James Oliver
24 February 2022
Don Boris Johnson and the mafia classic politicians can’t refuse
As The Godfather is re-released, what lessons does it hold for fans like the prime minister about holding on to power at any cost?
Read the full article25 November 2021
Bad Luck Banging: A story of porn, privacy and the pandemic
Romanian director Radu Jude didn't let Covid get in the way of making his latest film. In fact, he turned it to his advantage.
Read the full article11 November 2021
Why 1971 was the year cinema had its winter of discontent
Cinema audiences, used to sweet romantic movies and unchallenging fare, were in for a shock in late 1971 when a raft of violent and controversial films hit British screens
Read the full article04 November 2021
Alan Moore: “British politics is based on illusion, dream and nonsense”
Retired from comics and fired up after Brexit, the great Alan Moore returns with a film he’s finally happy with... possibly because it’s set in his Northampton home town.
Read the full article02 September 2021
Anna May Wong: the eternal outsider
The pioneering Chinese-American actor who fled early Hollywood for Europe to escape her stereotyping as a tragic Butterfly or treacherous Dragon Lady.
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06 August 2020
Brutal film Painted Bird does not hide the horrors – but it is a must-watch
03 June 2020
How film reflects Russia’s different experience of the Second World War
06 April 2020
Apocalypse now: How to find coronavirus comfort in catastrophe movies
13 February 2020
Jaques Demy: The director who put the shading into technicolour
09 February 2020
Elia Kazan: A balancing act of the artist’s work and his actions
12 January 2020
Queen Jean Seberg – the talented, tortured Iowan who became a Parisian star
