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Steve Rose on film

The Guide's film critic Steve Rose gets reel in his weekly column

20 September 2021

  • 1993, JURASSIC PARK<br>JOSEPH MAZZELLO, LAURA DERN &amp; SAM NEILL Character(s): Tim Murphy,Dr. Ellie Sattler &amp; Dr. Alan Grant Film 'JURASSIC PARK' (1993) Directed By STEVEN SPIELBERG 09 June 1993 SSE18211 Allstar/UNIVERSAL (USA 1993) **WARNING** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of UNIVERSAL and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company &amp; can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To UNIVERSAL is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

    Why the heavily criticised digital revolution has been good for cinema

    Director Patty Jenkins recently condemned films produced by streamers as “fake movies”, but the evolution has opened doors for diversity

13 September 2021

  • Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty

    Conflict of interest: why Hollywood failed to honestly address the ‘war on terror’

    Twenty years on, cinema is littered with failed attempts at helping people understand the aftermath of 9/11, from American Sniper to W

23 August 2021

  • Our Ladies Image 3

    Different class: why British schoolgirl movies are finally growing up

    New comedy Our Ladies is the latest UK film to ditch the jolly hockey stick representation of old in favour of complex characters

16 August 2021

  • Censor

    Mellow giallo: has the horror genre lost its ability to shock?

    Once banished to the ‘video nasty’ lists, the formerly trashy subgenre – spearheaded by Dario Argento – is now seen as high art, dulling its rougher edges

9 August 2021

  • Jodie Comer and Ryan Reynolds in Free Guy.

    Cheat codes: is Free Guy the first good movie about video games?

    From Mortal Kombat to Tomb Raider, cinema is littered with cinematic duds, but the new Ryan Reynolds vehicle gets the tone just right

2 August 2021

  • Mind your language ... Riley Keough and Taylour Paige in Zola.

    Is Zola’s use of a ‘blaccent’ parody or appropriation?

    Riley Keough’s character in the viral dark comedy speaks in a brash imitation of African-American speech, a recurring trope often ignored in Hollywood

26 July 2021

  • The road less travelled ... Amir El-Masry in Limbo.

    Why is British cinema so reluctant to tackle immigration?

    New Scottish comedy Limbo tells the story of a Syrian refugee seeking asylum, but it’s a rare example of the UK film industry broaching the topic

19 July 2021

  • Hard to love? Netflix original The Kissing Booth.

    The stream runs dry: why hasn’t Netflix discovered any big directors?

    Aside from a conveyor belt of romcoms, the popular platform has struggled to find any big new names. Can it learn anything from old-fashioned cinema?

12 July 2021

  • Harlem shakes ... Nina Simone at the cultural festival in 1969.

    ‘The revolution could not be televised’: why were so many black concert films erased from history?

    New documentary Summer of Soul recalls an iconic moment in 60s music – but it has taken far too long for us to see the footage

5 July 2021

  • The Truffle Hunters

    Pure and simple: how nature documentaries became cinema’s answer to ASMR

    Italian doc The Truffle Hunters joins the likes of Honeyland and My Octopus Teacher in the canon of idyllic, slow-moving escapist films

28 June 2021

  • Biggie and Tupac

    Last Man Standing: how Hollywood became obsessed with the Biggie and Tupac murders

    Nick Broomfield’s new documentary is the latest film to investigate the fatal east coast/west coast beef, but are the retellings muddying the waters?

21 June 2021

  • Luca

    Does Pixar’s Luca do a better job at being Studio Ghibli than Ghibli?

    The lush and vibrant new animation recalls Hayao Miyazaki’s famed studio, a sign of how far his sensibilities have spread through film

14 June 2021

  • in the heights

    In The Heights: Hollywood overlooks Latinx talent – can Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical change that?

    Latin American actors account for just 4.5% of speaking roles in the top Hollywood movies of the past decade. It’s time for change

7 June 2021

  • The good fight?

    Toxic masculinity: are violent films such as Nobody a warning or a celebration?

    Bob Odenkirk’s revenge thriller follows in the footsteps of Fight Club, John Wick and Taken in showing base-level male vengeance

31 May 2021

  • Picture palace

    The best drive-in cinemas in the UK this summer

    From Manchester’s Secret City to Glasgow’s Prestwick Airport, the silver screen takes a trip to the great outdoors

24 May 2021

  • Cruella

    Baby Jaws? Scar Face the Lion? The origin stories we’d like to see

    Disney’s Cruella is the latest film exploring a villain’s knotty history – here are the spin-offs Hollywood could tackle next

17 May 2021

  • ARMY OF THE DEAD (Pictured) DAVE BAUTISTA as SCOTT WARD in ARMY OF THE DEAD. Cr. CLAY ENOS/NETFLIX © 2021

    Zack Snyder: has the king of comic book gloom finally found his happy place?

    With his new zombie heist movie Army of the Dead, the director has hit his immature phase, and is all the better for it

11 May 2021

  • Spiralling out of control... Saw II

    Saw returns: what were the true horrors behind 00s torture porn?

    Chris Rock joins Spiral: From the Book of Saw, the latest in a franchise that has shaped the last 15 years of horror

3 May 2021

  • Tech it away ... The Mitchells vs the Machines.

    The Mitchells vs the Machines, AI and Netflix: have the robots taken over cinema?

    A new film warning of the dangers of tech consumption appears on a streaming service that uses our data to feed us more content. Surely it’s too late to save ourselves?

28 April 2021

  • Frances McDormand in Nomadland.

    Nomadland: is ‘structured reality’ cinema an exciting new trend, or simply fake news?

    The Oscar-nominated movie – along with Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets – is the latest film to play with the truth
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