Almost two years after its original release date, the 25th James Bond film – and final outing for star Daniel Craig – has had its first screening at the Royal Albert Hall• Review: five stars for No Time to Die from Peter Bradshaw Continue reading…
Why is Hollywood still denying Black queer love stories?
The success of Moonlight remains an outlier in major film and TV representation so it’s been left to smaller web series to pick up the slackOn 12 May, screenwriter Kirk A Moore took to his Twitter page calling for his Black gay followers to share image…
Dementer review – unsettling low-budget care facility chiller
When Katie takes a job in a centre for people with Down’s syndrome, she’s the model carer – until the terrifying flashbacks startFrom Don’t Look Now to The Masque of the Red Death, physical disability has been a troublingly cheap way for horror directo…
The East review – war is hell … for the bloodthirsty imperialists
Jim Taihuttu’s story of Dutch soldiers in Indonesia is as short-sighted as the old-fashioned colonialists it is trying to criticiseThe canonisation of Apocalypse Now has resulted in a cinematic template for the psychological war epic where the battlefi…
‘She went her own way’: the tragic and unusual life of folk singer Karen Dalton
In a new documentary, the underrated singer’s life of depression, addiction and poverty is told while her incredible talents are celebratedThe outlines of the life led by singer Karen Dalton tell a heartbreaking tale. It was one scarred by consistent p…
Richard Gere may testify in Matteo Salvini trial over rescue ship standoff
Actor helped deliver food to people onboard NGO vessel that was refused entry to Italian port by then ministerRichard Gere has agreed to testify against Italy’s far-right former interior minister Matteo Salvini, who is standing trial for refusing to le…
Redemption of a Rogue review – endless rain of deadpan Irish banter
Philip Doherty’s black comedy about a prodigal son returning to his hometown for a funeral goes big on self-satirising absurdismThis chucklesome black comedy is a little meandering and prone to repeat the same comedy beats ad infinitum, like having cha…
Even Mice Belong in Heaven review – stop-motion voyage to animal afterlife
While it’s unusually candid about death, this Czech kids’ animation resorts to tedious quests and life lessons in lieu of a plotMovies aimed at very small children tend to be a bit squeamish about death. So this afterlife-for-kids animation gets points…
‘You have to be a control freak’: Mike Leigh on 50 years of film-making
At 78, with three Baftas and a Palme d’Or under his belt, the director still sees himself as an outsider. He talks about Hollywood’s obsession with big names, his determination to portray ‘real people’ – and being accused of pretensionInterviewing Mike…
It’s No Time to Die: but is it time to revoke James Bond’s licence to kill?
In the 1960s, 007 was a glamorous antidote to postwar austerity, but now he’s more laughable than heroic. Can the Bond brand survive, post-Brexit?These blithering women,” said James Bond, “who thought they could do a man’s work? Why the hell couldn’t t…