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Charlotte Ritchie could very easily be anyone’s best friend. You probably know her face from her breakout role in Fresh Meat as the exceptionally annoying Oregon; or her sophomore series stint on Call The Midwife as the enthusiastically lovable, and

A meditation on the consequences of grief, All Of Us Strangers is a time-slipping, supernatural drama like you’ve never seen before. Adapted from the 1987 Japanese novel by Taichi Yamada, Andrew Haigh transposes the Tokyo-set story into contemporary London, using

orgos Lanthimos unveils a whole new world in this luxurious, horny, and hedonistic telling of Alasdair’s Gray’s 1992 novel. Adapted by frequent collaborator Tony McNamara (who also penned Lanthimos’ previous outing The Favourite which saw Olivia Colman clinch an Academy

Miyazaki is something of a legend in the film industry. No, as a matter of fact he is a legend. So when he announced that The Boy And The Heron (Japanese title: How Do You Live?) would be his final

Where is our technological evolution taking us? As the industry defrosts from a two-fold strike with the threat of artificial intelligence at the heart of the contention, Christos Nikous’ Fingernails appears, almost, to come out at the perfect time.

Molly Manning Walker’s evocative, neon-clad debut no doubt treads familiar ground for countless adults in the United Kingdom as it brings to life the post-exam mates holiday many adventured on as a somewhat rite of passage as teenagers.

merald Fennell’s sophomore showing draws us into the beautiful, violent privilege of mid-00s Oxford alongside the terrifically enchanted Oliver, portrayed by the bountiful, though slightly miscast, Barry Keoghan (he’s much too old for this and his so-called Merseyside accent leaves

Todd Haynes brings to life Samy Burch’s acerbic tale of an actress preparing for — what she hopes to be — the role of a lifetime in a scandalous biopic about an illicit romance that gripped the tabloids decades earlier.

WORDS & INTERVIEW: Beth Bennett On a quiet Thursday morning in the middle of filming the third season of crime drama hit The Tower, Gemma Whelan invited us to her rental flat along the foggy Liverpool docks to get frank about

I first became aware of Red White & Royal Blue as a book, written by Casey McQuinston, and it blew me away. A love story between a gay prince of England, and the first son of the American president? It

With BBC’s new hit police drama on the horizon, we thought it was only right to spend the morning with leading man Ukweli Roach. We caught up with him at London’s Saatchi Gallery and found out all about the juicy

It’s a tired Wednesday morning in Soho when I sat down with Louis Byrne, accompanied by oat milk flat whites and an instant sense of comfort. Despite the early morning, his smile is bright and welcoming, and he sweeps me

How does it feel to save the world?

When one door closes, another one opens. Or something slightly less cliche. As Everything Everywhere All At Once’s historic sweep at the Oscars signals the end of the 2022 year of film, there’s minimal reprieve for the industry as the

Rachel Weisz stuns in this seductively slick revisit of David Cronenberg’s 80s psycho-thriller, refreshed for the modern audience - and all the more twisted than the horror icon’s original step. Dead Ringers drops us into the world of Elliot and

In magic, a trick is split into three acts: The Pledge, The Turn, and The Prestige. This knowledge hit the mainstream in Christopher Nolan’s 2009 thriller, The Prestige, which details Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman’s turn as illusionists who compete

Nida Manzoor, the multi award-winning creator of hit sitcom We Are Lady Parts, invites us into a triumphant, one-two punch feature film debut. ***** Parisa Taghizadeh / © 2023 FOCUS FEATURES LLC. The phrase ‘Polite Society’ is one that denotes pristine presentation,