Movies
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2 out of 5 stars.
Dashcam review – Maga-loving social media monster leads pandemic horror
2 out of 5 stars.Annie Hardy plays a livestream host so toxic that even zombies struggle to deal with her
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3 out of 5 stars.
Jens Sjögren’s sympathetic film avoids the cliched sport movie formula of triumph over adversity by focusing on what happens off the pitch -
5 out of 5 stars.
Pickpocket review – existential thrills in Robert Bresson’s study of a thief’s progress
5 out of 5 stars.Bresson’s 1959 film about a misfit who dreams of rising above conventional morals is a brilliant example of the cinema of ideas -
3 out of 5 stars.
Bergman Island review – marital woes revealed on a trip to Ingmar Bergman territory
3 out of 5 stars.Real and imaginary marriage discontents bleed into each other when a director and his screenwriter spouse go on retreat to the great auteur’s island home -
1 out of 5 stars.
It doesn’t help that there is more charisma in the shark’s cold dead eye than in the entire cast
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Parasite star Song Kang-ho becomes first South Korean male to win an acting prize, while director Park Chan-wook wins for Decision to Leave -
Ruben Östlund’s super-rich satire is an unworthy winner, particularly given the calibre of competition on the Croisette
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Swedish director’s satire received an eight-minute standing ovation at festival -
Baz Luhrmann’s Presley biopic was an extravagant bust, but Ruben Östland and Kelly Reichardt offered satirical entertainment and quiet wonder
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3 out of 5 stars.
Alex Liu makes for a charismatic guide to the sexual landscape of America, with an engaging curiosity to help demystify the birds and the bees -
4 out of 5 stars.
Reflection review – a shaken, horrifying outcry for Ukraine – and statement of hope
4 out of 5 stars.Ukrainian director Valentyn Vasyanovych’s enigmatic war drama, set in Donbas, is brutal in its depiction of conflict but also elusively redemptive -
2 out of 5 stars.
This wayward, occasionally handsome account of the story of Fatima is more interesting on paper than in practice -
2 out of 5 stars.
Nine Bullets review – Lena Headey and her on-screen smoulder on the run from the mob
2 out of 5 stars.Headey does her best in a dull, cliched slog that is part Tarantino, part Cassavetes, but is not up to either
What to watch
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From a film made in Adelaide for less than $10,000 to gory and haunting classics, here are some flicks that will keep you up at night -
With Jurassic World Dominion out next month, we run through the best prehistoric pictures. You know what’s No 1 – or do you? -
The first-time film-maker memorably disowned his grim and grimy Alien movie but a devoted fanbase insists it’s better than its bad reputation
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With the re-release of RoboCop – the director’s chillingly prescient sci-fi gorefest – we look back at his Hollywood debut and the rest of his best films -
The festival’s first full program since 2019 includes a new fantasy from Del Kathryn Barton, an eight-part First Nations anthology, and a doco filmed in VR -
On her 48th birthday, we look through the work of the charismatic Spanish film star, who was Oscar nominated this year for Parallel Mothers
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Ruben Östlund’s super-rich satire is an unworthy winner, particularly given the calibre of competition on the Croisette -
The actor, who has died at the age of 67, was rightly best known for his staggering, swaggering turn in Scorsese’s mob classic – but other roles added further grit, humour and heart -
Failure to understand the film’s message is just another example of the way Hollywood continues to dismiss Asian achievement and stories -
Viewing the teaser for Avatar: The Way of Water on my laptop felt like being forced to look at someone’s holiday photos. Let’s hope James Cameron’s 3D sequel has more depth to it than just nice scenery
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The star of Amazon’s cult comic book series on failing in Australia, his roles in The Lord of the Rings and Star Trek and spending half his life away from home -
As a child star, the actor suffered trauma and neglect. Now an acclaimed director, she is confronting the ghosts of her past with a frank new book -
The actor became famous at 13 in Richard Curtis’s yuletide romance. Now 32, he talks about playing Malcolm McLaren, the success of The Queen’s Gambit and coming to terms with not playing Ron Weasley
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At 89, the beloved British actor is still striving. In fact, she’s just published a new memoir, Old Rage, in which she lays bare her anger and anxiety over work, life and love… -
Jim Howick’s wicked sense of humour helped turn Horrible Histories, Ghosts and Sex Education into massive hits. Here, the actor and writer reveals how he’s always made it up as he went along -
The actor has found a niche playing multiple characters in one scene, never more so than playing five in his new film Men. He talks about grief making him old before his time – and why niceness is back
Regulars
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4 out of 5 stars.
Mark Kermode's film of the week Top Gun: Maverick review – irresistible Tom Cruise soars in a blockbuster sequel
4 out of 5 stars.Cinema’s favourite ageless fighter pilot returns with all the nail-biting aeronautics and emotional sucker punches that made the original an 80s-defining hit -
From Billy Liar to My Summer of Love, the county’s moors and mill towns have been fertile ground for film-makers. Clio Barnard’s Bradford romance is no exception -
Week in geek Stripped naked and swapped for a woman: how Chris Hemsworth’s Thor is currently looking
Losing his hammer was bad enough, but now our hero must cope with being ogled by goddesses in Thor: Love and Thunder -
Director Patty Jenkins recently condemned films produced by streamers as “fake movies”, but the evolution has opened doors for diversity
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The street photographer Andy Hall turns his lenses on the hustle and bustle – as well as contradictions – as movie world descends on the French Riviera city -
Film-makers get to borrow expensive bits of kit on the cheap, but the Pentagon uses movies as a propaganda machine -
Lee Mi-Mi’s intoxicating film, which sits in a rich cinematic tradition of all-girls’ schools, with their homoerotic tensions, as social microcosms, earns a rare screening this week
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The original film’s James Dean T-shirts and flying jackets harked back to a safer, more wholesome era. Three decades later, its sequel will try the same trick -
With Avatar and Spinal Tap films on the way, does the flurry of belated follow-ups typify Hollywood’s aversion to risk? -
The film-maker wanted to tell his Maltese story as authentically as he could – so he hired non-actors, ditched the script, and captured the spirit of the island
Film genres
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4 out of 5 stars.
Action Top Gun: Maverick review – irresistible Tom Cruise soars in a blockbuster sequel
4 out of 5 stars.Cinema’s favourite ageless fighter pilot returns with all the nail-biting aeronautics and emotional sucker punches that made the original an 80s-defining hit -
4 out of 5 stars.
Animation The Bob’s Burgers Movie review – a spin-off to relish
4 out of 5 stars.Bob and his family deal with a grisly threat to the burger joint in this deliciously silly film version of the TV animation -
5 out of 5 stars.
Crime Pickpocket review – existential thrills in Robert Bresson’s study of a thief’s progress
5 out of 5 stars.Bresson’s 1959 film about a misfit who dreams of rising above conventional morals is a brilliant example of the cinema of ideas -
3 out of 5 stars.
Drama I Am Zlatan review – compelling insight into the making of a football superstar
3 out of 5 stars.Jens Sjögren’s sympathetic film avoids the cliched sport movie formula of triumph over adversity by focusing on what happens off the pitch
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