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Could this be a historic year for trans representation at the Oscars?
Films like Emilia Pérez and Will & Harper make for vastly different yet similarly unprecedented awards contendersStrangely, improbably, as we move toward Oscar season, there are two trans films that [...]
Thu, Nov 21, 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Blink review – family’s poignant bucket list trip turns into glossy travelogue
A couple who discover that three of their four children have a degenerative eye disease go on a round-the-world family holiday in this beautifully shot but saccharine documentaryAn active, boisterous [...]
Thu, Nov 21, 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Liverpool Story: Portrait of a City review – city symphony goes down the identity route
Daniel Draper's ultra-fluid style, trailing his finger across the surface of the city's life, loses its narrative pathNow with three films about different facets of the city under his belt, [...]
Thu, Nov 21, 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘I couldn’t look away!’ The rapid, runaway rise of ridiculous Christmas romcoms
It's that season again, when the streamers bring us hot snowmen and heroes who still believe in Santa. Why are they competing to make the most ludicrous movie possible – [...]
Thu, Nov 21, 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
I Want to Talk review – Abhishek Bachchan is Mad Men-style ad man who declares war on cancer
A greater degree of setup would have given this story of a Don Draper type's determination to beat a terminal diagnosis more dramatic heftThis drama starts promisingly enough, with a [...]
Thu, Nov 21, 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Earlier
‘What can we do to make this better?’ Alec Baldwin film Rust finally premieres in Poland
First screening for troubled western whose cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot on set takes place at niche film festival, boycotted by high-profile figures over a separate sexism rowRust, the [...]
Wed, Nov 20, 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Gladdington and Glicked: will these weird, wild double bills beat Barbenheimer?
There are a lot of big movies out this November, including Gladiator 2, Paddington 3 and Wicked. So should you watch them all in one afternoon?Name: Glicked and Gladdington.Age: Extremely [...]
Wed, Nov 20, 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘You have to be prepared for the worst’: making a film on the fight for democracy in Cuba
Documentary film-maker Nanfu Wang found difficulties while following an activist in Cuba for her revealing, and timely, new film Night is Not Eternal“I don't believe in America being the beacon [...]
Wed, Nov 20, 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
The Man With a Thousand Faces review – triumphant takedown of international dating scammer
There are some jaw-dropping moments in this story of a man who conned numerous women, but this quietly lo-thrills documentary lets the victims tell their stories‘When he said he was [...]
Wed, Nov 20, 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
The Flight of Bryan review – magnificent nerds and their remarkable flying machines
This documentary about a 1977 prize for human-powered flight uses archive footage, interviews and reconstructions to cobble together a fun celebration of human endeavourThis jaunty documentary concerns the attempt by [...]
Wed, Nov 20, 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com