The Meaning of Life was the last full-length Monty Python film before the untimely death of Graham Chapman in 1989. And, in may ways, it’s a return to their roots. Unlike The Holy Grail and The Life of Brian, which both had fai...
If you only buy one cinema book this year—make Matthew Field’s superlative The Self Preservation Society: 50 Years Of The Italian Job that book. Fifty years after cinema-goers first saw Michael Caine and his crew stage a daring...
· Roy Budd’s score to Rupert Julian’s 1925 silent film version of The Phantom at the Opera for one-night only at the Barbican 18 March 2019. · Only the second ever performance of one of the late all-time great British musicians...
Oscar winners Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby), Michael Caine (The Cider House Rules) and Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine) team up as lifelong buddies Willie, Joe and Al, who decide to buck retirement and step off the stra...
This week, our four favourite magicians – The Four Horseman – are back with their own blend of astonishing illusions and bold heists! Now You See Me 2 is an action-packed thrill-ride with a fantastic ensemble cast that includes...
After the majesty of The Great Beauty the world waited, with baited breath, as to what Paolo Sorrentino would do next. His follow-up Youth shares much in common with his last opus. That sense of looking back at life, of finding...
Paulo Sorrentino is a master manipulator of sound and image, specifically harnessing music to upend and eviscerate you, so no doubt his latest film, Youth, centres around a musician, an actor and a director. The elements essent...
A mysterious loner backed by a team of experts, secret gadgets, glamorous locations, dangerous women, complex plots, double dealers and an evil mastermind are all familiar tropes for the spy movie. It is also something British ...
Kingsman: The Secret Service is a big loud action romp, which is just what you’d expect from Matthew Vaughn, the man behind Kick Ass. This time, however, Vaughan has stepped it up a gear. Or two. The same hyper-real ultra...