‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ offers a rare, realistic and necessary portrayal of caregiving when mothers are positioned as the shock absorbers of systems unwilling to provide help.
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If any filmmaker has demonstrated their ability to sit comfortably with the darker sides of human nature, it is Emerald Fennell.
The documentary is a conversation between mother and daughter, moving between personal memory and historical reckoning.
In the right context, films can move across many different genres in the span of their lifetime, depending on the audiences that watch them.
Both film and table tennis depended upon the invention of celluloid – which plastic ping pong balls are made from.
Hawks offered women both real and symbolic means to express gender, power and status within a male-dominated world.
I left Hamnet dry-eyed – so why did it affect others so powerfully?
The record-breaking recognition of Sinners by the Academy suggests audiences may be more open than expected to culturally specific, imaginative Black films that don’t rely on narratives of suffering.
I would be surprised if anything else at the cinema in 2026 can match the bizarre spectacle of The Bone Temple’s best sequence.
The film suggests that building a library is not merely about a building or books; it is about dialogue and citizenship.
When film adaptations disappoint, it’s not bad filmmaking necessarily but a clash with the private images we create when we read.
Hamnet turns Anne Hathaway from a shrew to a sorceress.
The Odyssey hits cinemas in July 2026. But will it celebrate Odysseus as the clever hero – or finally confront the wreckage he leaves in his wake?
VJs sit at the front of the cinema with a microphone and a sound mixer. Talking over the film, they explain its plot in the local language.
A story about reframing your view on life and finding a lot to live for.
The Housemaid has plenty of twists to enjoy along the way.
Why not wrap up in a warm blanket, grab a mulled wine and settle down to consider the end of everything this Christmas?
Eternity is not truly about a love that could last forever. It is about the way that love, real ordinary love, involves more than happiness.
Kubrick’s final film isn’t just set at Christmas. It’s a subversive critique of class, desire and the fantasies we buy into during the festive season.
In the US, Santa Claus: The Movie became an infamous flop, failing to make back its hefty production budget.
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