Seduced by Sam Taylor-Johnson’s woozy Amy Winehouse biopic and kicked into tomorrow by Dev Patel’s Monkey Man, we replay six fantastic months of film
May 2024
Week in geek
Why should Furiosa’s disappointing box office stop a new Mad Max movie?
Ben Child
It will be a real shame if George Miller doesn’t get to make his mooted follow-up, The Wasteland, because of the low takings of such a creatively ambitious and oddball film as Furiosa
Wendy Ide's film of the week
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga review – renegade warrior Anya Taylor-Joy ignites thunderous action prequel
George Miller’s world-building spectacle is an assault on the senses that’s given a human heart by its remarkable star
‘Vessels for joy and play’: Sarah Jessica Parker cements big hat moment
Cannes 2024 week one roundup – the jury’s out, the sun isn’t…
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga review – Anya Taylor-Joy is tremendous as chase resumes
March 2024
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga set to premiere at Cannes
George Miller’s follow-up to Oscar-winning Mad Max: Fury Road, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, will make world premiere at May festival
February 2024
Dune: Part Two review – second half of hallucinatory sci-fi epic is staggering spectacle
Denis Villeneuve’s monumental adaptation expands its extraordinary world of shimmering strangeness. It’s impossible to imagine anyone doing it better
June 2023
Celebrities are smoking again: ‘Things are grungier, edgier, sleazier’
Not long ago, stars showed off their green juice and yoga mats. Now they’re showing off an old-fashioned vice
April 2023
The Super Mario Bros Movie review – wackily eccentric gamer guys fall flat on screen
The second film adaptation of the phenomenally successful video game is a disappointment to rival the first
November 2022
The Menu review – revenge is served hot in delicious haute cuisine satire
The Menu review – Ralph Fiennes celeb-chef horror comedy cooks up nasty surprise
September 2022
Toronto film festival 2022 roundup – Spielberg, Mendes and a deep, joyous love of cinema
First look review
The Menu review – darkly comic foodie thriller is tasty but undercooked
April 2022
Norse code: are white supremacists reading too much into The Northman?
Robert Eggers’ Viking blockbuster has already been hailed by white nationalists keen to exploit European mythology. Can Hollywood tell historical tales without unwittingly appealing to toxic ideologies?
Stream team
The Witch: Robert Eggers’ folk horror debut worms its way under your skin
As The Northman arrives in cinemas, Eggers’ first feature – which also introduced Anya Taylor-Joy to audiences – values dread over cheap jump scares
The Northman review – Robert Eggers’ brutal vision of vengeance and violence
Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Björk and Anya Taylor-Joy feature in a mesmerisingly outrageous take on the Norse myth that inspired Hamlet
March 2022
Peaky Blinders: episode by episode
Peaky Blinders recap: series six, episode four – is Tommy his own worst enemy?
As the series moved beyond the halfway point, tragedy continued to stalk the Shelby family – alongside a little brotherly bonding and fascism coming to the fore
Peaky Blinders: episode by episode
Peaky Blinders recap: series six, episode three – Stephen Graham, at last
In the standout episode so far, Graham arrived as docker and union man Hayden Stagg, while Tommy set out on a tragic quest to learn about the hex on his family
Peaky Blinders: episode by episode
Peaky Blinders recap: series six, episode two – who is the grey man?
Desperate times for the Shelbys, as Tommy and his daughter Ruby both descend into hell. Are they cursed – and is there anyone who can lift it?
