November review – replay of Bataclan terror response is good PR for French cops
Cédric Jiminez’s focus on police operations in the aftermath of the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks doesn’t give a real sense of who any of the agents involved are
July 2021
Deerskin review – Quentin Dupieux’s deliciously daft black comedy
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Deerskin review – deadpan horror wears its weirdness on its sleeve
August 2019
An Officer and a Spy review – Polanski's iron-heeled inquest into 1890s antisemitism
Could the controversial director be drawing personal parallels with this solid account of the Dreyfus affair, about a falsely accused French-Jewish army captain?
December 2018
Return of the Hero review – bustles, bonnets and saucy intrigue
Jean Dujardin and Mélanie Laurent star in a ridiculous but enjoyable romp set during the Napoleonic era
August 2016
Up for Love review – French romcom falls short
Up for Love review – short on laughs, but not without charm
May 2015
The Connection review – joyless snarling
The Connection review – punchy story and character beats
February 2014
The Monuments Men: all is far too quiet on Clooney's western front
Tom Shone: This amiably ancient film is all too stiff – as if Clooney feared that any sudden noise or action would wake his performers up
January 2014
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
The Wolf of Wall Street review – Scorsese and DiCaprio uncork unwholesome black-comic fizz
It's not subtle, but Martin Scorsese's depiction of the debauched rise and fall of a wayward Wall Street broker is an exhilarating riot of bad taste
October 2013
George Clooney drops out of Oscars race as The Monuments Men postponed
Complex visual effects work blamed as release of second world war thriller called off at short notice
August 2013
Film blog
The Monuments Men: what do you think of the first trailer for George Clooney's war drama?
The Oscar-winner is all over the 2014 awards season, and the first trailer for his major hopeful has just been released
February 2013
Film blog
Oscars 2013: the meanest show ever?
Seth MacFarlane's finest moment was singing a song about losers – a fitting end to a clumsy and mean-spirited performance
October 2012
George Clooney seeks Jean Dujardin and Cate Blanchett for Nazi art drama
Dujardin, Blanchett and Paul Giamatti in line for Clooney's historical drama about a taskforce of art experts, on the hunt for looted Nazi art, during the second world war
July 2012
Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
John Cusack stars as the haunted Edgar Allan Poe in a sleazy reimagining of the author's final days, writes Mark Kermode
7 Days in Havana; The Players – review
One portmanteau film set in Havana is charming; another, a story of philandering hommes about town starring Oscar-winner Jean Dujardin, is sheer yuk, writes Jason Solomons
The Players – review
Jean Dujardin just about manages to overcome the glaringly unfunny transitions in this infidelity-themed short-film collection, writes Henry Barnes
February 2012
Film blog
Oscars 2012: how was it for you?
Film blog
The Oscars party has come to an end. Bonjour tristesse
