Category: Films
A twist of Lime: Timothée Chalamet rode a rental bike on to the red carpet. But how long had he been in the saddle?
Last night, at the London premiere of A Complete Unknown, Timothée Chalamet defied convention by turning up on a Lime bike. He rode the bike [more…]
Conclave blessed with 12 Bafta nominations as Nicole Kidman and Denzel Washington shut out
Conclave, Edward Berger’s papal thriller about a conflicted cardinal overseeing the election of the new pope, heads into next month’s Bafta awards with the most [more…]
Emmanuelle review – 70s odyssey of saucy self awakening gets a Hong Kong-set makeover
If anyone could have rebooted and revitalised the much-mocked 70s softcore-sexy franchise Emmanuelle, you would think it would be that formidably smart film-maker Audrey Diwan, [more…]
Catching Dust review – urbanites and hillbillies clash in confident desert noir
British director Stuart Gatt’s confidently handled debut is a tale of two trailers: one a banged-up redneck bolthole in a godforsaken Texas desert commune; the [more…]
Alone No More review – touching shaggy dog tale about a stray mutt who rescues a lonely man
There is a daffy streak of eccentricity in this rambling shaggy dog tale from Hong Kong. It’s the story of a stray mutt called Piggy [more…]
Oscar nominations further delayed by wildfires as Grammys and Sundance set to go ahead
The ongoing wildfires in California have added a further delay to this year’s Oscar nominations as the industry continues to feel the impact. With 92,000 [more…]
‘I was waking up five times a night’: how film-maker Mikhail Krichman escaped from Russia
It was March 2022 and Joshua Oppenheimer was waiting at Copenhagen airport for the young man who would be staying with him for a few [more…]
Marvel is ready to recast Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa in Black Panther. Should they?
Marvel’s multiverse has become a narrative Swiss army knife capable of slicing through the thorniest of creative dilemmas and papering over the widest of cracks. [more…]
My Stolen Planet review – home-movie bulletins unearths Iran’s forbidden past
Farahnaz Sharifi is an Iranian artist and film-maker who has been exiled from her homeland since 2022, and with this personal essay movie she ponders [more…]
Ladies Only review – striking account of sisterhood’s intricacies on the Mumbai metro
During peak rush hour, the Mumbai metro turns into a bustling microcosm of the city’s social fabric. Largely shot inside women-only carriages, Rebana Liz John’s [more…]
