Category: Films
‘My disability is the least interesting thing about me’: Actor Adam Pearson on fame, film and his sibling rivalry
Adam Pearson has a longstanding argument with his mother, Marilyn, about how well-known he is. The tension is most likely to surface when they are [more…]
Hugh Grant says fourth Bridget Jones film will be ‘funny but very sad’
It is a universally acknowledged truth that Bridget Jones films are packed with humour and comedic scenes that attract viewers in their droves. However, in [more…]
‘I’m fine with people bashing us’: inside the controversial Trump biopic
In 1973, Donald Trump was a hungry, awkward real estate heir from Queens looking for respect in New York. Not particularly smart, not particularly charming [more…]
Mark Kermode on… British director Carol Morley, who sees the surreal in the real
This time last year, British film-maker Carol Morley was tirelessly touring the independent cinemas of the UK, promoting her new film, Typist Artist Pirate King, [more…]
‘I wasn’t interested in Churchill’: Steve McQueen on the ‘ordinary people’ in his film Blitz
When Steve McQueen’s new film, Blitz, premieres at the London film festival on 9 October, those in attendance will see a side of the bombing [more…]
The Platform 2 review – Netflix dystopian horror sequel falls off
Say this for The Platform 2: it gets right to it. Without so much of a recap of its predecessor – a sci-fi horror parable [more…]
Alice Lowe: ‘I’ve always gotten mouthy about sexism and it hasn’t really helped my career’
‘I had killed a lot of people in other films,” says Alice Lowe, whose first feature, 2016’s Prevenge, saw her play a pregnant serial killer. [more…]
Give us DC’s Deathstroke and Bane movie – it can’t be worse than Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Sometimes the truth really does feel stranger than fiction. Bring on the news this week that DC is planning a movie about Deathstroke and Bane, [more…]
‘Editing it was like exposure therapy’: Shiori Ito, the reluctant face of Japan’s #MeToo movement
When Shiori Ito arranged to meet Noriyuki Yamaguchi for dinner at a Tokyo izakaya (bar) in April 2015, she was hoping for advice on her [more…]
Hold Your Breath review – Sarah Paulson gets lost in scattered horror
An award-winning actor playing a fiercely, even frighteningly, protective mother guarding her two children from an unspecified malevolence in a remote home. No, I’m not [more…]
