We seem to be living at the tail end of a golden age for the music documentary. For a while there you couldn’t move for the blighters, some of which were genuinely impressive. But now that BBC Four no longer has the budget...
Read MoreThere was a time, as Peter Cook once joked, When Diana Dors Ruled the Earth. It’s a neat gag, but it’s also pretty telling. Swindon-born actor-cum-bombshell Dors had indeed loomed large in her heyday but, by the 70s,...
Read MoreBack in the early 2000s, Mexican cinema was riding a wave with films such as Amores Perros and Y tu mamá también impressing audiences and critics alike. By 2006, writer Jason Wood had taken the opportunity to speak directly to a...
Read MoreFrom the outset, Pieces of a Woman doesn’t hold back. The latest Netflix awards hopeful, directed by Kornél Mundruczó and scripted by his wife Kata Wéber, focuses on a couple, Martha (Vanessa Kirby) and Sean (Shia...
Read MoreIn a time where filmmaking seems impossible, director Sam Levinson can’t resist the urge to keep us entertained. Two stand-alone episodes of his hit TV show Euphoria, riddled with teenage angst and insecurity, aired during...
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