Shadows on the Wall

I took a four-day trip to France this week to attend the Annecy Festival of Film Animation , and along with spending time with filmmakers an...

Two of the biggest movies this week were released online, so I watched them in my heatwave-warmed home rather than a nicely air conditioned ...

Awards season continues with nightly Q&As designed to focus voter attention on various films. I've been able to host a couple of the...

The weather has taken a dark, cool turn in London, which is perhaps for the best as lockdown eases further, with pubs and restaurants now ...

We seem to be in the dog days of summer, as distributors unload festival titles that they couldn't figure out what else to do with. It...

This week's most anticipated screening was for Midsommar , the new sun-drenched horror from Ari Aster ( Hereditary ). And it certainly...

The 61st BFI London Film Festival kicked off tonight with the UK premiere of Andy Serkis' directing debut Breathe (pictured above). ...

I only saw two films today at the Venice Film Festival, a welcome relief after seeing four most days over the past week. In between, I cro...

Quentin Tarantino's latest epic The Hateful Eight has finally bowed to critics, and it's an oddly uneven film - an intriguing idea...

London critics caught up this past week with Ron Howard's watery epic In the Heart of the Sea , starring Chris Hemsworth. It's an ...

The nightly parade of stars continued last night at the 59th London Film Festival, as the cast of Trumbo trooped down the Leicester Squ...

Chris Rock's comedy Top Five had great reviews in America last year, and has finally screened to UK critics ahead of its opening here...

For critics, one of the most anticipated films of the year was Pitch Perfect 2 , the sequel to the surprisingly amazing 2012 comedy. So of...

Some big movies were screened to UK critics this week, including Disney's new live-action Cinderella , starring Lily James and Richard...