Cinema
Woody Allen's new film will so knock your socks off, you will never retrieve them again
Blue Jasmine is the latest film from Woody Allen who, at various stages of his career, has been declared on-form,…
No rest for Diana - the biopic of the late princess is so inept it's not even hagiography
Someone who knows their Dianaology will have to fill me in – did this actually happen? The late Princess Di…
White House Down is Roland Emmerich’s Hedda Gabler
Just do it, quoth the Nike advert — and these men just did it. Grass, asphalt, fear, pain, doubt and…
About Time review: If Richard Curtis is brilliant at anything, it’s Upper Middle Class Lifestyle Porn
The easiest thing would be to sneer at Richard Curtis’s new film About Time, and so I will a little,…
A painful but brilliant film: Deborah Ross on Maisie’s betrayal
What Maisie Knew is an adaptation of the Henry James 1897 novel, updated to Manhattan in the now, and is…
Kuma would shine at any time of the year
Mid-August is a hopeless time for films; so hopeless, useless and bleak, if I don’t use three words when one…
It’s possible that Deborah Ross left her critical faculties outside the screening room
The thing is, I love the character of Alan Partridge so much it may well be that, when it came…
Sandra Bullock must be blindfolded when she picks her movies
Sandra Bullock is a highly watchable actress and she seems like she’d be fun to hang out with — I…
At last, a film about proper women who aren’t just drippily searching for love
Frances Ha will make many spit ‘Frances…Bah!’ but I won’t be among them. Yes, it is rather kooky, and highly…
Wadjda is Saudi Arabia’s first feature-length film and is shot by a woman
Wadjda is the first feature-length film to come out of Saudi Arabia, and was shot by the country’s first female…
Yes, 'The Moo Man' is a film about cows. But it is absolutely amazing
Pacific Rim is a giant monsters v. giant robots film and although written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, who…
Emma Watson shines in The Bling Ring
Sofia Coppola’s latest film is not an action adventure, or a supernatural horror, or a stoner comedy, just so you…