Director: Iain Softley Cast: Ben Radcliffe, John Travolta Released: 1st December 2023 (Disney+) It’s sometimes said about actors that they have very little interest in saying...
With the autumn film festivals largely winding down, a clearer picture of likely future awards contenders is emerging. The acting categories, particularly, are shaping up. Although...
Director: Kevin Macdonald Released: London Film Festival 2023 John Galliano‘s rise in the fashion world in the 1990s was meteoric, by any standard. Within just a...
Director: Tom Stuart Cast: Ben Whishaw, Dino Fetscher, Marion Bailey In real life, grief is a very individual experience. In real life, it can be hard to get...
With the autumn festivals coming thick and fast, Venice’s heat and mosquitoes seemed a long time ago. But the world’s oldest film festival served up some...
Director: Ava DuVernay Cast: Aunjanue Ellis, Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga Released: Venice Film Festival 2023 Ava DuVernay’s Origin begins as a microcosm of everything about modern Hollywood that...
Read Rehna’s Priscilla Review Priscilla Presley was a gracious presence at the Venice Film Festival this week. The movie about her relationship with and marriage to...
Director: Sofia Coppola Cast: Jacob Elordi, Cailee Spaeny Released: 26th December 2023 (UK Cinemas) Read Rehna’s Priscilla In-Person Feature The opening shots of Priscilla’s bare feet...
Director: Wang Bing Released: Cannes Film Festival 2023 There’s something so hypnotic about Wang Bing’s three-and-a-half-hour-long documentary about workers in the Chinese garment industry that you...
Director: Johnathan Glazer Cast: Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller Released: Cannes Film Festival 2023 A happy, healthy German family, enjoying picnics by the river, swimming, celebrating birthdays,...
Director: Maïwenn Cast: Maïwenn, Johnny Depp Released: Cannes Film Festival 2023 With a seven-minute standing ovation at the Cannes premiere, the scrum for the press conference...
Sections of the Internet and social media are still livid that their favourites were ‘robbed’ at the Oscars on Sunday night. If my inbox is anything...
Oscars 2023: A solid but unremarkable show. A safe host. Predictable, often sentimental winners. A crisis team ready to spring into action should any nominee feel...
It didn’t rain (or hail or snow, as it has done in past years). The host, Richard E Grant’s jokes were tame, but he didn’t completely...
The BAFTA Film Awards take place this Sunday, and I will be in the thick of it, representing Movie Marker. It’s only February, but Movie Marker...
The Oscar nominations for the films of 2022 are out. Overall, it’s been a pretty good year; audiences of all ages, ethnicities and tastes returned to...
The Palm Springs Festival Awards Gala is an important stage on the route to Oscar. The festival is held in the first week of January, before the first of...
Director: Todd Field Cast: Cate Blanchett, Mark Strong, Nina Hoss Release: 13th January, 2023 (UK) Tár stars Cate Blanchett. The film was executive produced by Cate Blanchett....
