Category: Films
Avenger angels: can the Russo brothers return to rescue Marvel?
By all rights, the Russo brothers ought to be up there with the likes of Christopher Nolan and James Cameron in that rare pantheon of [more…]
Post your questions for Malcolm McDowell
In Thelma, out now, Malcolm McDowell does not play one of the dazzling antiheroes which either made his name – in If…., O Lucky Man! [more…]
Find Me Falling review – Harry Connick Jr heads to Cyprus in so-so Netflix romcom
There are a number of ways one might expect a lower-tier Netflix romcom to start – a candlelit proposal, an important business meeting about business, [more…]
‘My slogan is very simple: no education, just liberation!’ – Béla Tarr on how film can fight the political right in Hungary
For years, Béla Tarr’s daunting films were unavailable in the UK and he was the much-discussed fugitive genius of high European cinema, the Col Kurtz [more…]
‘Tom Cruise is writing stories for Tom Cruise’: Manny Jacinto on why Top Gun lines were cut
The Good Place actor Manny Jacinto has spoken about his Top Gun: Maverick dialogue being cut, explaining that “Tom Cruise is writing stories for Tom [more…]
Rob Delaney: ‘The average British citizen is funnier than the average American’
You have no superpowers in Deadpool. If you could have one superpower in real life, what would it be? TopTrampTime travel. Even if I could [more…]
From Twister to Titanic: writers on their favourite disaster movies
Deep Impact View image in fullscreen While sadness is never too far from the frame in the disaster genre – the majority of films, after [more…]
Scarlett Johansson says OpenAI’s Sam Altman would make a good Marvel villain after voice dispute
Scarlett Johansson has spoken out against OpenAI and deepfake technology, saying it was “so disturbing” and she was “so angry” after the company seemingly mimicked [more…]
Birdeater review – nightmarish buck’s party in the bush becomes faintly preposterous
Great horror movies and psychological thrillers come on like magic spells, pushing us into incantatory spaces where we kind of want to run for the [more…]
My Spy: The Eternal City review – Dave Bautista’s daddy-daughter spy comedy heads to Rome
Former wrestler Dave Bautista has the chops, as they say, for comedy. He was terrific in the ensemble of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, [more…]
