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...
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...
Ageing sucks; however, as we do, the nostalgic aspect of our upbringing becomes alarmingly more real. Words don’t come close to expressing the memories that both...
Warning: spoilers ahead “People keep telling me how my story is supposed to go. Nah, imma do my own thing.” It’s an exciting time to be...
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...
Damien Chazelle is already deemed a recognisable director as his films portray a specific music theme, character prototypes and similar energy through working with a relatively...
Darren Aronofsky has always had a surrealist quality to his films. They are often disturbing, sometimes melodramatic, and always uneasy to navigate visually or narratively. His...
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...
Awards season is in full swing. Even if the major ceremonies haven’t started yet, the frocks and tuxes are being dry-cleaned as we speak, and the...
Upon seeing Ghostbusters: Afterlife in the cinema, it was not something I was particularly looking forward to seeing. Like many, I did not want to find...
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...
*warning spoilers below* In 1996 the horror genre was on its knees with nowhere else to go. Slasher films had reached the bottom of the barrel,...
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...
At a pre BAFTAs party once I saw a young woman throw herself at Leonardo DiCaprio. I mean, literally fling herself at him as he passed....
Let’s start with a few basic issues before we look at possible changes: Movies are about fantasy. They star impossibly attractive people (or highly charismatic ones...
“And who are you wearing?” “Thermals and a parka. It’s a bit nippy.” OK, I’m not banking on that answer from the fragrant Amy Adams at...
As a film award nerd it’s easy to get caught up in awards season, often forgetting the bigger picture and honing in on the Oscars. However,...
I Written by Rehna “People go to see films that have a buzz around them,” said Meryl Streep. We all listened intently, our fingers poised to...