Cannes
A Brother’s Love (La femme de mon frère)
This smug, unfunny film trades on exhausted stereotypes and exhaustingly drawn-out comedy. There’s an advert for a betting…
By Joseph OwenSpecial
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Cannes
John Carpenter in conversation: From no-budget filmmaker to horror maestro
"Revenge” was how John Carpenter described the director’s fortnight screening of his 1982 masterpiece The Thing. It was…
By Sam Gray
Cannes
Bull
The rodeo is defined by competition and spectacle. Riders have a dual role: winners and entertainers. If the…
By Joseph Owen
Cannes
Jim Jarmusch, Selina Gomez and Tilda Swinton talk gender imbalance and the role of teenagers in our society at The Dead Don’t Die press conference in Cannes
Jim Jarmusch and the cast of The Dead Don’t Die discuss their greatest fears and how the future…
By Sam Gray
Cannes
Les Misérables
When France won the 2018 World Cup, it lived no longer under a state of emergency. Pictures of…
By Joseph Owen
Cannes
The Dead Don’t Die: A slow horror movie, but there’s some fun to be had along the way
Far more intriguing than it eventually turns out to be, Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die is a…
By Sam Gray
Cannes
Cannes jury president Iñárritu smooths over Netflix debate, emphasises diversity at inaugural press conferenc
The funny thing about the Cannes jury is that the relative pedigree of the talent – particularly that…
By Sam Gray
Cannes
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
This extraordinary film builds upon John Berger’s Ways of Seeing and Walter Benjamin’s theory of art, transforming the…
By Joseph Owen
Glasgow
Dirty God
When young mother Jade (Vicky Knight) is horrifically scarred in a vicious acid attack at the hands of…
By Andrew Murray
Glasgow
Metal Heart
When it comes to feel-good high school romps, on the one hand we have unforgettable, timeless classics like…
By Andrew Murray