Actors Angelina Jolie and Christoph Waltz are reportedly eyeing the lead roles in the Every Note Played, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Lisa Genova. Every Note Played is a romance story about Karina (Jolie) and her ex-husband, the accomplished concert pianist Richard (Waltz), in the aftermath of their divorce. Richard […]Read More
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Thirty-six years after Stop Making Sense set the bar stratospherically high for the concert film, an unlikely duo has created an urgently joyous match. Spike Lee and David Byrne’s new venture combines the rapturous joy of Byrne’s music with Lee’s trademark style of confronting us with contemporary truths. The result is nothing short of wondrous. […]Read More
Veteran Marvel actor Benedict Cumberbatch is set to reprise his role as magical superhero Doctor Strange in Spider-Man 3. According to THR, Strange will serve as Peter Parker’s mentor in the film, a role that has previously been occupied by Tony Stark in Spider-Man: Homecoming and Nick Fury in Spider-Man: Far From Home. The move […]Read More
In the run-up to Halloween, many film lovers want to watch a bloodcurdling horror. For others, the scariest film they can imagine watching is either The Addams Family or The Nightmare Before Christmas. Personally, I would happily remain on a strict diet of any movie with romantic walks in autumnal parks and well-knitted sweaters. The […]Read More
Four years after his BAFTA win for short film Three Brothers, Aleem Khan returns to the London Film Festival with his debut feature, After Love, a stunning and compassionate drama, exploring love, loss, and forgiveness. After Love wastes no time throwing you in at the deep end. In the simple, but brilliantly executed opening scene, […]Read More
After collaborating on 2012’s sublime The Hunt, reuniting fan favourite Mads Mikkelsen and director Thomas Vinterberg is always an exciting prospect. Their latest collaboration is Another Round (Druk), a darkly comedic drama that attempts to plumb the depths of drunkenness and analyse its effects on the human psyche. The key plot of Another Round focuses […]Read More
Nearly 50 years on from its original release to a swathe of critical acclaim and two successful sequels, it has been announced that the making of the The Godfather is to be adapted into a film of its own. Francis and The Godfather will be led by Oscar Isaac (Star Wars, Ex Machina) in the […]Read More
Trigger Warning: This article contains references to eating disorder behaviours. After working as an acclaimed war photographer, Stephanie begins to document her own internal war against a terrifying disease in Body of Water. Body of Water violently breaks down barriers and forces the viewer to face a reality that is huge in our society, but […]Read More
Still riding the wave of Malcom & Marie hype (one of the first films to be fully shot during lockdown) and the Emmy win for Euphoria, Zendaya has already found her new role: Ronnie Spector. Chosen for the role by Spector herself, the film is set to follow much of the singer’s personal life and […]Read More
Erica Riva plays a traumatised woman drowning in the sound of her own nightmares in this De Palma-esque thriller. The Intruder is an unnerving Argentine thriller from Natalia Meta, that sets out to explore how PTSD can manifest itself in the wake of horrific events. Erica Riva plays Inès, a fortysomething woman who relies on […]Read More
James McAvoy has been cast in a thriller where he will play the father of a missing boy—with no script. Everyone else in the film, including Claire Foy, will have a script, but McAvoy will have to solve the mystery himself. In My Son, an adaptation of Mon Garcon (2017), James McAvoy will travel to […]Read More
There’s no disputing that 2020 has been a pretty shoddy year. Unless, of course, your name is Regina King. The Oscar-winning actress not only led the phenomenal Watchmen series, picking up an Emmy for her efforts, but has also made her directorial debut. One Night in Miami, based on the original play by screenwriter Kemp […]Read More
Earlier this month, the film industry was rocked by the news that the already delayed James Bond film No Time to Die had been pushed back again, and will now be released in April 2021. Before this crushing announcement, Bond was back in the cinematic news cycle as publicity for the 25th film in the […]Read More
Hot off the heels of Pokèmon Detective Pikachu, Ryan Reynolds is back in another video game-based movie about a non-playable character who works as a bank teller and becomes self aware. He soon realises he lives in a video game world.Read More
The debut feature of writer/director Rose Glass, A24’s Saint Maud has earned a cornucopia of glowing reviews for its unsettling blend of chilling psychological thriller and grotesque body horror. We spoke to the film’s producers, Andrea Cornwell and Oliver Kassman, about the Yorkshire coast, the challenges of releasing a film during a pandemic, and why […]Read More
