Little White Lies
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Amanda Kramer: ‘Being a beautiful woman has fear inside it’
Imitation, gender and Joanna Hogg fandom are key inspirations for the restless writer/director/artist behind the absurdist comedy By Design.
By Design review – seat of learning
The always-interesting American filmmaker Amanda Kramer ponders what it would be like to make a body-swap movie, though involving a human and a chair.
Ray Gunn – first-look review
Brad Bird returns to animation with an absolute humdinger of noir-inflected retrofuturist thrills in a film that boasts stellar voice work from Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson and Tom Waits.
Michelle Yeoh – Pre-Millennium Actress
As Ann Hui’s Stunt Woman turns 30, it provides a window into the fearless, physically precise peak of Michelle Yeoh in her Hong Kong action days, along with the perils that might have steered her towards safer projects abroad.
Elsinore – first-look review
Andrew Scott has his eyes on the prize as Ian Charleson, the British actor who played Hamlet at the National while fighting an AIDS diagnosis.
Which side are you on? – Harlan County, USA at 50
50 years on, Barbara Kopple's directorial debut remains vital documentary viewing, but we should resist the urge to see it as a relic of the past – and ask who benefits when we do.
The Social Reckoning review – a diluted version of a far better film
Aaron Sorkin’s belated sequel dramatises Frances Haugen’s whistleblowing at Facebook, but this account of the company’s many misdeeds lacks the bite of its predecessor.
The Lost Children Of Tuam review – a sombre retelling of Ireland’s…
Monica Dolan excels as an amateur historian investigating mass child abuse at a former mother and baby home in Tuam.
Tenzing review – a familiar story reaches new heights
Jennifer Peedom’s mountaineering biopic offers a much-needed change of perspective on the famous 1953 ascent of Mount Everest.
Landscape Collector: The scout behind Hollywood’s changing landscapes
Leila Latif speaks to location scout extraordinaire, Lori Balton, about the shifting nature of her globe-trotting craft.
The Weight review – gold in them hills
Ethan Hawke excels in this likeable trail western-cum-gold heist that demonstrates there’s fun to be had from sticking to a tight formula.
Digger review – a satire with no meaningful target
Tom Cruise hams it up as an oil-drilling oligarch in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s overstuffed satire.
Cotton Queen review – reclaims the crown for Sudanese girls
Suzannah Mirghani spins a tender coming-of-age story from Sudanese cotton, reclaiming a country too often seen only through tragedy.
Extra Geography review – a delightfully heightened take on girlhood
Molly Manners’s witty coming-of-age tale follows two ambitious schoolgirls who turn falling in love with their Geography teacher into a summer project.