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Honor Swinton Byrne: ‘My family could not be more different to the one in The Souvenir’
After her acclaimed debut in Joanna Hogg's semi-autobiographical film, the actor returns in its sequel, starring again alongside her mother, Tilda. She talks about her unconventional upbringing and her off-screen [...]
Sun, Jan 23, 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Nightmare Alley review – a neo-noir knockout from Guillermo del Toro
Bradley Cooper plays a carnival conman drawn into a dark underworld in this dazzling drama from the Mexican directorLike its disreputable bedfellow the horror genre, film noir is an unruly [...]
Sun, Jan 23, 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘I got really lucky’: Caitríona Balfe, star of Belfast, on fame, family and fans
Caitríona Balfe is the luminous star of Kenneth Branagh's Oscar-tipped Belfast. She talks about how modelling almost broke her, bonding on set with Judi Dench and her childhood during the [...]
Sun, Jan 23, 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande – Emma Thompson hires sex worker in charming comedy
Thompson gives an emotionally generous performance as a former teacher seeking sexual gratification in an amusing and compassionate two-handerEmma Thompson gives us a very personal, emotionally generous and intimate performance [...]
Sun, Jan 23, 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
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Ian Alexander Jr, son of actor and director Regina King, dies at 26
Oscar-winner ‘devastated at the deepest level' by death of ‘a bright light who cared so deeply about the happiness of others'Ian Alexander Jr, the only child of the Oscar-winning actor [...]
Sat, Jan 22, 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Nanny review – promising domestic worker thriller gets jumbled
A Senegalese immigrant nanny battles micro-aggressions and otherworldly forces in a novel yet loosely assembled debutIt's remarkable how infrequently modern-day domestic workers are portrayed as fully formed characters in [...]
Sat, Jan 22, 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Arnold Schwarzenegger unhurt in four-vehicle Los Angeles crash
Film star and California governor pictured at scene of accident in which police confirm one woman taken to hospitalArnold Schwarzenegger has been involved in a multi-vehicle crash that resulted in [...]
Sat, Jan 22, 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Belfast review – Branagh’s chocolate box vision of his childhood
Kenneth Branagh's monochrome film of growing up in 60s Northern Ireland offers nostalgia but avoids getting to grips with the TroublesKenneth Branagh's unabashedly feelgood memoir of growing up in Belfast [...]
Sat, Jan 22, 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Pedro Almodóvar on Spain’s tragic past: ‘You can’t ask people to forget’
With his new film Parallel Mothers, the director dials down the camp to address the shadow of fascism hanging over his homelandPedro Almodóvar is in Madrid at his production company [...]
Sat, Jan 22, 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Streaming: Mass and other great single location films
Mass, about the meeting of two sets of parents after a school shooting, joins classics including Rope and My Dinner With Andre that thrive within the confines of a single [...]
Sat, Jan 22, 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com