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Martin Scorsese defends decision to make deal with Netflix for The Irishman
Director says no one else in Hollywood would back his new film The Irishman after costs soared due to pioneering ‘de-aging' technologyMartin Scorsese has wrapped up the London film festival [...]
Sun, Oct 13, 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
The Irishman review: Martin Scorsese's finest film for 30 years
Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and – especially – Joe Pesci turn in performances of wintry brilliance in Scorsese's epically daring late stage mob masterpiece Martin Scorsese returns with his [...]
Sun, Oct 13, 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
François Ozon on dramatising the biggest abuse scandal to hit the French Catholic church
The director's new film, By the Grace of God, retells the story of a paedophile priest. Ozon reveals how the victims' stories unlocked his own painful memoryFor most film directors, [...]
Sun, Oct 13, 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Deafening cinema sound is ruining films, claims Hugh Grant
Star's complaint to Vue has provoked an outpouring of disgruntled filmgoersJoker, the sinister hit starring Joaquin Phoenix, is dividing film critics. Hailed as a masterpiece by some, it has left [...]
Sun, Oct 13, 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
The Day Shall Come review – Chris Morris’s overcooked FBI farce
The king of absurdist satire follows up Four Lions with a tragicomic tale of the Feds setting up a deluded preacher as kingpin of a fake terror planBilled as being [...]
Sun, Oct 13, 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Abominable review – sweet animated yeti adventure
DreamWorks ploughs a comfortable furrow with this engaging China-set fantasyColdplay's 2005 tearjerker Fix You is shamelessly deployed in writer-director Jill Culton's sweet animated DreamWorks feature, co-directed with Todd Wilderman, about [...]
Sun, Oct 13, 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Farming review – disturbing but unreflective racial drama
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje's autobiographical tale of a Nigerian boy growing up in Essex revels in its tragedy“Based on a true story” is slapped across the opening credits of this gruelling film, [...]
Sun, Oct 13, 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Three films, four roles, one breakout star: Morfydd Clark
Welsh actress, star of Saint Maud, takes the London Film Festival by storm, as Monos claims best filmFilm festivals have provided breakthrough moments for actors before now, but for Morfydd [...]
Sat, Oct 12, 2019
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American Woman review – Sienna Miller excels in slice-of-life drama
Jake Scott's film follows a woman's attempts to rebuild her life and raise her grandson after her daughter vanishesWearing bouncy ringlets, a teal bandage dress, knee-high leather boots and, importantly, [...]
Sat, Oct 12, 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Robert Forster: a coolly charismatic character actor with an intensely sympathetic air
Forster was a performer whose all-American looks could convey a deeper, more complex personality, something Quentin Tarantino and David Lynch picked up onIf ever an actor grew into his looks, [...]
Sat, Oct 12, 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com