Lady Gaga shines in A Star is Born, but the script doesn’t care about her character
The template for Bradley Cooper’s musical film bestows all dramatic opportunities on to the male role.
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Crazy Rich Asians features British stars – so why don’t they get roles on their home turf?
“Among producers, commissioners, white writers and casting directors, East Asians are still not perceived as being part of British society.”
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The Wife is the Glenn Close show through and through, and it’s a treat
Close finds so many variations on the tight smile of the long-suffering spouse.
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The Little Stranger lacks the life that makes a truly great horror film
It’s creepy and claustrophobic, but a depressing and bitter lead (Domhnall Gleeson) robs the film of the electrical charge vital…
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London BFI film festival: ten films to watch out for
From enigmatic Japanese love stories to the comic side of a one-woman show.
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Hatton Garden heist flick King of Thieves is more than just laddish larks
Starring Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, Jim Broadbent, Ray Winstone and Paul Whitehouse, this film mixes steely menace and jolly japes.…
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SRSLY #153: Sharp Objects / Disenchantment / Beginners
The pop culture podcast with Caroline Crampton and Anna Leszkiewicz.
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Burt Reynolds was an expert at putting the audience at ease – and made doing so look easy
The easygoing smile, the blokey-jokey swagger, the Stetson tipped just-so; his was a club to which you might want to…
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