Searing insight into a marriage under fire This documentary uncovers the heartbreaking story of a couple whose relationship disintegrates as they flee Published 18 Sep, 2015 06:44am
Richard Attenborough’s death: a sad day for the British film industry Attenborough was an old-school British film mogul who nailed down huge funding or casting decisions over a good lunch. Published 27 Aug, 2014 06:24am
Mood Indigo — kaleidoscopic kidulthood Mood Indigo is an adaptation of the 1947 novel by Boris Vian, L’Ecume des Jours, or The Froth of Days. Updated 03 Aug, 2014 08:51am
Cannes opens with a royal biopic worse than Diana IT’S traditional for Cannes to start with something spectacular. This is certainly no exception. It is a film so... Published 15 May, 2014 07:10am
Wes Anderson’s new film is a ‘deeply pleasurable immersion’ THIS delirious operetta-farce is an eerily detailed and very funny work from the savant virtuoso of American indie... Published 09 Mar, 2014 08:14am
12 Years a Slave must clean up — but that doesn’t mean it will The Oscar race is a split — American Hustle and Gravity getting 10 nominations each and 12 Years a Slave with nine. Updated 18 Jan, 2014 06:22pm
Affleck as Batman springs surprise LONDON: You’d think superheroism would be anathema to him. You’d think the merest sniff of snug-fitting lycra ... Updated 25 Aug, 2013 08:04am
Lincoln, Django deserved better recognition SO Daniel Day-Lewis achieves his moment of Academy Award history — the gold standard of his mystique and reputation intensified with the reports that he will now take a further five years off before accepting another movie role Published 26 Feb, 2013 10:07pm
Saying the unsayable about a wartime scandal Having addressed the wartime occupation of Poland in films such as Ashes and Diamonds (1958), and its later... Published 20 Jun, 2009 12:00am
Of `The Curious Case of Benjamin Button` Remove “curious” from the title and replace it with “twee and pointless”, and you`re close to it. What an incredible... Published 07 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Israel`s collective amnesia LONDON Has Israel made a mass, semi-conscious decision to forget about the Sabra and Chatila massacres of the 1982... Published 22 Nov, 2008 12:00am
Of 1970s clichés and hairstyles This year has seen the appearance of ferociously exact, even minimalist films about European terrorism, in which... Published 15 Nov, 2008 12:00am
