Category: Films

Documentary-maker Stephen Soucy pays a handsome, thorough tribute to the remarkable independent production company Merchant Ivory, a period-movie powerhouse with an intensely literary kind of [more…]

Keira Knightley has spoken out about the intimidation and intrusion she experienced at the start of her career, when she was “stalked by men” who [more…]

Writer-director Marielle Heller is swinging for the fences and beyond with this fantasy-satire adapted from the 2021 novel by Rachel Yoder, but it shifts away [more…]

Kathryn Ferguson’s very serviceable and enjoyable documentary about Humphrey Bogart takes us through his extraordinary, almost mythic life story; it uses clips, voiceovers and existing [more…]

A brilliant idea, brilliantly executed; hilarious, surreal and, yes, in its weird way, genuinely exciting. This could be a Marat/Sade for the 21st century. During [more…]

Unstoppable, the new film about the high school and college career of wrestler Anthony Robles, who was born with one leg, follows the established tropes [more…]

His dad was the Nutty Professor. Her dad was Big Momma. And now they could be teaming up for their biggest blockbuster yet – a [more…]

If you want a quick explanation of why Moana 2 is on target to gross more than a billion dollars worldwide (it’s already made $400m [more…]

Here are two things that recently happened in very quick succession: my oldest son opened his laptop and said: “Daddy! There’s a new Snow White [more…]