Tagged Lady Bird

Woman-of-the-moment Beanie Feldstein helms this adaptation of Caitlin Moran’s wickedly funny book How to Build a Girl, sadly arriving in the UK with very little fanfare after a delayed release. Feldstein...

The ground is littered with fantastic and fascinating titles that just failed to make our top 100 films of the decade: Margaret, Blade Runner 2049, Foxtrot. Somehow Michael Pearce’s “moody”, empty Ramsay...

Booksmart takes the essentials of a rowdy, raunchy high school comedy and flips them, though it would be a disservice to suggest this is simply by putting girls in the driver’s seat. It’s much more nuanced...

There’s a line in a song I think about a lot. I think it might be true. You can change your clothes/ Change your hairstyle, your friends, cities, continents/ But sooner or later your own self will always...

Summer means several things: Wimbledon, being cooked alive on the tube, and checking to see whether it's come home yet (it hasn't). It also means the release of our annual list charting the best movie moments...

This Friday will deliver Tully, a drama about motherhood from the stunning team of director Jason Reitman, writer Diablo Cody and actress Charlize Theron. Reitman and Cody, of course, first worked together on...

It’s Oscars night on Sunday, that magical time when, well, the BAFTAs, Golden Globes, Guild Awards, and other ceremonies repeat themselves – but with added hype, expectation and chance of upset. However...

It’s been a glorious year for film fans. In truth, every year is if you watch the right stuff. The problem is that often these cinematic gems aren’t the same ones held up by the Academy as the best in the...

It’s no secret that "chick flicks" are widely misunderstood as simply fodder for audiences of the teen girl persuasion. Historically, films that fall into this category (whether justified or not) are...

This film was previously reviewed on 15/10/17 as part of London Film Festival. Though Greta Gerwig has had plentiful scripting experience to complement her always exciting acting career, Lady Bird marks...

Raised on a diet of Penny Lane, Ramona Flowers and Summer Finn, boys do not stand a chance when it comes to perceiving the unseen depths and desires of the women in their lives. If every girl who hangs with...

Greta Gerwig’s eagerly-anticipated first feature as director, Lady Bird, is finally here on Friday. Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, the triple-threat chose not to star in the film herself, yet a cast...

Yesterday was the day many film fans have been waiting for: the 2018 Oscars nominations have been revealed! To celebrate and debate the (delightful and outrageous) results of this announcement are Copy Editor...

Though Greta Gerwig has had plentiful scripting experience to complement her always exciting acting career, Lady Bird marks her debut in the world of directing (and writing alone). We’re very pleased to...