Category: Films
Nicole Kidman: ‘I want to work with Scorsese – if he does a film with women’
Nicole Kidman has expressed the desire to work with director Martin Scorsese in a new interview – as well as her scepticism about whether it [more…]
Conan O’Brien announced as 2025 Oscars host
Conan O’Brien has been announced as the host of next year’s Oscars. The former late-night host and comedian will host for the first time after [more…]
‘The coolest girl in the world’ at 50: Chloë Sevigny’s best films – ranked!
10. The Brown Bunny (2003) Kudos to Sevigny for fully committing herself to fellating her director and co-star, Vincent Gallo, in the sleaziest, least necessary [more…]
Mogwai: If the Stars Had a Sound review – Glasgow postrockers doc lets the music do the talking
After nearly 30 years in business and 10 albums in, Glaswegian cacophonists Mogwai have earned the right to an adulatory documentary – and they get [more…]
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story review – a pleasure of a film about an unlikely bond
This rather lovely film tells the story of a man called Billy Mail, and his otter – a pup he rescued after spotting it half-starved [more…]
Hot Frosty review – Netflix’s sexy snowman romance is as silly as expected
Though I am personally of the belief that all Christmas movies should wait until after Thanksgiving – it just stopped being 80F (26C) in New [more…]
Bafta to revoke future winners’ awards in cases of serious criminal convictions
The British Academy of Film and Television will be able to strip future winners of their awards in cases of “proven dishonesty” or if they’re [more…]
Nick Wade obituary
My younger brother Nick Wade, who has died suddenly at the age of 50, was a talented professional 2D Flash animator. He worked on many [more…]
The Lost Children review – extraordinary story of missing kids in the Colombian rainforest
In the fairytale, Hansel and Gretel dropped pebbles and breadcrumbs. Last year, a real-life sibling group, lost in the Colombian rainforest, left a trail behind [more…]
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat review – finger-popping theory of the conspiracy to kill Congo’s leader
I last encountered the work of the Belgian artist and film-maker Johan Grimonprez in the documentary-reverie Double Take from 2009, which imagined an encounter between [more…]
