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‘I get lost going to the bathroom’: John Hannah on world travel, stealing props and being ‘the Scottish Eminem’
The Four Weddings and a Funeral actor answers your questions on being confused with James Nesbitt, his own Sliding Doors moment and a new perspective since turning 60 How often do you get asked to recite that WH Auden poem from Four Weddings and a Funeral , and can you do it from memory right now?…
‘I’m a writer but then nobody’s perfect’: how Billy Wilder conquered Hollywood
From émigré roots to a titan of modern cinema, penning classics such as Double Indemnity, Some Like It Hot and The Apartment, a new retrospective celebrates the father of film noir’s incredible career Like all survivors, Billy Wilder never forgot where he came from or what he had left behind. He…
Forgotten Island review – best friends forever trapped in frantic DreamWorks animation
This over-controlled adventure never takes a breath or a moment to let its characters come to life Frantically and even stroboscopically over-energised, this big new movie from DreamWorks about best friends for ever seems to me another example of exhausting AI-type content production in animation…
The Love Hypothesis review – hit BookTok romcom lacks spark on screen
Riverdale’s Lili Reinhart does some heavy lifting in adaptation of Ali Hazelwood’s hit book, but it’s not quite enough Fans of the dearly departed Riverdale – or, moreover, admirers of all the batshit things the CW comic soap could make its bright young actors say with straining sincerity – have…
Remake review – Ross McElwee’s magnificent and moving tribute to a tragic loss and the art it inspired
Sherman’s March director McElwee revisits footage of his late son for this magnificently affecting film and meditation on making art This new film from revered documentary-maker Ross McElwee is an extraordinary work, arguably his most audacious use yet of autobiographical material while at the same…
Heart of the Beast review – Brad Pitt survivalist dogmance serves up wilderness with side of cheese
Pitt and loyal hound Odin get stuck in remote Alaska in this serviceable adventure with hints of Jack London and Marley & Me One man and his dog have an amazing adventure in this survivalist drama starring Brad Pitt, from screenwriter Cameron Alexander and director David Ayer, for which the first…
Heresy review – feminist folk horror summons something scary in the woods with supply of fresh blood
A childless woman flees into the forest and emerges with a swollen belly in director Didier Konings’ short, sharp fable Before fertility tourism, the only option for your average medieval serf struggling to conceive was heading to the nearest foreboding woods and summoning weird, antlered dryads…
Brigitte Bardot’s personal items sell for nearly €1m at auction in Paris
Dog collars, guitars and self-portraits among 285 objects, with money going to her animal welfare foundation and son An auction of the French film star turned animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot’s personal items has fetched nearly €1m (£858,000, US$1.15m, A$1.61m) in Paris, almost 20 times the…
Sense and Sensibility review – Daisy Edgar-Jones leads sober-minded next-gen do-over of Austen romcom
With Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles as the Dashwood sisters, this fresh take on a beloved classic is not to be confused with Ang Lee’s There’s no reason for anyone working on a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility to be intimidated by the celebrated 1995 movie by director Ang Lee…
La Bola Negra wins Toronto film festival people’s choice award
The queer period drama wins Oscar-predicting award, being named the most popular audience film at the festival The Spanish queer drama La Bola Negra has won this year’s people’s choice award at the Toronto film festival . The film, which takes place in 1932, 1937 and 2017, focuses on the lives of…
‘Resident Evil movies? I’ve never seen one’: Weapons director Zach Cregger on resurrecting the beloved zombie franchise
Raised on punk, alt-comedy and the church, Cregger’s Lynchian approach to horror is anything but typical. After two wildly original hits, his pivot to a 30-year-old video game has caused a storm among protective fans When Barbarian , Zach Cregger’s debut film as a solo writer-director, came out in…
Amanda Redman: ‘My most embarrassing moment? Getting caught doing a pretend Bafta thank you speech’
The actor on a terrible accident as a toddler, her bossy nature, and feeling too old to play a Shakespearean heroine Born in Brighton, Amanda Redman, 69, studied at Bristol Old Vic theatre school. She starred in the TV comedy drama El C.I.D. in the 1990s, and in At Home With the Braithwaites from…
John Wilson on his unlikely concrete movie: ‘There might be a kind of sickness in shooting things this way’
The creator of How To with John Wilson has returned with his first film, a documentary about how to sell a documentary about concrete As mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani has frequently demonstrated impressive media savvy, but arguably nothing has proved his genius for in-the-know promo more…
‘The man’s a psychopath when it comes to hedgerows’: Derek vs Derek, the unexpectedly heartwarming doc about farmers at war
One Devon farmer, called Derek, is committed to rewilding his land. His neighbour, also a Derek, tends cattle and crops. What happened when a film-maker decided to follow the bickering pair? Derek Gow and Derek Banbury should hate each other. Gow is an outspoken rewilder widely credited with…
Iranian actor Laleh Marzban faces severe threats after Venice film festival speech
Marzban, who won a best actress award for her portrayal of a woman held hostage by her father in Falling House, has received condemnations from authorities after dedicating her prize to ‘the women of Iran’ An Iranian actress who won the best newcomer award at the Venice film festival has come under…
‘The eye-gouging was very, very satisfying’: how we made cave horror classic The Descent
‘The child crawler whose head I crush with my boot was only 11, bless him. It was actually me stamping on a cauliflower’ I was introduced to Christian Colson at Celador Films off the back of [2002 horror film] Dog Soldiers, and I pitched them a project – actually a feature-length version of my…
In an age of superhero fatigue, Marvel’s best shot is to think small – and outside the box
Sebastian Stan says he pitched Marvel a mid-budget thriller starring his Winter Soldier character. Perhaps the studio should give it – and other modestly scaled vehicles – the green light Blink a little and you might think we are back in 2019. The latest Spider-Man film, Brand New Day, has just…
Bold and bravura choices as Venice celebrates A Woman Unknown, Possible Love and NAZA
After facing heavy criticism over its lack of female directors, the film festival may have redeemed itself with its winners’ list Woman Unknown wins Venice film festival as NAZA takes special jury prize Did the Venice film festival just redeem itself on the sexism issue? It made a really good…
Tall tales: the 20 best giants in film – ranked!
On the 300th anniversary of Gulliver’s Travels, we celebrate the biggest film stars of them all – from a stone colossus to a metal-munching alien and a 50ft woman on the rampage Not a first-person-shooter BFG , alas, but one of Steven Spielberg’s worst films, reducing Roald Dahl’s story to digital…
Her Private Hell review – Nicolas Winding Refn’s shapeshifting fantasia is a dreamy swirl of strangeness
Refn’s film eludes definition as it moves through time and space, from doomy reality to strange dream worlds populated by quasi-Lynchian characters The title’s first word should probably be “His”. Nicolas Winding Refn has returned to Cannes with a bizarre new fantasia moodscape, a midnight movie of…
