Cinema
Red hot
Everything about Julieta feels totally Almodóvarian. It’s a family saga that smoothly blends tragedy and levity, with exquisite performances from…
Business as usual
I should probably nail my colours to the mast and state that The Office is possibly my favourite TV sitcom…
Business as usual
I should probably nail my colours to the mast and state that The Office is possibly my favourite TV sitcom…
Oven-ready
Todd Solondz’s Wiener-Dog is billed as a ‘dark comedy’ although it is far more dark than comic. If pressed to…
Oven-ready
Todd Solondz’s Wiener-Dog is billed as a ‘dark comedy’ although it is far more dark than comic. If pressed to…
Corn again
The Carer is a Hungarian-British co-production about a cantankerous old thesp (Brian Cox) and the young Hungarian woman (Coco König)…
Corn again
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
JT LeRoy was a teenage hustler who emerged from a childhood of abuse, drug addiction and homelessness to write about…
The lying game
JT LeRoy was a teenage hustler who emerged from a childhood of abuse, drug addiction and homelessness to write about…
Dahl by Spielberg
Nobody who witnessed it can have forgotten Mark Rylance summoning giants to his aid in Jerusalem. As Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron,…
Dahl by Spielberg
Nobody who witnessed it can have forgotten Mark Rylance summoning giants to his aid in Jerusalem. As Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron,…
Girls v. ghosts
From the moment this all-female reboot of Ghostbusters was announced, the fan-boy panic set in: where will it end? An…
Girls v. ghosts
From the moment this all-female reboot of Ghostbusters was announced, the fan-boy panic set in: where will it end? An…
Erectile dysfunction
Anthony Weiner is the American politician who made a comeback after a sexting scandal and stood for New York mayor.…
Erectile dysfunction
Anthony Weiner is the American politician who made a comeback after a sexting scandal and stood for New York mayor.…
Darkness visible
Perhaps you have sometimes wondered: how would you even begin to make a film about going blind and being blind…
Darkness visible
Perhaps you have sometimes wondered: how would you even begin to make a film about going blind and being blind…
Home alone
The Secret Life of Pets is the latest animation from Illumination Entertainment, which also brought us Minions and Despicable Me,…
Home alone
The Secret Life of Pets is the latest animation from Illumination Entertainment, which also brought us Minions and Despicable Me,…
Highly illogical
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
Every now and then, with great infrequency (alas), a film comes along that is like no other and completely knocks…
Russell Crowe knows how to wear a pair of inverted commas: The Nice Guys reviewed
Regular filmgoers must be losing count of the Rabelaisian revelries they’ve been invited to of late. You may recognise the…
Punchlines and punches
Regular filmgoers must be losing count of the Rabelaisian revelries they’ve been invited to of late. You may recognise the…
Why Deborah Ross wants to punch G.K. Chesterton in the head
Love & Friendship is based on the little-known Jane Austen epistolary novella, Lady Susan, which was not published until after…
Jane Austen on speed
Love & Friendship is based on the little-known Jane Austen epistolary novella, Lady Susan, which was not published until after…