Category: Films
‘Do you have contempt for my views?’ How a leftwing film-maker and a Republican came together
“Donald Trump is a weak man pretending to be strong. He is a small man pretending to be big. He’s a faithless man pretending to [more…]
The Critic review – Ian McKellen’s poison pen sharpens 30s society cosy-crime drama
Channelling something of his big-screen Richard III from almost 30 years ago, Ian McKellen now portrays an ageing chancer with reptilian contempt for every single [more…]
The Piano Lesson review – powerful yet patchy August Wilson drama
The Piano Lesson is the third film, after Fences and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, that Denzel Washington has produced from playwright August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle. [more…]
‘Now I owned a private war’: Lee Miller and the female journalists who broke battlefield rules
In August 1944, the photographer and war journalist Lee Miller was sent to France to report on conditions in the newly liberated port city of [more…]
Better Man review – Robbie Williams monkey biopic is a bananas gamble that pays off
There were many questions swirling around the announcement of a Robbie Williams biopic as a key player in the fall festival season. For many Americans, [more…]
The 4:30 Movie review – Kevin Smith cues up a hot date with crush for his teen avatar
Following on from his likable threequel Clerks III, Kevin Smith remains in a nostalgic mood with yet another semi-autobiographical comedy whose main character is basically [more…]
Subservience review – Megan Fox’s AI home-service android goes rogue in schlocky thriller
People used to rag on Megan Fox for her lack of expressiveness, which may or may not be attributable to all the cosmetic surgery she’s [more…]
Conclave review – Ralph Fiennes takes charge of tense papal election thriller
Like the easily devoured paperback it’s based on, pulpy papal thriller Conclave has a brisk, page-turning allure, filled with juicy intrigue and mystery, a beach [more…]
‘James Earl Jones boomed this massive laugh – then hugged me’: Lenny Henry and Don Warrington remember their hero
‘His sense of when to be quiet and when to scream to the heavens broke me’ Lenny Henry, actor and writer View image in fullscreen [more…]
‘I’ve never seen the depth of moral corruption’: controversial Netanyahu doc screens at Toronto
Audiences got a look at Benjamin Netanyahu’s leaked police interrogation videos for the first time at last night’s world premiere of The Bibi Files. The [more…]
