Film
Roma is being celebrated for all the wrong reasons, writes Slavoj Žižek
My first viewing of Roma left me with a bitter taste: yes, the majority of critics are right in celebrating it…
Cannes had many strong films but only one deserves the Palme d’Or
The Italian film director Alice Rohrwacher’s rise to the top has never been more obvious than this week at the…
Lars von Trier’s latest film rightly resists the idea that art must be morally correct and inoffensive
Danish director Lars von Trier is back at Cannes Film Festival, proclaiming that ‘it’s all good – we had a…
Award for the most right-on awards ceremony goes to Cannes
There’s nothing that screams 2018 feminism more than a bunch of celebrities holding hands on a red carpet. This year’s…
Netflix was wrong to fire Kevin Spacey
Being, as ever, years late to the party, my wife and I were only midway through season one of House…
Twenty years on, Brass Eye is still the best – as this film of unreleased material proves
‘Drug use among children has for many an education and with obvious alarm for both parents on the increase almost…
Impeccable filmmaking from Michael Haneke: Happy End reviewed
The title is ironic. The end is not happy for Michael Haneke’s bourgeois French family, whose hamper of festering secrets the…
Amusing, waspish take-down of Jean-Luc Godard: Redoubtable reviewed
Jean-Luc Godard’s famous dictum was: ‘all you need for a movie is a girl and a gun’. In Redoubtable, French…
Coffee, mist and brilliance: Sky Atlantic’s new series of Twin Peaks reviewed
So much coffee. Just like in the original, the characters in the new series of Twin Peaks get through so…
How Shanghai is becoming the new Hollywood
I was sweating on a treadmill in my local gym last week, when Scott Eastwood, son of Clint, appeared on…
Assayas’ Personal Shopper is slick, unnecessarily complex and totally irrelevant
Creaking doors, rustling leaves and leaky taps make up the soundtrack of Olivier Assayas’ improbable horror film Personal Shopper. But…
Why we need to cancel the Oscars to save the Oscars
Oscar has a problem, and I say that as a fan. If I could, I’d take one of those famous…
I want Elle to win an Oscar – but I also wish it hadn’t been made
Is it possible simultaneously to want a film to win an Oscar and to wish it hadn’t been made? That’s…
Affleck carries the film – with the help of that jaw: Manchester By The Sea reviewed
Everyone in Hollywood knows that if you want some good jaw-clenching you go to an Affleck brother. To older brother…
Inside the Ecuadorian embassy with Julian Assange: Risk reviewed
‘This film would not have been possible without the following encryption tools,’ is one of the least expected film credits…
Keanu Reeves’ asshole motel owner is one of the more sympathetic characters: Neon Demon reviewed
The first time we see Elle Fanning in The Neon Demon, Nicolas Winding Refn’s cannibalistic catwalk, she’s reclining on a…
The wunderkind disappoints – but Cassel may take Best Actor: Xavier Dolan’s It’s Only the End of the World reviewed
‘This day fucking sucks,’ remark several characters over the course of Xavier Dolan’s It’s Only the End of the World. It’s hard…
This luvvies’ letter warning against Brexit isn’t worth the paper it’s written on
Politicians from across the spectrum have had their say on Brexit. So, too, have various business leaders. Spy chiefs have…
Great hairdos, love the wallpaper – shame about the movie: Almodóvar’s Julieta reviewed
Pedro Almodóvar’s last two films were affronts to his reputation as a director. The Skin I Live In (2011) was…
Dull and impenetrable: Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin reviewed
Fans of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon be warned: this is not that. Never have I watched a film where the…
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