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Train Dreams review - one man's odyssey into the American CenturyThursday, 06 November 2025
What defines a life? Money and success? Happiness? Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams employs a narrator, much as Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven did, who fields big questions like those while drawing the audience in. Bentley’s voice is an omniscient one... Read more... |
theartsdesk Q&A: director Stefano Sollima on the relevance of true crime story 'The Monster of Florence'Tuesday, 28 October 2025
In his celebrated TV-series Gomorrah (based on the bestseller of the same name by author Roberto Saviano) Italian director Stefano Sollima depicted the mafia ridden neighbourhoods of Naples in its rawest form – without myth, without any gloomy... Read more... |
The Monster of Florence, Netflix review - dramatisation of notorious Italian serial killer mysteryMonday, 27 October 2025
The problem with making TV dramas about unsolved real-life murder mysteries is that they’re still unsolved, unless the film-makers decide to invent a fictional denouement. This might well trigger an avalanche of legal and ethical objections.Thus,... Read more... |
The Diplomat, Season 3, Netflix review - Ambassador Kate Wyler becomes America's Second LadyWednesday, 22 October 2025
The return of this entertaining political drama is always welcome, though its soap-tinged mix of transatlantic politics and volatile personal relationships is beginning to look a little too genteel for our current age of ever-worsening crises.In the... Read more... |
The Woman in Cabin 10 review - Scandi noir meets Agatha Christie on a superyachtMonday, 13 October 2025
A fizzy mystery cocktail with a twist and a splash, The Woman in Cabin 10, based on Ruth Ware’s bestseller, sails along like the sleek superyacht that provides its deadly setting.A welcome blend of Scandinavian noir and Agatha Christie, this Netflix... Read more... |
theartsdesk Q&A: Idris Elba on playing a US President faced with a missile crisis in 'A House of Dynamite'Tuesday, 07 October 2025
Idris Elba has only just appeared as the British Prime Minister in the action comedy Heads of State (2025) – now he's portraying the American President in Kathryn Bigelow's tense political thriller A House of Dynamite.The White House Situation Room... Read more... |
Black Rabbit, Netflix review - grime and punishment in New York CityTuesday, 30 September 2025
They say no good deed goes unpunished, so when New York restaurateur Jake Friedken (Jude Law) allowed his wayward and star-crossed brother Vince (Jason Bateman) back into his life, he might have expected to experience a little turbulence. Instead,... Read more... |
Steve review - educator in crisisMonday, 22 September 2025
What's going wrong with teenage boys and young men? Like the lauded Netflix series Adolescence, Steve – the second film collaboration between star-producer Cillian Murphy and director Tim Mielants – takes a bold and intriguing approach in its search... Read more... |
theartsdesk Q&A: Suranne Jones on 'Hostage', power pants and politicsFriday, 29 August 2025
If she decided to run for election, Suranne Jones would probably stand a good chance of winning. The Chadderton-born actress and producer has been a driving figure in British television ever since she became known for playing Karen McDonald on... Read more... |
Hostage, Netflix review - entente not-too-cordialeSunday, 24 August 2025
Conceived and written by Matt Charman, whose CV includes an Oscar nomination for his work on Steven Spielberg’s film Bridge of Spies, Hostage is a rather puzzling mix of political thriller and domestic drama which can never decide whether it’s... Read more... |
The Waterfront, Netflix review - fish, drugs and rock'n'rollMonday, 28 July 2025
You wouldn’t really want to belong to the Buckley family, a star-crossed dynasty who run their fishing business out of Havenport, North Carolina. As Bree Buckley (daughter of Harlan and Belle) tells recently-discovered family member Shawn, “I wouldn... Read more... |
Too Much, Netflix - a romcom that's oversexed, and over hereMonday, 14 July 2025
A thirtysomething American woman with wavering self-confidence, a tendency to talk too much and a longing for married bliss with Mr Darcy at his gorgeous country pile tries to reset her life post-breakup with a grown-up new job in London. Welcome to... Read more... |
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