Deborah Ross

Corn again

6 August 2016 9:00 am

The Carer is a Hungarian-British co-production about a cantankerous old thesp (Brian Cox) and the young Hungarian woman (Coco König)…

Corn again

4 August 2016 1:00 pm

The Carer is a Hungarian-British co-production about a cantankerous old thesp (Brian Cox) and the young Hungarian woman (Coco König)…

The lying game

30 July 2016 9:00 am

JT LeRoy was a teenage hustler who emerged from a childhood of abuse, drug addiction and homelessness to write about…

The lying game

28 July 2016 1:00 pm

JT LeRoy was a teenage hustler who emerged from a childhood of abuse, drug addiction and homelessness to write about…

Girls v. ghosts

16 July 2016 9:00 am

From the moment this all-female reboot of Ghostbusters was announced, the fan-boy panic set in: where will it end? An…

Who ya gonna call? Melissa McCarthy (Abby), Kate McKinnon (Holtzmann), Kristin Wiig (Erin) and Leslie Jones (Patty) in ‘Ghostbusters’

Girls v. ghosts

14 July 2016 1:00 pm

From the moment this all-female reboot of Ghostbusters was announced, the fan-boy panic set in: where will it end? An…

Erectile dysfunction

9 July 2016 9:00 am

Anthony Weiner is the American politician who made a comeback after a sexting scandal and stood for New York mayor.…

Erectile dysfunction

7 July 2016 1:00 pm

Anthony Weiner is the American politician who made a comeback after a sexting scandal and stood for New York mayor.…

Darkness visible

2 July 2016 9:00 am

Perhaps you have sometimes wondered: how would you even begin to make a film about going blind and being blind…

Darkness visible

30 June 2016 1:00 pm

Perhaps you have sometimes wondered: how would you even begin to make a film about going blind and being blind…

Home alone

25 June 2016 3:00 am

The Secret Life of Pets is the latest animation from Illumination Entertainment, which also brought us Minions and Despicable Me,…

Home alone

23 June 2016 2:00 am

The Secret Life of Pets is the latest animation from Illumination Entertainment, which also brought us Minions and Despicable Me,…

Highly illogical

18 June 2016 8:00 am

Matteo Garrone’s first English-language film is a baroque fantasy based on Pentamerone (Tale of Tales), the 17th-century collection of fairy…

Heart of the matter: Salma Hayek as the queen

Highly illogical

16 June 2016 1:00 pm

Matteo Garrone’s first English-language film is a baroque fantasy based on Pentamerone (Tale of Tales), the 17th-century collection of fairy…

The lost world

11 June 2016 8:00 am

Every now and then, with great infrequency (alas), a film comes along that is like no other and completely knocks…

Antonio Bolívar, left, as the older Karamakate in ‘Embrace of the Serpent’

The lost world

9 June 2016 1:00 pm

Every now and then, with great infrequency (alas), a film comes along that is like no other and completely knocks…

Why Deborah Ross wants to punch G.K. Chesterton in the head

28 May 2016 9:00 am

Love & Friendship is based on the little-known Jane Austen epistolary novella, Lady Susan, which was not published until after…

Jane Austen on speed

26 May 2016 1:00 pm

Love & Friendship is based on the little-known Jane Austen epistolary novella, Lady Susan, which was not published until after…

Hound of love: Lolabelle gets old and Lolabelle goes blind and keyboards are laid out on the floor so that she can bash them with her paws, and enjoy the sounds

Weird, wise, thought-provoking and hypnotic: Heart of a Dog reviewed

21 May 2016 9:00 am

Heart of a Dog is a film by Laurie Anderson and it’s a meditative, free-associating rumination on life, loss, love…

Hound of love: Lolabelle gets old and Lolabelle goes blind and keyboards are laid out on the floor so that she can bash them with her paws, and enjoy the sounds

Memories, dreams, reflections

19 May 2016 1:00 pm

Heart of a Dog is a film by Laurie Anderson and it’s a meditative, free-associating rumination on life, loss, love…

Blake Jenner as Jake and Zoey Deutch as Beverly in ‘Everybody Wants Some!!’

I’m sure women spoke in 1980: Everybody Wants Some!! reviewed

14 May 2016 9:00 am

Everybody Wants Some!! is a comedy written and directed by Richard Linklater, which is the good news, but it’s set…

Blake Jenner as Jake and Zoey Deutch as Beverly in ‘Everybody Wants Some!!’

The male gaze

12 May 2016 1:00 pm

Everybody Wants Some!! is a comedy written and directed by Richard Linklater, which is the good news, but it’s set…

Not a trip to the cinema you’ll bitterly resent – or hugely enjoy: Florence Foster Jenkins reviewed

7 May 2016 9:00 am

Before we turn our attention to Florence Foster Jenkins — but if you can’t wait, it’s so-so — I feel…

Striking the wrong note

5 May 2016 1:00 pm

Before we turn our attention to Florence Foster Jenkins — but if you can’t wait, it’s so-so — I feel…

I swear this is the last Marvel film I see: Captain America reviewed

30 April 2016 9:00 am

Captain America: Civil War is the 897th instalment — or something like it — in the Marvel comic franchise. This…