Category: Films
Deadpool & Wolverine shatters record for R-rated movies with $205m debut
Marvel is back on top with Deadpool & Wolverine. The comic-book movie made a staggering $205m in its first weekend in North American theaters, according [more…]
‘I didn’t want to be swallowed up’: actor Josh Hartnett on swapping Hollywood for Hampshire
Every morning, as soon as the actor Josh Hartnett wakes up in his home in the Hampshire countryside, there are mouths to be fed. Most [more…]
Documentary-maker Ibrahim Nash’at on filming the Taliban: ‘The secret service asked to see my footage. I left the same day’
In August 2021, as the capital city Kabul fell to the Taliban, the west’s 20-year mission in Afghanistan, spearheaded by the US and Nato, collapsed [more…]
‘Hold on to your seats’: how much will AI affect the art of film-making?
Last year, Rachel Antell, an archival producer for documentary films, started noticing AI-generated images mixed in with authentic photos. There are always holes or limitations [more…]
Streaming: the best films set in Paris
The Paris Olympics are being held at the very time of year when the City of Light is least desirable as a destination, as all [more…]
Video emerges of Francis Ford Coppola kissing female extras on set
Videos have emerged of director Francis Ford Coppola trying to kiss female extras on the set of his new film Megalopolis. Variety obtained footage of [more…]
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa review – a female Everest climber’s ascent
This portrait of title subject Lhakpa Sherpa, the only woman to have summited Mount Everest 10 times, is so densely packed with uplifting moments that [more…]
Attack of the spoilers: are trailers giving away too much?
Trailers have been responsible for ruining a whole lot of movies. More than three decades ago, if you happened to be watching Paul Verhoeven’s classic [more…]
Deadpool’s obnoxious gay panic humour is a tiresome schoolyard taunt
Even by the standards of opportunistic franchise cross-pollination that has fed the superhero film genre in recent years, Deadpool & Wolverine is a business merger [more…]
‘In all those movies about childhood, I never saw someone who looked like me’: Sean Wang on his debut, Dìdi
Sean Wang is jet-lagged. He has been up since 4am after arriving in London late the night before. When he couldn’t get back to sleep, [more…]
