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Official Competition brings a mischievous premise worth the admission fee alone: acclaimed director Lola Cuevas (Penélope Cruz) is hired to make a prestigious adaptation with two of Spain’s finest actors,...

We have always seen glimpses of Pedro Almodóvar in his films. Most notably in Law of Desire (1987) and Bad Education (2004), he has used stories of filmmakers in a self-reflective way to construct deeply...

Not to brag, but we had a pretty great set of nominations for the ORWAV Oscars this year. We took the Academy's top picks enhanced them with some underappreciated gems, especially of the uncut variety. So...

If, at the start of the year, you were asked which Steven Soderbergh project sounded more exciting between ‘the one shot entirely on an iPhone’ and ‘the one starring Meryl Streep’, then it would have...

As he closes out his fourth decade directing feature films with the UK release of Pain and Glory - his twenty-first feature - this week, it feels an opportune moment to reflect on the virtuoso career of...

It’s easy to throw a film like Pain and Glory into all sorts of boxes – boxes marked ‘self-portrait’, ‘self-indulgent’ and ‘love letter to cinema’ – but that would be to cheapen a beguiling...

This review was originally published as part of our London Film Festival coverage on 15/10/2018. You know the dude in Starbucks, the one with the thick-rimmed glasses, chequered shirt and a macchiato...

You know the dude in Starbucks, the one with the thick-rimmed glasses, chequered shirt and a macchiato who’s forever working on his screenplay? Well, Life Itself is that very screenplay, and somehow it’s...

Much of the dialogue is incomprehensible, the young blood is bland (though ninety seconds of screentime apiece doesn't help), and the acting comes down to a game of smirk or grimace - but The Expendables 3 is...