Actor and director on International Space Station push ahead of Hollywood project led by Tom CruiseThe list of “firsts” in orbit under the Soviet space programme is legendary: first satellite, first dog, first man, first woman.Now another looms after R…
Russian actor and director arrive at space station to make first film in orbit
Pair likely to beat Hollywood project announced by Tom Cruise, Nasa and Elon Musk’s SpaceXA Russian actor and director have arrived at the International Space Station in an attempt to beat the US and film the first movie in orbit.The Russian crew are l…
Lord of the Rings orc was modeled after Harvey Weinstein, Elijah Wood reveals
The actor says the Weinstein orc was intended as a message to the domineering sexual predator producerOne orc among many in the Lord of the Rings movies was designed to resemble Harvey Weinstein as a “sort of fuck you” to the notorious producer, Elijah…
Breakfast at Tiffany’s at 60: the sharp romcom that grows darker with age
Audrey Hepburn’s star-making turn as Holly Golightly remains as luminous as ever in Blake Edwards’ sweetened yet still bittersweet adaptation of Truman Capote’s novelBreakfast at Tiffany’s was a sacred film in my household growing up. My mother’s VHS t…
London film festival 2021: Peter Bradshaw’s top 10 picks
Tilda Swinton in Memoria, Kenneth Branagh’s memorial to Belfast and Edgar Wright’s 60s horror: the Guardian’s chief film critic chooses his must-sees at this year’s festivalCéline Sciamma’s beautiful fairytale reverie is mysterious and moving. After he…
Baracoa review – a poetic journey through bittersweet childhood
This part fiction, part documentary film captures the spontaneity of young friends Leonel and AntuànDirected by Pablo Briones, Sean Clark, and Jace Freeman, here is a film that blurs the lines between fiction and documentary as it accentuates bitterswe…
No Time to Die: James Bond film smashes box office records
Daniel Craig’s final outing as 007 has made £88m in the 54 countries worldwide in which it has launchedDaniel Craig’s final outing as 007 has smashed UK box office records, grossing more on its opening weekend than any other film in the history of the …
Angeliena review – car park worker dreams of getaway in shallow South African drama
Thin characterisation and a superficial critique of wealth inequality post-apartheid keep Uga Carlini’s fiction in first gearThe colourful opening of Uga Carlini’s Angeliena suggests a giddy ride awaits: the camera follows a suitcase plastered with tra…
‘I went wherever there was fighting’: how Sam the Wheels filmed Brixton ablaze
From the tumult of the uprisings to everyday scenes, Clovis Salmon’s jerky camera captured Black British life. As his work hits the big screen, we meet the 94-year-old known as Sam the Wheels‘I used to keep my camera like this,” says Clovis Salmon, put…
Redemption of a Rogue review – dark Irish humour in a suicide denied
After killing his abusive father, a son is thwarted in his own death by Dad’s strange will and a biblical stormJimmy (Aaron Monaghan) wants to kill himself, but he keeps being interrupted. There are only so many grim jokes to be wrung from a noose, but…