Spotlight

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,...

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...

On October 23, Taika Waititi’s Thor: Ragnarok will premiere. As a fellow Kiwi, it has been fascinating to watch the world embrace Waititi. His talent is undeniable. I have already written a love letter to...

Ryan Gosling is a tough actor to pin down. One moment he’s the silent, brooding leading man, and the next he’s tap-dancing his way through Hollywood and belting out a few songs on the way. While he may now...

You’d be forgiven for not knowing who Domhnall Gleeson is, or even for not knowing how to pronounce his name (it’s pronounced "Doe-nal", by the way). But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t deserve to be a...

Last year’s release of Maudie, the tale of a Nova Scotia artist who suffers from crippling arthritis, looks set to cement Sally Hawkins as the master of powerful fragility. Wonderfully charming and...

Sir Mark Rylance is currently having a bit of a moment on the international stage – and one which looks set to continue this week with the release of Christopher Nolan’s war epic Dunkirk. Until recently...

Spider-Man’s third film series in 15 years kicks off on July 7 with Spider-Man: Homecoming. Unlike its predecessors, however, this will not be an origin story and fits into a much larger universe, with...

If Slack Bay (due for UK release this weekend) is to be your first sample of the cinema of French auteur Bruno Dumont, then it should come with a large caveat. Like his previous film/TV series P'tit Quinquin...

Although Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda has been working for decades, and although his films have been celebrated across the festival circuit, he is not yet a household name. That kind of international...

Dwayne Johnson is the new David Hasselhoff. No, he’s not launching a singing career in Germany, but taking on The Hoff’s iconic role as Mitch Buchanan in the action-comedy big screen reboot of Baywatch....

When we think of Guy Ritchie movies, what springs to mind? "Dags," caravans and, most likely, dead bodies being devoured by pigs. When a relatively unknown Ritchie burst onto the British film scene in 1998...

"In 10 years, I'd love to live near the sea, in a warmer climate. I could see myself with three dogs ... and it'd be great to share them with someone else." For someone with such idyllic goals, Welsh actor...

By now you've probably seen the trailer for A Cure for Wellness, a movie that could easily turn out to be the most bizarre of 2017. It’s a far cry from the usual spiel for director Gore Verbinski,...

Chile is not all lovely wine, productive copper mines, and functional yet attractive attacking football - in recent years its diverse, powerful and cultured arthouse cinema industry has enjoyed a strong and...