Cinema
Tongue twister
Arrival is a big budget sci-fi film with a smaller, more pensive, cleverer film trying to get out, which has…
Heaven knows they’re miserable now
The Light Between Oceans is one of those films that comes issued with a handy how-to-use manual. Shudder as hero…
Heaven knows they’re miserable now
The Light Between Oceans is one of those films that comes issued with a handy how-to-use manual. Shudder as hero…
Net effect
As a documentary-maker, Werner Herzog is a master of tone. His widely parodied voiceovers — breathy, raspy, ominous — are…
Net effect
As a documentary-maker, Werner Herzog is a master of tone. His widely parodied voiceovers — breathy, raspy, ominous — are…
Loach at his most Loach
I, Daniel Blake is a Ken Loach film about a Newcastle joiner who can’t work but faces a welfare bureaucracy…
Loach at his most Loach
I, Daniel Blake is a Ken Loach film about a Newcastle joiner who can’t work but faces a welfare bureaucracy…
Going nowhere fast – and loud
As a general rule, I would not wish to spend nearly three hours in a mini-van with young people who…
Going nowhere fast – and loud
As a general rule, I would not wish to spend nearly three hours in a mini-van with young people who…
Wrong side of the tracks
You will surely have seen the posters for The Girl on the Train with Emily Blunt staring from a train…
Wrong side of the tracks
You will surely have seen the posters for The Girl on the Train with Emily Blunt staring from a train…
White Knight
Free State of Jones is an American Civil War drama ‘inspired’ by the life of Newton Knight, who led an…
White Knight
Free State of Jones is an American Civil War drama ‘inspired’ by the life of Newton Knight, who led an…
No fear
I can’t say I care for zombies particularly or even understand them — OK, they’re the living dead, but what…
No fear
I can’t say I care for zombies particularly or even understand them — OK, they’re the living dead, but what…
A Bridge too far?
Bridget Jones’s Baby is the third outing for our heroine as played by Renée Zellweger, whose cosmetic work to face…
A Bridge too far?
Bridget Jones’s Baby is the third outing for our heroine as played by Renée Zellweger, whose cosmetic work to face…
The Allen way
Woody Allen has made a film nearly every year in the four decades since the release of the award-winning Annie…
The Allen way
Woody Allen has made a film nearly every year in the four decades since the release of the award-winning Annie…
Red hot
Everything about Julieta feels totally Almodóvarian. It’s a family saga that smoothly blends tragedy and levity, with exquisite performances from…
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…
