Film and screen

Film review: Where The Crawdads Sing

An always reliable David Strathairn can’t save the long-awaited adaptation of the best-selling novel from failing to recreate the tension and atmosphere of the book…

Film review: Elvis

Brimming with set pieces, designed to the absolute hilt, impeccably styled, roaring with music: an abundance of delights in Luhrmann’s latest

Film review: Men

While beautifully shot, Men is let down by a clumsy final act, failing not only its heroine but perhaps women everywhere.

Film review: A hero

Film review and ticket giveaway: Mothering Sunday

Film review: Top Gun: Maverick

Tom Cruise brings returns to the role that made him a superstar in this sequel that surpasses the original while respecting the legacy it started.

Film review: Everything went fine

François Ozon signs touching and poignant drama about a daughter assisting her sickly father to die with dignity. With Sophie Marceau.

Film review: Operation Mincemeat

Colin Firth and Matthew Mcfayden bring class and dignity to this British adaption of one of the most implausible episodes of espionage in WWII. It…

Film review: Petite maman

Céline Sciamma follows her critical behemoth, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, with a modest, humble and whimsical time-travel story about daughters and mothers.

Film review: After Yang

Colin Farrell contemplates what makes him human, in this beautifully shot, philosophical sci-fi drama. Directed by Kongonada and score by Ryuichi Sakamoto.