenya is a wildlife conservation haven, and a popular safari destination featuring all the big five animals of Africa. As yet, [more…]
Daddy’s Head review – a creature emerges from grief in clever British psychological horror
A monster, or the supernatural, as a manifestation of uncontainable emotions is hardly a new idea, especially as so-called elevated horror has leaned into the [more…]
Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot review – true tale of rescued kids is test of faith
After its controversial US box office hit Sound of Freedom, producer Angel Studios has put its weight behind another title that crudely mines child misery. [more…]
Portraits of Dangerous Women review – dog car crash sets off baffling and peculiar drama
This bafflingly peculiar and lifeless dramedy comes from Swiss film-maker Pascal Bergamin, who is based in Zurich and London and has released some English-language work [more…]
Motherboard to Nightbitch: maternity in spotlight at London film festival
When she was 38, Victoria Mapplebeck found herself single, pregnant and broke. She had to quit her job as a TV director because the long [more…]
Traffic wardens issue tickets for vehicles on Daniel Day-Lewis film set
Filming for a new movie starring Daniel Day-Lewis was interrupted when traffic wardens in Chester began putting parking tickets on 1980s vehicles being used in [more…]
