Category: Films
Boot camp, matching tattoos and mutual head-shaving: Kit Connor, Will Poulter and Michael Gandolfini on making Warfare
Five actors and one director are seated around a table in a London hotel room, when there is a knock at the door. The room [more…]
Karla Sofía Gascón to play psychiatrist who ‘embodies God and the devil’ in next film
Karla Sofía Gascón, the actor who made history earlier this year as the first trans performer to be nominated for an acting Oscar, has signalled [more…]
Julie Christie at 85: her 20 best films – ranked!
20. Hamlet (1996) There are many things wrong with Kenneth Branagh’s galumphing slab of actor-manager Shakespeare, but Christie as Gertrude is not one of them. [more…]
‘I was being a sassy Karen’: Florence Pugh’s skyscraper stunt positions her as the new Tom Cruise
If you ever needed definitive proof that Marvel has lost pace with the zeitgeist, just look at the panicky marketing of Thunderbolts*. The film opens [more…]
‘My heart broke’: director Ryan Coogler on mourning Chadwick Boseman, rebooting Black Panther and his new movie Sinners
We’re supposed to be talking about movies, but Ryan Coogler has family on his mind when we have our video call – parents, siblings, twins, [more…]
The Correspondent review – Richard Roxburgh is excellent as jailed journalist Peter Greste
Latvian-Australian journalist Peter Greste became the story when he was arrested in Cairo in 2013 on trumped-up terrorism charges with two of his Al Jazeera [more…]
New details of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s final days released
Authorities on Tuesday released a lengthy investigation report detailing some of the last emails, phone calls and internet searches by Gene Hackman’s wife Betsy Arakawa [more…]
Seth Rogen attack on Trump edited out of science awards show coverage
A pointed criticism of President Trump’s policies on science by Seth Rogen was edited out of the filmed coverage of an annual science awards show, [more…]
The Legend of Ochi review – visually dazzling throwback kids movie
The Legend of Ochi creates such a complete visual experience that studio heads who have led countless multimillion-dollar trips to the green-screen warehouse should hang [more…]
The Penguin Lessons review – Steve Coogan seabird comedy drama tries to sell feelgood mood
Here is a well-meaning, awkward tonal jumble of a movie, based on the bestselling memoir by former teacher Tom Michell; it is a quirky true-story [more…]
