A seaside horror in Jersey: Michael Pearce’s Beast lacks much-needed wildness
But Jessie Buckley and Johnny Flynn are exceptional in this thriller with fairy-tale overtones.
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Lean on Pete builds on the proud history of horses in film
Cinema’s equine love affair is in no danger of dimming.
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The hand that feeds: how food scenes became the home of intimacy, sex and power in film
While food in general has been a big part of film over the past two years, it’s feeding scenes that stand…
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“He keeps asking me, is it sad to be an old woman?”: sparring with the French director Claire Denis
The provocative auteur talks to Ryan Gilbey about sex at 71, her obsession with Juliette Binoche and why his questions…
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A Quiet Place is a metaphor for the terror of parenthood
Childbirth, a newborn’s cry, and volatile teenage emotions all become life-threatening: children are feared for their sheer vulnerability.
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Abolitionist, activist, dwarf – we all need role models like Benjamin Lay
When I was 13, the awful “Mini-Me” hit our screens. When I was 31, I learned of Benjamin Lay.
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Funny Cow is a film about stand-up comedy: so why isn’t it funny?
It is unfortunate that nothing Maxine Peake’s stand-up comic says, either on or off stage, is remotely amusing.
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All wonder has been lost from Todd Haynes’ Wonderstruck by the movie’s end
The film, which tells the tale of two adventurers separated by half a century, falls to pieces in its second half.
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