The public image of the Cannes Film Festival is one of glamour. There’s the backdrop of turquoise waves lapping the sandy beach, chic French Mademoiselles strolling...
Want to start a fight? Ask a group of film fans to discuss which movie deserved its Best Picture Oscar. Oof! Verbal and maybe even physical...
Director: Khadar Ayderus Ahmed Cast: Omar Abdi, Yasmin Warsame Released: La Semaine de la Critique Cannes 2021 Through the narrow, focused lens of Somali born director...
Leopard print and big hair. That would be the answer if the question were, how do you dress for the premiere of a film celebrating the...
Call me Nostradamus lite. Some of my pre-Oscars show predictions were spot on. However, the one I got spectacularly wrong was when I said that the show...
The Academy will put on as spectacular and entertaining a show as it can in the current circumstances. There will be quirky moments. There will be...
A couple of years ago, when I was covering Cannes, delegates received some sound advice from the head of the festival. He suggested that critics should,...
We’re approaching the business end of awards season, with the BAFTAs and Oscars up in a few weeks, so the excitement should be at fever pitch....
Director: Pedro Almodóvar Starring: Tilda Swinton Released: BFI London Film Festival The carnival of colour that assails your eyes from the opening shot of this 30-minute...
Anyone who loves cinema knows that magic moment; the lights go down, the message from the British board of film censors tells you the name of...
After the various precursor critics awards which were largely divided between a range of films and actors, come the big televised award shows. First up, the...
Director: Rupert Goold Stars: Renee Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Rufus Sewell and Michael Gambon Released: 4th October 2019 (UK) Judy starts so well. We see a close-up of...
Joaquin Phoenix delivers a devastating, psychologically dense Joker.
Director: Jim Jarmusch Stars: Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton Released: July 12th (UK) “Yes, there are George Romero references in the film,“ said director Jim...
Director: Dexter Fletcher Stars: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden Released: May 22nd (UK) My name is Elton Hercules John and I’m an alcoholic. And a...
Awards Editor Rehna Azim takes a tongue-in-cheek look back at this years BAFTAs
I happily admit it. I love a good awards show meltdown. The weepier, cringier, more bodily fluids sodden, second hand embarrassment inducing the meltdown is, the better,...
Music stars from Elvis to Rihanna have tried their luck on the big screen. Just as every lead singer of a successful band thinks he or...
