Analysis

Please note: this article contains descriptions of sexual assault. Takashi Miike is one of the most prolific working directors around. He has made more than one film a year since 1991, and the release of...

Please note: this article contains descriptions of sexual assault. The release of Happy End this week marks the fourth collaboration between European arthouse darlings Isabelle Huppert and Michael Haneke....

When Martin Scorsese was on a streak with his muse Robert De Niro in the 1970s and 1980s, they gave us characters who would leap from the screen in a flurry of violence and rage. Paragons of toxic, unimpeded...

Andrea Riseborough is having a bit of a moment. Of course she’s not exactly a newcomer to success or critical acclaim. Still, the almost simultaneous releases of The Death of Stalin and Battle of the Sexes...

Steve Carell has come a long way from loving lamp in 2004’s Anchorman. The Massachusetts native was once best known as loveable idiot weatherman Brick Tamland, The Office’s cringey boss Michael Scott and,...

Josh and Benny Safdie's latest and largest production, Good Time, is a dive head first into the gritty underbelly of New York, following a criminal on one night as he attempts to scrape together the money to...

Forget Thanos. Disregard Lex Luthor. The most dastardly cinematic villain of all is undoubtedly the Male Gaze. Cast your mind back to any blockbuster and chances are, he’s there. The woman introduced...

Yesterday marked Martin Scorsese’s 75th birthday, and to mark the great man reaching three-quarters of a century, what better way to celebrate his enduring contribution to cinema than by recalling one of the...

Parenting - good or bad, present or not - permeates all lives. Children’s worlds are built on the foundations of the early teachings of mothers, fathers, and carers. Even when its effects move to the...

The long-lived superhero zeitgeist is one of the twenty-first century’s defining cinematic movements.  Marvel’s announcement of a five-year ‘Phase Three’ plan and Warner Bros’s announcement of a...

It’s been a long time now since Robert Pattinson was able to enjoy complete anonymity. From the moment Pattinson landed the much-coveted role of Edward Cullen in the Twilight series, he has been unable to...

Thor: Ragnarok overcomes a lot of Marvel’s traditional problems – predictable three-act structure, bland quips and visuals – and turns its tics into triumphs – for example, crafting the inevitable and...

Finding the right actors for a film is often a gruelling process, even when using the most conventional channels. To abandon these mainstream techniques in the name of authenticity can sometimes seem like...

In the late 1970s, a young aspiring actor named Kenneth Branagh was about to star in a production of Chekhov's Three Sisters at the Royal Academy of Arts. Unsure of himself and desperate for guidance, he...

In theatre, the one- or two-person show can be an incredible crucible for claustrophobic action. It offers opportunities for showcasing intense chemistry, developing unrivalled suspense, or interrogating...