Category: Films
Super Size Me was a terrific cheeky stunt – small wonder Morgan Spurlock never matched it
Twenty years ago, no one was a bigger beneficiary of the Michael Moore documentary boom than gonzo doc comic Morgan Spurlock who royally punk’d the [more…]
The Seed of the Sacred Fig review – Mohammad Rasoulof’s arresting tale of violence and paranoia in Iran
Mohammad Rasoulof is a fugitive Iranian director and dissident wanted by the police in his own country, where he has received a long prison sentence [more…]
Post your questions for Harry Hill
Originally a doctor and still a registered medical practitioner, Harry Hill cemented his career as a spectacle-wearing, large-collared standup by winning the Perrier Best Newcomer [more…]
The most political apolitical festival ever? Here’s how Cannes 2024 went – and who will win
This was the Cannes that was supposed to be a break from politics, from campaigning and from causes – aside from the #MeToo-themed short film [more…]
All We Imagine As Light review – dreamlike and gentle modern Mumbai tale is a triumph
There is a freshness and emotional clarity in Payal Kapadia’s Cannes competition selection, an enriching humanity and gentleness which coexist with fervent, languorous eroticism and [more…]
‘Of course, one wants orgasmic life’: Bruce Joel Rubin on Ghost, gay identity and goldfish
When Bruce Joel Rubin was writing Ghost, he didn’t think about the Oscars it might win (two, including one for him) or the money it [more…]
Ken Loach and Mike Leigh resign as patrons of London cinema over Israeli film festival screening
Ken Loach and Mike Leigh have resigned as patrons of the Phoenix cinema in London in protest over the venue hosting an Israeli state-sponsored film [more…]
Jane Asher: ‘Would I do another nude scene? Never say never!’
If you were going to bake a Jane Asher cake that best summed you up, what would you bake and how would you decorate it? [more…]
Sorry Seth Rogen, but if cinemas are the new museums, the movies really are in trouble | Stuart Heritage
Sometimes there is nothing so depressing as reassurance. Seth Rogen is currently making a Larry Sanders-style comedy for Apple TV+ entitled The Studio, in which [more…]
Hit Man review – Richard Linklater’s thoroughly entertaining fake-killer caper
For this thoroughly entertaining comedy thriller, Richard Linklater finds the distinctive and weirdly uncomplicated register of sunny geniality that he so often gives us – [more…]
