Film
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Film-makers Faisal Qureshi and Jonte Richardson question measures taken so far by British Film Institute
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‘A friend,’ recalls director Jerzy Skolimowski, ‘told me a story about a diamond that was lost for ever after being dropped in snow. I thought: “But you could grab the snow, melt it and get it back.” It seemed a great idea for a film’ -
1 out of 5 stars.
A family of anthropomorphised eggs land themselves in hot water in a dismal film full of garish visuals and unfunny gags -
The actor, who broke more than 30 bones after being run over on New Year’s Day, is seen using an ‘anti-gravity’ treadmill -
2 out of 5 stars.
Please Baby Please review – Andrea Riseborough leads retro reverie of vamp and camp
2 out of 5 stars.Riseborough and Harry Melling play a couple who get off on violence in an oddball, over-saturated thriller with a surprise cameo from Demi Moore
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3 out of 5 stars.
The Gallery review – bloody interactive treatise on post-Brexit Britain
3 out of 5 stars.Viewers can choose the outcome of the characters in this cleverly assembled art-world thriller available on PC, console and your local screen -
2 out of 5 stars.
This voyeuristic account of an eccentric who broadcasts himself hunting naked never meaningfully addresses his paradoxical existence -
3 out of 5 stars.
Infinity Pool review – Brandon Cronenberg’s holiday horror has tremendous Mia Goth
3 out of 5 stars.Cronenberg has the 1% in his sights in this unnerving satire about wealthy tourists who get more than they bargained for in a luxury resort -
1 out of 5 stars.
Writer/director Braff takes Florence Pugh’s ‘good person who has done a bad thing’ on an contrived journey towards self-forgiveness
What to watch
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Harold Lloyd’s stunts in Safety Last! make it one of the most heart-in-mouth films of all time. On its 100th birthday, his granddaughter remembers his mastery, inspiration – and the real-life love at the film’s heart -
The Austrian auteur has made his name with disturbing and superb studies of the violence and repression of bourgeois life. As he turns 81, we rate his finest films -
The British actor is up for best actress at the Oscars this Sunday for her role in To Leslie. But how does that compare with her other key turns?
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As Adam Driver accidentally winds up 65m years ago, facing not just dinosaurs but an asteroid, we count down the best films about going backwards, or forwards, through the ages -
In the dark, dry comedy, Robert De Niro plays a scheming comedian whose mediocrity doesn’t dampen his ambition -
Impressive dancer, authentic redneck and sensitive confidant – as the threequel Magic Mike’s Last Dance is released this week, we strip down Tatum’s back catalogue
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Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans was the only best picture nominee this year actually shot on film. It’s time to stop misnaming movies, says the director John Boorman -
The director’s last film is rumoured to centre on the life of New Yorker film writer Pauline Kael – if true, her 1970s face-off with Warren Beatty would make a thrilling plot line -
The Daniels’ alt-reality adventure achieved its smashing success because of its resonant questions how life could be different for any one of us -
By turning an armed invasion into a plucky underdog story, the classic war movie propagated a very dubious British mythology
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She fled rural Ireland and hit the Big Apple just in time to capture Lydia Lunch, James Chance and the post-punk scene take off. Now back in her home country, she relives those turbulent years -
He often plays the quintessential British hero, but the actor also makes a fine villain. He discusses his father’s death, his big break and leaving his stammer behind -
She found fame as a Miss South Africa finalist – then hit the headlines again after revealing her genetic condition. We meet the star of an extraordinary documentary about life outside male-female categories
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The actor grew up in an alleged cult and was expelled after her explicit role in Breaking the Waves. She discusses method acting, the #MeToo movement and mixing work and family -
The New Zealand actor’s new memoir reveals that he has been ‘crook’ with blood cancer and will need chemo for the rest of his life. But relaxing on his farm, he is philosophical. ‘Dying? I couldn’t care less,’ he says -
The actor talks about his new film, the explicit sci-fi horror Infinity Pool, why he gave up acting for eight years – and why he likes playing darker, more twisted characters
Regulars
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4 out of 5 stars.
4 out of 5 stars.Mark Kermode's film of the weekInfinity Pool review – Mia Goth electrifies in a nightmarish thrillerThe actor’s live-wire performance in Brandon Cronenberg’s outlandish satire about super-rich tourists being cloned on a holiday from hell is worth the admission price alone -
Award-winning Catalan peach farm drama Alcarràs joins an impressive crop of movies about living off the land, from Minari and The Grapes of Wrath to Babe -
Tolkien-inspired mythology has taken over our screens while a treasure chest of epic fantasy tales lies unused -
Director Patty Jenkins recently condemned films produced by streamers as “fake movies”, but the evolution has opened doors for diversity
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The increasing sophistication of programs like ChatGPT has led to unease over the future of film-making. What happened when we gave it a chance? -
The mysterious reactivation of the long-moribund brand’s site, accompanied by a cryptic message, has fans asking if a mighty return is on the cards
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Would the Am I Being Unreasonable actor make a great M? Sure. But not if it means the 007 franchise is turning into Austin Powers -
Ask the British national treasure – star of Mike Leigh films aplenty, as well as countless TV and stage roles – about any of her brilliant performances by 6pm Sunday -
Two decades on from the beginning of the war, a handful of films have tried various ways to show the conflict with audiences mostly choosing to stay away
Film genres
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4 out of 5 stars.
4 out of 5 stars.ActionJohn Wick: Chapter 4 review – enjoyably pulpy slaughterfestIf the plot of the latest John Wick outing offers no surprises, the stunts are mind-boggling, and Donnie Yen and Scott Adkins are fun new faces -
1 out of 5 stars.
1 out of 5 stars.AnimationLittle Eggs: An African Rescue review – a head-scrambling animated ordealA family of anthropomorphised eggs land themselves in hot water in a dismal film full of garish visuals and unfunny gags -
4 out of 5 stars.
4 out of 5 stars.CrimeThe Beasts review – unsettling rural noir is a Euro-arthouse twist on Straw DogsMiddle-class incomers to a remote village in Spain’s ‘wild west’ expose fear, resentment and nationalism in Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s disturbing true-crime drama -
‘A friend,’ recalls director Jerzy Skolimowski, ‘told me a story about a diamond that was lost for ever after being dropped in snow. I thought: “But you could grab the snow, melt it and get it back.” It seemed a great idea for a film’
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