Steven Spielberg is incapable of making a bad film, but he is certainly capable of making an average film and he’s achieved that with The Post. It’s maybe not his fault; he’s done the best with the material he’s been given but there are three key reasons not to be cheerful with this film. Meryl … Continue reading The Post

We need to talk about Kevin. Kevin Spacey is a fine actor who has been accused (accused, mind you) of some pretty unpleasant behaviour. As a consequence, he has become an un-person, an ex-actor, a non-celebrity, one of the disappeared; if you would seek his works, don’t look around you because you won’t find them. … Continue reading All the Money in the World

‘Anger begets anger,’ says 19-year-old Penelope in this wonderful film. Penelope is the new young girl-friend of wife-beater Charlie, estranged husband of Mildred Hayes, whose bitter anger over the rape and murder of their daughter – Angela – is the reason for the billboards. Ebbing (not a real place), Missouri (a real place) is like … Continue reading Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

I find it hard in these strange times to watch a film without viewing it through the prism of Brexit. After all, what other reason can there be for making a film now about Churchill? And this is not the Churchill of the Boer War, not the Churchill of Gallipoli, not the Churchill of the … Continue reading Darkest Hour – Keep Clem and Carry On