Category: Films
Carbon & Water review – sexual fulfilment of a gay man in his 60s is little-explored territory
Shot in the scenic North Yorkshire fishing village of Staithes, Christopher Clarke’s drama seeks to contrast the majestic beauty of the landscape with the loneliness [more…]
A Prince review – queer erotic drama of sexual enlightenment through gardening
This latest film from artist, film-maker, and farmer Pierre Creton evokes a tradition in French erotica in which a youthful protagonist has a series of [more…]
‘If my babysitter’s evil, I’m screwed!’: horror director Ti West on outraging the moral majority
MaXXXine, the latest high-sleaze shocker from horror auteur Ti West, opens with a montage of archival footage plunging us headfirst into the height of 80s [more…]
Forrest Gump at 30: a wildly popular movie that remains as light as a feather
In the 30 years since becoming a box-office phenomenon, en route to winning six Oscars, including best picture, director, actor and adapted screenplay, Forrest Gump [more…]
‘We made the Maldives from a hotel in Heathrow airport’: Hollywood location scouts reveal their secrets
The script called for a tree: a magical kind that looked like no tree on Earth. It would need to look like it had been [more…]
Golden age for south-east Asian cinema as local films break box office records
On social media videos, audiences throw packs of tissues around the cinema halls. Tearful TikToks from across Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore show friends [more…]
Terry Jenkins obituary
My friend Terry Jenkins, who has died aged 77, was a film cameraman who worked for more than 30 years in television and on documentaries. [more…]
‘Beyond marketing, beyond explanation’: how Inside Out and Despicable Me saved the summer
Five weeks ago, Hollywood was in the doldrums. A succession of hotly tipped blockbusters – The Fall Guy, Furiosa, IF – flopped. The mood was [more…]
‘This sucks. I want to go back to being famous’: Kevin Bacon’s experiment as a ‘regular person’
Immersive research into the everyday lives of normal people conducted by the actor Kevin Bacon has arrived at a startling conclusion: it’s not as good [more…]
James Bond has an Andrew Tate problem. The answer is to set it in the 1960s | Ben Child
Who should be the next James Bond? Book-makers seem to think it might be Jonathan Bailey, of Bridgerton fame, while Aaron Taylor-Johnson, James Norton, Taron [more…]
