Francesca Steele

The Allen way

3 September 2016 9:00 am

Woody Allen has made a film nearly every year in the four decades since the release of the award-winning Annie…

Luxury appeal: Parker Posey as Rad Taylor

The Allen way

1 September 2016 1:00 pm

Woody Allen has made a film nearly every year in the four decades since the release of the award-winning Annie…

Good clean fun

31 March 2016 2:00 pm

I once forced some pals on a skiing holiday to spend an afternoon off the slopes watching Chalet Girl. Suffice…

Owen Wilson as Hansel, Ben Stiller as Derek Zoolander and Penélope Cruz as Valentina Valencia

Fashion faux pas

11 February 2016 3:00 pm

‘I’m pretty sure there’s a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good-looking,’ said a pouty Derek Zoolander…

The ascent of man: Michael Kelly as Jon Krakauer

High and mighty

17 September 2015 1:00 pm

‘Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side,’ sang Miley Cyrus. ‘It’s the climb.’ She’s not usually a musician to…

The son also rises

16 April 2014 1:00 pm

The day before I’m due to meet Ferdinand Kingsley, actor son of Sir Ben, he sends me a message to…

Ferdinand Kingsley

The son also rises

16 April 2014 1:00 pm

The day before I’m due to meet Ferdinand Kingsley, actor son of Sir Ben, he sends me a message to…

Home viewing

29 August 2013 1:00 pm

Venice may be the oldest film festival in the world but it is still breaking new ground. This week film-lovers…

Home viewing

29 August 2013 1:00 pm

Venice may be the oldest film festival in the world but it is still breaking new ground. This week film-lovers…

Voyeurs all

1 August 2013 1:00 pm

Standing enthusiastically by as a naked man writhes in agony might not be everyone’s cup of tea. But this is…

Voyeurs all

1 August 2013 1:00 pm

Standing enthusiastically by as a naked man writhes in agony might not be everyone’s cup of tea. But this is…

Selling secrecy

6 December 2012 2:00 pm

In the ‘psychotherapy ward’ of a secret venue somewhere in east London, watercolour portraits of troubled male faces line the…

Selling secrecy

6 December 2012 2:00 pm

In the ‘psychotherapy ward’ of a secret venue somewhere in east London, watercolour portraits of troubled male faces line the…

21st-century Disney

25 October 2012 2:00 pm

When, in 1940, Walt Disney released Fantasia, his radical arrangement of animations set to classical music, he fancied that he…

21st-century Disney

25 October 2012 2:00 pm

When, in 1940, Walt Disney released Fantasia, his radical arrangement of animations set to classical music, he fancied that he…

Wheels of change

11 October 2012 2:00 pm

Bicycles can be powerful images in cinema. Like the 1948 masterpiece Ladri di Biciclette, Wadjda, the first film ever to…

Wheels of change

11 October 2012 2:00 pm

Bicycles can be powerful images in cinema. Like the 1948 masterpiece Ladri di Biciclette, Wadjda, the first film ever to…