The Brat singer isn't the first pop star to turn to big-screen acting, but she has made an "auspicious start" that demonstrates a "commitment to cinema".While fans of her music were obsessing over Brat last summer (the album that became...
The simple Victorian prints that Laura Ashley had seen in the V&A worked brilliantly in monochrome, which, coupled with imported cotton, kept costs low, enabling customers to style themselves and their homes on a budget. "They somehow clocked the aspirational...
They are surrounded by a supporting cast perfectly in sync with the mock documentary style. As in previous iterations of The Office, that approach pulls us into the paper's world fluently with side-eyed glances caught by the crew and separate...
The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow builds "excruciating tension" in a film about a nuclear missile headed for the US. It's a characteristically authentic, "riveting" and "chilling" new drama.A nuclear missile has been launched. Nobody knows who launched it, or...
TwinlessThis ingenious and outrageous comedy drama was showered with rave reviews when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January. But all of those reviews were careful not to give too much away, because the twists in Twinless are...
The wrestler turned Hollywood superstar gets vulnerable in this bruising indie drama about mixed martial arts fighting. He's "touching" and could well be nominated for awards.Dwayne Johnson may not use his professional wrestling nickname on his film credits, but every...
"You knew what could happen," Rex Batten, a gay man who lived in London at the time, told the BBC's Witness History in 2010. "You knew the cases that had come up, the people who were in jail for a...
Featuring a much-anticipated performance by Jude Law as Vladimir Putin, this new drama looks to explore how the Russian president came to power – and presents him as mild-mannered.Olivier Assayas's new drama The Wizard of the Kremlin, which has just...
Whereas Madonna's overt sexuality felt radical, Carpenter's has a more tongue-in-cheek feel – to the point where some have questioned whether it's a marketing ploy. Criticism intensified in June when she unveiled the cover for Man's Best Friend, featuring the...
Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic novel features the "ridiculously good-looking" Jacob Elordi as the monster – which results in a muddled film.Guillermo del Toro has been obsessed by Frankenstein for decades. He has talked in countless interviews...
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