Category: Films
La Ricerca review – paean to man who uses stone to make sense of the world
For decades, Luigi Lineri has toiled along the Adige river in northern Italy where he has amassed an astonishingly vast treasure trove: rocks. A research [more…]
Kaya Scodelario on Skins, scares and sex scenes: ‘I was called an English rose – it really pissed me off’
As well as an eight-year-old son and a two-year-old daughter, Kaya Scodelario is the dedicated parent of a 10-year-old French bulldog called Arnie. She is [more…]
‘The Bowie of his era’: new biopic charts wild life of cross-dressing Victorian peer
It’s the costume drama plot with the startlingly up-to-date twist: the fifth marquess of Anglesey, a scandalously extravagant, cross-dressing peer of the realm, who cavorted [more…]
Wrestler, film star – and future president? Why we should all take Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson seriously
It’s proving to be a busy period for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, sometime WWE professional wrestler and Hollywood film star. Well, another one. Red One, [more…]
Streaming: the best Hamlets on screen
When I was 16, for a high school English assignment I composed a short play titled Deconstructing Hamlet, made up entirely of decontextualised quotes from [more…]
Glicked double bill may not match Barbenheimer buzz, experts say
The great Barbenheimer clash of summer 2023 – when Barbie came out on the same day as Oppenheimer – will for ever be a part [more…]
‘I don’t look like him at all, I’m just tall’: Jacob Elordi lookalike crowned in Melbourne
“If I saw someone who looked like Jacob Elordi, I wouldn’t be mad,” says Milla, one of the spectators of Saturday’s Jacob Elordi lookalike competition, [more…]
Spellbound review – Netflix’s misfiring Disney princess knock-off
To commemorate its 100th anniversary last year, Disney decided to showcase just how far its animated output had fallen with the release of Wish, a [more…]
Wicked fans ‘couldn’t be more thrilled’ as blockbuster musical opens worldwide
What is this feeling? After years of speculation, more casting rumors than Oz’s population of flying monkeys, a production ripe for tabloid fodder, and a [more…]
Pretentious, moi?: Josh Brolin’s poetry about Dune has landed, whether we like it or not
When it comes to pretension, Dune isn’t exactly left wanting. In print, the books are a progressively abstract and deranged space opera about a young [more…]
