Deborah Ross

Carry on screaming: Nathalie Baye as Martine in ‘It’s Only the End of the World’

Pump up the volume

23 February 2017 3:00 pm

Xavier Dolan’s It’s Only the End of the World is one of those angst-ridden dramas focusing on what is commonly…

Alex R. Hibbert and Mahershala Ali in ‘Moonlight’

Three ages of man

18 February 2017 9:00 am

Moonlight is, in fact, a traditional story about identity, and finding out who you are, but it has rarely been…

Alex R. Hibbert and Mahershala Ali in ‘Moonlight’

Three ages of man

16 February 2017 3:00 pm

Moonlight is, in fact, a traditional story about identity, and finding out who you are, but it has rarely been…

Mother superior

11 February 2017 9:00 am

Unlike with buses, you wait ages and ages for one fabulous film as framed by the older female perspective to…

Relative values: Annette Bening and Lucas Jade Zumann in ‘20th Century Women’

Mother superior

9 February 2017 3:00 pm

Unlike with buses, you wait ages and ages for one fabulous film as framed by the older female perspective to…

Metal fatigue

4 February 2017 9:00 am

‘All that glisters is not gold,’ wrote Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice), and you have to hand it to the…

Metal fatigue

2 February 2017 3:00 pm

‘All that glisters is not gold,’ wrote Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice), and you have to hand it to the…

Sloppy seconds

28 January 2017 9:00 am

Danny Boyle introduced T2 Trainspotting at the screening I attended and said that, throughout filming, he’d seen the cast looking…

Take two: Ewan McGregor (Renton) and Ewen Bremner (Spud) in ‘T2 Trainspotting’

Sloppy seconds

26 January 2017 3:00 pm

Danny Boyle introduced T2 Trainspotting at the screening I attended and said that, throughout filming, he’d seen the cast looking…

Acting with a capital ‘A’

21 January 2017 9:00 am

Let’s be clear: Jackie is a better performance than it is a film, although I suspect the performance will carry…

We see what she is but never why: Natalie Portman as Jackie Onassis

Acting with a capital ‘A’

19 January 2017 3:00 pm

Let’s be clear: Jackie is a better performance than it is a film, although I suspect the performance will carry…

Caveats be damned

14 January 2017 9:00 am

You will have registered the buzz surrounding La La Land and clocked its seven Golden Globe wins and 11 Bafta…

Let’s dance: Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in ‘La La Land’

Caveats be damned

12 January 2017 3:00 pm

You will have registered the buzz surrounding La La Land and clocked its seven Golden Globe wins and 11 Bafta…

Long suffering

7 January 2017 9:00 am

Silence is Martin Scorsese’s film about Jesuit priests in 17th-century Japan whose faith is sorely tested, just as your patience…

Say a little prayer: Liam Neeson as Father Ferreira in ‘Silence’

Long suffering

5 January 2017 3:00 pm

Silence is Martin Scorsese’s film about Jesuit priests in 17th-century Japan whose faith is sorely tested, just as your patience…

Yew and me: Lewis MacDougall, as Conor, and the tree monster

All bark and no bite

29 December 2016 3:00 pm

A Monster Calls is a fantasy drama about a young boy whose life is crap, basically. His mother is sick.…

All bark and no bite

29 December 2016 3:00 pm

A Monster Calls is a fantasy drama about a young boy whose life is crap, basically. His mother is sick.…

Question time

10 December 2016 9:00 am

If you were to see one film about American whistle-blower Edward Snowden — there is no law saying you have…

Question time

8 December 2016 3:00 pm

If you were to see one film about American whistle-blower Edward Snowden — there is no law saying you have…

You’ve lost that loving feeling

26 November 2016 9:00 am

A United Kingdom is based on the greatest love story you probably didn’t have a clue about. I know I…

Forbidden love: Rosamund Pike as Ruth Williams and David Oyelowo as Seretse Khama

You’ve lost that loving feeling

24 November 2016 3:00 pm

A United Kingdom is based on the greatest love story you probably didn’t have a clue about. I know I…

About a boy

19 November 2016 9:00 am

Indignation is an adaptation of Philip Roth’s 2008 novel and amazingly, for an adaptation of a Philip Roth novel —…

About a boy

17 November 2016 3:00 pm

Indignation is an adaptation of Philip Roth’s 2008 novel and amazingly, for an adaptation of a Philip Roth novel —…

Tongue twister

12 November 2016 9:00 am

Arrival is a big budget sci-fi film with a smaller, more pensive, cleverer film trying to get out, which has…

Tongue twister

10 November 2016 3:00 pm

Arrival is a big budget sci-fi film with a smaller, more pensive, cleverer film trying to get out, which has…