Cinema
The new Sense and Sensibility is not a patch on the old one
Georgia Oakley’s Sense and Sensibility, which advertises itself as ‘a fresh take for a fresh generation’, has its work cut…
Queen at Sea is a shattering watch
‘Old age’, Bette Davis once reportedly remarked, ‘ain’t no place for sissies’ and neither is Queen at Sea. It’s a…
I much preferred it when the Gallaghers hated each other
Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger is a music documentary covering the band’s live tour last year. Fans were ecstatic…
Late Fame is exquisite
Late Fame stars Willem Dafoe as a postal worker whose single book of poetry – published nearly 50 years earlier…
Ridley Scott’s latest is a ‘hang on, what?’ movie
Ridley Scott’s post-apocalyptic The Dog Stars is his third film in four years after Napoleon (disjointedly strange) and Gladiator II…
Stars can’t rescue this snooze-fest
The film & Sons, in which a patriarch summons his estranged sons to let them in on a secret, has…
The wisdom of Anthony Bourdain
Tony is a biopic of Anthony Bourdain, the late, great chef who, in fact, considered himself a writer first –…
What cinema gets wrong about nuns
Why are filmmakers so interested in nuns? They’ve been exploring the subject for more than a century, which might seem…
The new Spider-Man is a triumph of Hollywood professionalism
Remember Peter Parker? By the end of the last instalment of the Spider-Man movies, No Way Home, we were the…
The Odyssey is shallow and tiring
The Odyssey is Christopher Nolan’s relentless, deafening three-hour take on Homer’s epic poem, and while it is technically impressive filmmaking…
Nothing can save Rosebush Pruning
Rosebush Pruning is one of those films where you’ll say to yourself at the end: what the hell have I…
Funny, savvy, starry: The Invite reviewed
The Invite is a dramedy from the dinner-party-gone-awry genre about a marriage and whether a sex party might save it…
Toy Story 5 contains delicious touches
Toy Story 5 – do we need it? One worries for the narrative integrity of characters when an IP is…
Spielberg fumbles his final sci-fi
Steven Spielberg has said his latest film, Disclosure Day, is ‘the summation of my life in science fiction’, which began…
What a rabbit hole this film takes you down
Madfabulous is a biopic of Henry Paget, the fifth Marquess of Anglesey, who was probably mad and definitely fabulous. His…
Thoroughly entertaining: Tuner reviewed
I can’t see why anyone wouldn’t enjoy Tuner. It’s a heist caper as well as a romance and while it…
What have they done to Tom & Jerry?
Time was you knew where you were with Tom and Jerry. He chases the mouse; catches the mouse; the mouse…
The Christophers is delicious
Steven Soderbergh’s The Christophers is a deliciously sly, twisty, darkly comedic take on the art world starring Ian McKellen who…
Riveting: Kokuho reviewed
A three-hour Japanese epic about a classical performance art (kabuki) isn’t the easiest sell, I’ll grant you, but I’ll give…
What have they done to The Devil Wears Prada?
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) is one of those films which, if chanced upon when flicking television channels, I will…
Terrifically atmospheric: Rose of Nevada reviewed
Rose of Nevada is the third film in Mark Jenkin’s Cornish trilogy and if you have seen the first two…
Glenrothan is painfully bad
Glenrothan is Brian Cox’s directorial debut and I wish there were a nicer way of putting it but, Brian: please,…
A hypnotic new adaptation of The Stranger
François Ozon’s The Stranger is an adaptation of Albert Camus’ 1942 novel about a clerk who – spoiler alert* –…
The Drama makes no sense
The Drama is the latest from Norwegian writer-director Kristoffer Borgli whose films (Sick of Myself, Dream Scenario) always cause a…
