Film

Ravishing, daring biopic of Emily Brontë: Emily reviewed

15 October 2022 9:00 am

The life of Emily Brontë is an enduring object of fascination. So small, the life, so sparse, so limited. Yet…

Unforgettable story, forgettable film: The Lost King reviewed

8 October 2022 9:00 am

The Lost King is a comedy-drama based on the 2012 discovery of the remains of King Richard III beneath a…

Pleasantly untaxing: Mrs Harris Goes to Paris reviewed

1 October 2022 9:00 am

Mrs Harris Goes to Paris is a comedy-drama based on the 1958 novel by Paul Gallico about a cheerful, kind-hearted…

A David Bowie doc like no other: Moonage Daydream reviewed

17 September 2022 9:00 am

Moonage Daydream is a music documentary like no other, which is fitting as the subject is David Bowie. If it’s…

Gore-fest meets snooze-fest: Crimes of the Future reviewed

10 September 2022 9:00 am

You always have to brace yourself for the latest David Cronenberg film, but with Crimes of the Future it’s not…

In praise of character actors

20 August 2022 9:00 am

If you want real acting in films, forget the leads – it’s in the supporting roles that you’ll find true talent, says Tanya Gold

Absolutely nuts: My Old School reviewed

20 August 2022 9:00 am

My Old School is a documentary exploring a true story that would have to be true as it’s too preposterous…

If you’re going to make it up, please make it up better: Eiffel reviewed

13 August 2022 9:00 am

Eiffel is a romantic drama purporting to show how a passionate but forbidden love inspired Gustave Eiffel to design and…

Fascinating but flat: Amazon Prime's Thirteen Lives reviewed

13 August 2022 9:00 am

About ten minutes in to Thirteen Lives, Boy came in and asked me whether it was any good. I said:…

The making of The Godfather was almost as dramatic as the film: Paramount+'s The Offer reviewed

6 August 2022 9:00 am

It’s hard to imagine in the wake of GoodFellas, The Sopranos and Gomorrah but there was a time, not so…

Spare us the preaching: The Railway Children Return reviewed

30 July 2022 9:00 am

It doesn’t help the cause of The Railway Children Return that the original 1970 Railway Children film is currently on…

The joy of volcano-chasing

23 July 2022 9:00 am

Mary Wakefield on Katia and Maurice Krafft, who loved volcanoes and each other

This lot should be sent to prison too: Where the Crawdads Sing reviewed

23 July 2022 9:00 am

Where the Crawdads Sing is based on the bestselling book (by Delia Owens) that I picked up from one of…

Everyone involved should be in prison: Netflix's Persuasion reviewed

16 July 2022 9:00 am

You may already have read early reviews of Netflix’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion saying it’s ‘the worst adaptation ever’…

A goofy, non-taxing delight: Brian and Charles reviewed

9 July 2022 9:00 am

Brian and Charles is a sweetly funny mockumentary about a lonely Welsh inventor who is not that good at inventing.…

The definitive Diana doc? Possibly not: The Princess reviewed

2 July 2022 9:00 am

The Princess, a new documentary film, is the first re-framing of the Princess Diana story since it was last re-framed,…

The hips are electric but you will be willing it to stay put: Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis reviewed

25 June 2022 9:00 am

Elvis is Baz Luhrmann’s biopic of Elvis Presley and it’s cradle to grave but told at such a gallop you’ll…

The man who changed Indian cinema

25 June 2022 9:00 am

Tanjil Rashid on the polymathic Bengali filmmaker Satyajit Ray, who spearheaded a new school of Indian cinema

It’s wholly impossible to look away: Good Luck to You, Leo Grande reviewed

18 June 2022 9:00 am

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande stars Emma Thompson as a retired, widowed religious education teacher in her sixties who…

The magic of black and white films

18 June 2022 9:00 am

He is a rich English lord with a very large house and his wife is a beautiful American with a…

It’s taken me days to uncringe: All My Friends Hate Me reviewed

11 June 2022 9:00 am

All My Friends Hate Me is a film about a university reunion weekend and should you have an upcoming university…

The art of extinction

11 June 2022 9:00 am

Sam Kriss on the power of paleoart

The timeless mystery of Charlie Chaplin

5 June 2022 5:15 pm

Eleven years ago, I was summoned to the Manoir de Ban, a huge white house overlooking Lake Geneva, to meet…

The closing of the Chinese mind

4 June 2022 9:00 am

I was born in Nanjing five years after the Tiananmen Square protests. By then, records of the demonstrations and the…

A self-regarding take on I’m-not-sure-what: Bergman Island reviewed

4 June 2022 9:00 am

Bergman Island sounds, on first acquaintance, like a theme-park attraction. Roll up, roll up! Let us speed you through the…