Category: Films
Post your questions for Rob Delaney
The weekend has started well for Rob Delaney, who is celebrating the re-election of Jeremy Corbyn to his Islington North constituency as an independent candidate. [more…]
Rude awakening: when movies change their original NSFW titles
A Family Affair, currently one of the most-watched movies on Netflix, is like Amazon’s recent movie The Idea of You, only reconfigured to more explicitly [more…]
Unicorns star Jason Patel: ‘If you don’t toot your own horn, who else will?’
When Jason Patel was young – a self-described “sassy teen” growing up in Manchester – he was told by a family friend to drop his [more…]
David Duchovny: ‘I’m not just throwing on a kilt willy-nilly’
Is it true that you were completely broke and willing to give up acting when the offer for The X-Files turned up? feirefitzNo. I was [more…]
The Mummy review – Brendan Fraser’s action-adventure is as lovably goofy as ever
Twenty-five years ago, action-adventure maestro Stephen Sommers had a big summer hit on his hands; as writer and director he had revived the renowned Universal [more…]
Lily Gladstone likens Golden Globes to Squid Game: ‘You’re in shapewear, you need to pee’
Lily Gladstone has compared awards ceremonies to Squid Game, the brutal Netflix drama about a group of desperate contestants who compete in a series of [more…]
The Conversation review – Gene Hackman is unforgettable in Coppola’s paranoid classic
God’s surveillance is everywhere: this is the thought that weighs heavily on bugging expert and practising Catholic Harry Caul in Francis Ford Coppola’s eerie 1974 [more…]
‘The teachers would refer to boys, girls – and you’: trans philosopher Paul B Preciado on reinventing Orlando
In the opening seconds of Orlando: My Political Biography, a shadowy figure in a quiet city street says: “Someone once asked me, ‘Why don’t you [more…]
French prosecutors ask for rape charges against film director Benoît Jacquot
French prosecutors have requested film director Benoît Jacquot be charged with raping actors Isild Le Besco and Julia Roy, the Paris prosecutor’s office told AFP [more…]
The Imaginary review – charming anime about made-up best friends from former Ghibli protege
Studio Ponoc – the Japanese animation studio founded by Studio Ghibli alumni, which gave us Mary and the Witch’s Flower – returns with a playful [more…]
