Jason Solomons
29 September 2022
The Queen of Europe: The pain and glory of Charlotte Rampling
It isn’t easy getting Charlotte Rampling to let anyone in, be they real people or imagined characters on a script page
Read the full article22 September 2022
Jean-Luc Godard changed film forever
The visionary French-Swiss film director and giant of the French New Wave left us breathless with his films. He's how he did it
Read the full article15 September 2022
Look beyond the twinkle in The Banshees of Inisherin
Look past the Irish clichés in Colin Farrell’s Venice award-winner and you’ll find a beautiful, bleakly comic movie
Read the full article08 September 2022
She’s still got it: The old lady of Venice meets Netflix
The big presence at the Venice Film Festival's 90th birthday party was the streaming giant
Read the full article30 July 2022
Fire Of Love: Inside the new documentary about a volcanic relationship
Director Sara Dosa on Maurice and Katia Krafft and their love triangle with volcanoes
Read the full article28 July 2022
Genius in the house: Laurent Garnier hits the docs
In a new documentary, French superstar DJ Laurent Garnier recalls his part in the birth of dance music and traces his career all the way from Manchester’s Haçienda to Tbilisi’s Bassiani
Read the full article30 June 2022
A kick in the head: Tigers is a football film like no other
The fictionalised story of a real Swedish football prodigy’s struggles tells ugly truths about the beautiful game
Read the full article23 June 2022
And God created Trintignant
Mortality was never far away – on the screen and, tragically, in real life – for the immortal Jean-Louis, French cinema’s man for all seasons
Read the full article16 June 2022
How Everything Went Fine for Sophie Marceau
Sophie Marceau captivated one schoolboy so much he became a Francophile film critic. But what would it be like when they spoke, 40 years later?
Read the full article09 June 2022
Løve Island: where life and art coalesce
For her first film in English, director Mia Hansen-Løve follows in her hero Ingmar Bergman’s footsteps to a remote Baltic isle
Read the full article02 June 2022
Poacher turned gamekeeper: tales from Cannes 2022
Jason Solomons has been to Cannes 25 times as a reporter, critic and presenter. How would he fare at his first as a producer?
Read the full article26 May 2022
Cannes gets the wrong end of the schtick
A miscast Anthony Hopkins sets the tone as Cannes’ opening films disappoint
Read the full article19 May 2022
Such sweet sorrow: Juliette Binoche defends her craft
The French star's new film sees her scrubbing floors and emptying bins. But it's actors who have it hard, she says
Read the full article12 May 2022
Quiet girl, big noise: banging the drum for the Irish language
A new film is a landmark moment for both Irish cinema and the language more widely
Read the full article05 May 2022
Ennio Morricone: the maestro of modesty
Everyone loved Ennio Morricone’s film scores.. except the Oscar-winning composer himself, as a documentary reveals
Read the full article28 April 2022
Weapon of choice: why the war for equality in film is still not over
Audrey Diwan’s powerful abortion drama Happening has completed a clean sweep of major awards for female directors. But, she says, real equality is still far away
Read the full article31 March 2022
Sex please, we’re British: homegrown cinema grows up
With the release of True Things, has UK cinema finally grown up enough to depict sex acts on screen without sniggering?
Read the full article24 March 2022
Blood on the tracks: the director disowning his film
A superb new film may be disowned by its director – because it is set in Russia
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10 March 2022
The new New Wave: Jacques Audiard goes back to the future
A leading light of contemporary French cinema, Jacques Audiard is now trying to redefine the nouvelle vague aesthetic for a new century
Read the full article24 February 2022
The unknowable Charlie Chaplin
A new documentary attempts to find out who the man behind The Tramp really was, but is thrown off the scent at every turn
Read the full article17 February 2022
Flee bitten: a story about flight going on a remarkable journey
The remarkable animated movie that broke Oscar nomination records
Read the full article10 February 2022
Ciao Bella: Monica Vitti, the Queen of Italian cinema
JASON SOLOMONS on one of European cinema's most glamorous stars - and an unlikely affair with his own grandfather
Read the full article03 February 2022
The banality of hostility: A system designed to cause confusion
A new documentary reveals the brutality of the Home Office’s Hostile Environment Policy and shows how Britain is no longer a refuge. By JASON SOLOMONS
Read the full article27 January 2022
Scary habit: How a period drama star embraced horror
Costume drama star Romola Garai gets her revenge on anyone who makes assumptions about her by making a grisly horror. By JASON SOLOMONS
Read the full article20 January 2022
Capturing the Chinese dream
Images of China’s relentless acceleration are both beautiful and troubling
Read the full article13 January 2022
This documentary about a cow is udderly compelling
Award-winning director Andrea Arnold is back, with a moving documentary about a cow
Read the full article06 January 2022
The films of 2022 are already bursting with brilliance
From a fresh perspective on a classic French tale to a tense drama set on a freezing Russian train, our movie picks for the first third of 2022
Read the full article09 December 2021
The Hand of God: A love story of Football and Naples
Paolo Sorrentino’s latest movie is an ode to his home city and to the football genius who once graced it.
Read the full article02 December 2021
Céline Sciamma: The world’s most important film-maker
When it comes to becoming an icon to a new generation of moviegoers, Céline Sciamma has been there, done that.. and inspired the t-shirt.
Read the full article25 November 2021
Arsene Wenger: The invincible man
A new documentary about the former Arsenal manager reveals a man still in love with the club, but also still heartbroken by it.
Read the full article21 October 2021
Step inside Wes Anderson’s world
The films of Wes Anderson always boast highly detailed retro design. Now fans can put themselves directly into scenes from his new release, The French Dispatch.
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