2016 has been the year of boxing films, from “Hands of Stone” to “The Bleeder” and now “Bleed For This” starring Miles Teller, which made its world premiere Friday evening at the Telluride Film Festival. The movie, directed by Ben Younger (“The Boiler Room”), is based on the true story of Vinny Pazienza, a world champion boxer who, after a near-fatal car crash, made one of sport’s most incredible comebacks. The first reviews are in, and while critics are split, more than half side favorably with Teller.
IndieWire’s David Ehrlich gave the film a C and suggests if you’ve never seen a boxing movie before, “don’t start with this one.”
“Every original drop of “Bleed for This” is lost in a sea of cliché and convention, and Younger seems totally incapable of separating the singular verve of his protagonist from the hackneyed arc of his defining ordeal.
IndieWire’s David Ehrlich gave the film a C and suggests if you’ve never seen a boxing movie before, “don’t start with this one.”
“Every original drop of “Bleed for This” is lost in a sea of cliché and convention, and Younger seems totally incapable of separating the singular verve of his protagonist from the hackneyed arc of his defining ordeal.
- 9/3/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
It’s been more than a decade since audiences became obsessed with Ricky Gervais’ “The Office” character, David Brent. Now, the former paper salesman returns in the new film “David Brent: Life on the Road,” about the worst boss ever’s efforts to go on a self-funded tour with his band Foregone Conclusion, all the while still a traveling salesman. But are critics excited for the return of Gervais’ most iconic character? Here’s what they’re saying.
Variety’s Catherine Bray wrote, “Ricky Gervais’ most enduring creation hits the road for one last attempt at cracking showbiz, in a funny if meandering big-screen adventure.” She adds, “It’s a recipe for humor and conflict which, judging by the home-turf success of other recent theatrical transplants of U.K. sitcoms should have no trouble connecting with the original show’s sizable fanbase.”
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Variety’s Catherine Bray wrote, “Ricky Gervais’ most enduring creation hits the road for one last attempt at cracking showbiz, in a funny if meandering big-screen adventure.” She adds, “It’s a recipe for humor and conflict which, judging by the home-turf success of other recent theatrical transplants of U.K. sitcoms should have no trouble connecting with the original show’s sizable fanbase.”
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- 8/11/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
In Matteo Garrone’s fairy tale portmanteau Tale of Tales, Salma Heyek plays a queen who will sacrifice all to have a child. She tells Henry Barnes about the deeper motivations that drive women compared to men; what’s stopping Hollywood from tapping into stories that appeal to female audiences; and why she’s surprised (and appalled) by Donald Trump’s rise
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- 6/15/2016
- by Henry Barnes and Jonross Swaby
- The Guardian - Film News
Tom Hiddleston, the star of new Hank Williams biopic I Saw the Light, meets Henry Barnes in Macari’s guitar shop in London to sing some tunes and swap strumming tips. Hiddleston discusses what he finds quite so moving about the work of the country music legend, why music is the most ‘immediately infectious artform’, the audience’s electric reaction to Williams’ yodelling and whether alcohol fuels creativity
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- 5/9/2016
- by Henry Barnes and Richard Sprenger
- The Guardian - Film News
Tom Hiddleston, the star of new Hank Williams biopic I Saw the Light, meets Henry Barnes in Macari’s guitar shop in London to sing some tunes and swap strumming tips. Hiddleston discusses what he finds quite so moving about the work of the country music legend, why music is the most ‘immediately infectious artform’, the audience’s electric reaction to Williams’ yodelling and whether alcohol fuels creativity
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- 5/9/2016
- by Henry Barnes and Richard Sprenger
- The Guardian - Film News
The star of Midnight Special, Jeff Nichols’s sci-fi thriller about a father protecting his supernaturally-gifted son, talks to Henry Barnes about the selfishness of parenthood and with the Us election looming, why troubled times lead us to blindly believe in saviours. Midnight Special, which also stars Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst and Adam Driver, is released in the UK this Friday
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- 4/6/2016
- by Henry Barnes and Jonross Swaby
- The Guardian - Film News
The Guardian film team’s roundup of Monday’s movie news and reviews
Your daily update of the latest news and reviews from the Guardian film team. Now showing: Zootopia has trounced Frozen’s opening take in the Us – but will it do the same when it’s released in the UK as Zootropolis? And why the name change? And how well did London Has Fallen do?
Meanwhile, can you tell that most Chinese films are crewed by farmers? And Henry Barnes and Catherine Shoard give their verdicts on Hail, Caesar!, the new Coen brothers’ Hollywood comedy stuffed with star cameos – and stolen by a bloke who plays a cowboy who no-one has ever heard of
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Meanwhile, can you tell that most Chinese films are crewed by farmers? And Henry Barnes and Catherine Shoard give their verdicts on Hail, Caesar!, the new Coen brothers’ Hollywood comedy stuffed with star cameos – and stolen by a bloke who plays a cowboy who no-one has ever heard of
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- 3/7/2016
- by Presented by Henry Barnes with Catherine Shoard and produced by Rowan Slaney
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes review Secret in Their Eyes, a thriller based on the Oscar-winning Argentinian film. It stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as an FBI investigator trying to find the person who killed his colleague’s daughter. Also starring Julia Roberts and Nicole Kidman, Secret in Their Eyes is in UK cinemas now
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- 2/26/2016
- by Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw, Henry Barnes, Tom Silverstone and Andrea Salvatici
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes review Grimsby, the latest comedy from Sacha Baron Cohen that sees him star as Nobby, a working class football fan who finds that his brother is actually a spy, played by Mark Strong. Also starring Rebel Wilson and Penelope Cruz, Grimsby is in UK cinemas now
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- 2/26/2016
- by Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw, Henry Barnes, Tom Silverstone and Andrea Salvatici
- The Guardian - Film News
Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes join Xan Brooks for the final time to review the latest big screen releases, including Sacha Baron Cohen’s ribald comedy Grimsby
Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes join Xan Brooks for the final time to review the latest big screen releases, including Sacha Baron Cohen’s ribald comedy Grimsby; they head into The Forest for some underwhelming chills with Natalie Dormer; get charmed by coming-of-age tale King Jack; and try to figure out exactly why a star-studded remake of Secret in Their Eyes exists
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Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes join Xan Brooks for the final time to review the latest big screen releases, including Sacha Baron Cohen’s ribald comedy Grimsby; they head into The Forest for some underwhelming chills with Natalie Dormer; get charmed by coming-of-age tale King Jack; and try to figure out exactly why a star-studded remake of Secret in Their Eyes exists
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- 2/26/2016
- by Xan Brooks Peter Bradshaw Henry Barnes Catherine Shoard Andrew PulverBenjamin Lee Tom Silverstone Ken Macfarlane Andrea Salvatici Rowan Slaney
- The Guardian - Film News
Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes join Xan Brooks for the final time to review the latest big screen releases, including Sacha Baron Cohen’s ribald comedy Grimsby; they head into The Forest for some underwhelming chills with Natalie Dormer; get charmed by coming-of-age tale King Jack; and try to figure out exactly why a star-studded remake of Secret in Their Eyes exists
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- 2/26/2016
- by Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw, Henry Barnes, Catherine Shoard, Andrew Pulver, Benjamin Lee, Tom Silverstone, Ken Macfarlane and Andrea Salvatici
- The Guardian - Film News
Each day before the Academy Awards ceremony on 28 February, one of our critics makes the case for an Oscar contender. Here, Henry Barnes picks The Big Short, a sharp comedy-drama based on the true story of eccentric hedge fund manager Michael Burry, who predicted the financial crisis of 2008
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- 2/17/2016
- by Henry Barnes and Tom Silverstone
- The Guardian - Film News
The Guardian film team’s round-up of Tuesday’s movie news
Your daily update of the latest news and reviews from the Guardian film team. Now showing: Michael Moore’s latest film opens to disappointing numbers in the Us; Laura Dern’s new role in Star Wars: Episode VIII is the latest in a string of franchise roles for older female actors; and Henry Barnes tells us what’s been happening at the Berlin film festival so far.
Follow us on Twitter (GuardianFilm, Henry, Ben, Catherine and producer Rowan) and check out our Facebook page. Comment on the show below.
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Your daily update of the latest news and reviews from the Guardian film team. Now showing: Michael Moore’s latest film opens to disappointing numbers in the Us; Laura Dern’s new role in Star Wars: Episode VIII is the latest in a string of franchise roles for older female actors; and Henry Barnes tells us what’s been happening at the Berlin film festival so far.
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- 2/16/2016
- by Presented by Benjamin Lee with Catherine Shoard and Henry Barnes. Produced by Rowan Slaney
- The Guardian - Film News
This week’s film review show
Henry Barnes and Peter Bradshaw join Xan Brooks for our weekly round-up of the big cinema releases. This week the team wonder who the makers of the Dad’s Army film are trying to kid; watch Bryan Cranston channel the spirit of a rebel hero in Trumbo, the story of blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo; see brothers put each other through sheer hell in the Icelandic livestock drama Rams and see kids’ horror eat itself as the monsters of Rl Stine’s Goosebumps books leap from the page to terrify the author
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Henry Barnes and Peter Bradshaw join Xan Brooks for our weekly round-up of the big cinema releases. This week the team wonder who the makers of the Dad’s Army film are trying to kid; watch Bryan Cranston channel the spirit of a rebel hero in Trumbo, the story of blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo; see brothers put each other through sheer hell in the Icelandic livestock drama Rams and see kids’ horror eat itself as the monsters of Rl Stine’s Goosebumps books leap from the page to terrify the author
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- 2/5/2016
- by Presented by Xan Brooks with Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes Produced by Rowan Slaney
- The Guardian - Film News
Henry Barnes and Peter Bradshaw join Xan Brooks for our weekly round-up of the big cinema releases. This week the team wonder who the makers of the Dad’s Army film are trying to kid; watch Bryan Cranston channel the spirit of a rebel hero in Trumbo, the story of blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo; see brothers put each other through sheer hell in the Icelandic livestock drama Rams and see kids’ horror eat itself as the monsters of Rl Stine’s Goosebumps books leap from the page to terrify the author
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- 2/4/2016
- by Guardian Staff
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes and Peter Bradshaw review the kids’ horror movie, Goosebumps. Based on the books by Rl Stine, the film slings Stine himself (played by Jack Black) into a nightmare of his own creation. His horror stories are becoming real and Stine must enlist the help of his daughter (Odeya Rush) and neighbour (Dylan Minnette) to stuff the monsters back onto the page. Goosebumps is released in the UK on 5 February
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- 2/4/2016
- by Guardian Staff
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes review Rams, an Icelandic drama about a pair of brothers keen to fleece each other out of the top prize from a local livestock competition. Starring Sigurður Sigurjónsson and Theodór Júlíusson, the team say Rams is a sheer pleasure. Rams, written and directed by Grímur Hákonarson, is released in the UK on 5 February
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- 2/4/2016
- by Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw, Henry Barnes, Dan Susman, Adam Sich and Joan Portillo
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes and Peter Bradshaw review Trumbo, a biopic about the 1950s screenwriter, Dalton Trumbo, who was blacklisted by Hollywood for his communist beliefs. The film, which stars Bryan Cranston as the writer of Roman Holiday and Spartacus, follows Trumbo through his 11-month imprisonment and subsequent vindication, which was spurred in part by Spatacus star Kirk Douglas. Trumbo, which also stars Helen Mirren and Elle Fanning, is release in the UK on 5 February
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- 2/4/2016
- by Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes, Peter Bradshaw, Dan Susman, Adam Sich and Joan Portillo
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes review Oliver Parker’s big-screen adaptation of the much-loved 1960s sitcom, which stars Toby Jones as Captain Mainwaring, leading his Home Guard unit through their farcical trials at the tail-end of the second world war. Dad’s Army, which also stars Catherine Zeta-Jones, Tom Courtenay and Michael Gambon, is released in the UK on Friday 5 February
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- 2/4/2016
- by Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw, Henry Barnes, Dan Susman, Adam Sich and Joan Portillo
- The Guardian - Film News
Spotlight tells the true story of the Boston Globe journalists who revealed a cover-up of hundreds of paedophile priests by the city’s archdiocese. The film’s cast, director and two of the journalists who uncovered the story tell Henry Barnes what impact the film’s had, how it champions investigative journalism and why the church still needs systematic change
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- 1/27/2016
- by Henry Barnes and Jonross Swaby
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks is joined by Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes to assess The Big Short, Adam McKay’s starry, sleeper hit comedy about the financial crisis in 2007; The Assassin, Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s ravishing martial arts drama; Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton in spin satire Our Brand is Crisis; and thalidomide documentary Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime. All films are released in the UK on 22 January
Xan Brooks is joined by Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes to assess The Big Short, Adam McKay’s starry, sleeper hit comedy about the financial crisis in 2007; The Assassin, Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s ravishing martial arts drama; Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton in spin satire Our Brand is Crisis; and thalidomide documentary Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime. All films are released in the UK on 22 January
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Xan Brooks is joined by Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes to assess The Big Short, Adam McKay’s starry, sleeper hit comedy about the financial crisis in 2007; The Assassin, Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s ravishing martial arts drama; Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton in spin satire Our Brand is Crisis; and thalidomide documentary Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime. All films are released in the UK on 22 January
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- 1/22/2016
- by Xan Brooks Peter Bradshaw Henry Barnes Rowan Slaney
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks is joined by Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes to assess The Big Short, Adam McKay’s starry, sleeper hit comedy about the financial crisis in 2007; The Assassin, Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s ravishing martial arts drama; Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton in spin satire Our Brand is Crisis; and thalidomide documentary Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime. All films are released in the UK on 22 January
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- 1/22/2016
- by Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw, Henry Barnes, Andrea Salvatici and Dan Susman
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes and Peter Bradshaw review Our Brand Is Crisis, a pop-political satire about a cynical American campaign manager (Sandra Bullock) who’s coaxed out of retirement to help a south American politician win re-election. Our Brand Is Crisis, which also stars Billy Bob Thornton and was directed by David Gordon Green, is released in the UK on Friday 22 January
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- 1/21/2016
- by Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes, Peter Bradshaw, Dan Susman and Andrea Salvatici
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes review a documentary on the Thalidomide scandal that digs into the drug’s history as an experimental compound developed by the Nazis and pays tribute to the heroic efforts of the Sunday Times, lead by Harold Evans, which persisted in an investigation into Thalidomide-affected children in the face of cover ups and lawsuits. Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime is released in the UK on Friday 22 January
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- 1/21/2016
- by Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw, Henry Barnes, Dan Susman, Tom Silverstone and Andrea Salvatici
- The Guardian - Film News
Room, based on the best-selling novel by Emma Donaghue, tells an abduction story from the point of view of Jack, a five-year-old who has lived his whole life in the fortified shed his mum was locked in as a teenager. Donaghue and director Lenny Abrahamson talk to Henry Barnes about seeing life’s darkest moments from a child’s perspective and why Room’s depressing plot does not necessarily make for a miserable film. Room, which stars Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay, is released in the UK on Friday 15 January
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- 1/13/2016
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
Alejandro González Iñárritu, the director of revenge thriller The Revenant, talks to Henry Barnes about steering Leonardo DiCaprio through a shoot some called ‘a living hell’, portraying indigenous Americans as real people and drawing comparisons between the greed of the 19th-century fur trappers and capitalism today. The Revenant, which stars DiCaprio as a hunter who survives a bear attack to track down the men who left him for dead, is released in the UK on Friday 15 January
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- 1/12/2016
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
Tina Fey, star of Sisters, and the film’s writer, Paula Pell, explain to Henry Barnes how being funny halts the ageing process, why you never feel as grown-up as you should and also offer some advice to Ricky Gervais about how to host this year’s Golden Globes. Sisters, which stars Fey and Amy Poehler as siblings who are having a hard time dealing with the sale of their childhood home, is released in the UK on Saturday 12 December and the Us on Thursday 18 December
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- 12/11/2015
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
Our film critics review this week’s new releases
Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes join Xan Brooks for our weekly round-up of the big cinema releases. This week the team spy on the troubled marriage between a boozy writer (Brad Pitt) and his depressed wife (Angelina Jolie Pitt) in the Jolie Pitt-scripted drama By the Sea; take a festive wander down the M6 with a homeless heading to London in Hector; see the classics of the silent era chopped and screwed by Guy Maddin’s The Forbidden Room and join Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as grown-ups out for teenage kicks in Sisters
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Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes join Xan Brooks for our weekly round-up of the big cinema releases. This week the team spy on the troubled marriage between a boozy writer (Brad Pitt) and his depressed wife (Angelina Jolie Pitt) in the Jolie Pitt-scripted drama By the Sea; take a festive wander down the M6 with a homeless heading to London in Hector; see the classics of the silent era chopped and screwed by Guy Maddin’s The Forbidden Room and join Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as grown-ups out for teenage kicks in Sisters
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- 12/11/2015
- by Presented by Xan Brooks, with Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes. Produced by Andrea Salvatici and Rowan Slaney
- The Guardian - Film News
Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes join Xan Brooks for our weekly round-up of the big cinema releases. This week the team spy on the troubled marriage between a boozy writer (Brad Pitt) and his depressed wife (Angelina Jolie Pitt) in the Jolie Pitt-scripted drama By the Sea; take a festive wander down the M6 with a homeless man heading to London in Hector; see the classics of the silent era chopped and screwed by Guy Maddin’s The Forbidden Room and join Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as grown-ups out for teenage kicks in Sisters
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- 12/11/2015
- by Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw, Henry Barnes, Leah Green, Noah Payne-Frank and Andrea Salvatici
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes and Peter Bradshaw review the new comedy from Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, about a pair of siblings staging one last act of rebellion before they’re forced to grow up. Sisters, which centres on a house party thrown by perma-adolescents Katie (Fey) and Maura (Poehler), also stars John Leguizamo and Maya Rudolph and is on general release now
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- 12/11/2015
- by Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw, Henry Barnes, Leah Green, Noah Payne-Frank and Andrea Salvatici
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes review Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson’s portmanteau film, a bizarre and stylised collection of shorts featuring woodland bandits, child soldiers and a famous surgeon who cuts into a patient who offers up more than he bargained for. Starring Mathieu Amalric, Charlotte Rampling and Udo Kier, The Forbidden Room is released in UK cinemas on Friday 11 December
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- 12/10/2015
- by Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw, Henry Barnes, Leah Green, Noah Payne-Frank and Andrea Salvatici
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes review By the Sea, written by Angelina Jolie Pitt and starring Jolie Pitt and her husband, Brad. Brangelina play a long-married couple who, in an effort to re-kindle their love, head to the south of France and a rendezvous with a pair of newly-weds whose happiness exposes the cracks in their relationship. By the Sea is released in the UK on Friday 11 December
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- 12/10/2015
- by Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw, Henry Barnes, Leah Green, Noah Payne-Frank and Andrea Salvatici
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes and Peter Bradshaw review Krampus, a teen horror film about an anti-Santa who arrives to ruin Christmas and send all revellers to hell. Krampus, surprisingly vicious for a teen flick, stars Toni Collette and Adam Scott and is based on German folklore, is in UK cinemas now
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- 12/4/2015
- by Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes, Peter Bradshaw, Leah Green and Joan Portillo
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes and Peter Bradshaw review Chemsex, a documentary by William Fairman and Max Gogarty that explores the growing trend of Chemsex - drug-fuelled sex engaged in, largely, by young gay men. A harrowing look at a community searching for intimacy and meaning through hedonism, Chemsex is in UK cinemas now
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- 12/4/2015
- by Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes, Peter Bradshaw, Leah Green and Joan Portillo
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes review Paul McGuigan’s take on the Frankenstein story, starring James McAvoy as the lively anatomist and Daniel Radcliffe as his assistant, Igor. Written by Max Landis (Chronicle, American Ultra) and also starring Jessica Brown Findlay, Victor Frankenstein is released in the UK on Friday 4 December
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- 12/4/2015
- by Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw, Henry Barnes, Leah Green and Joan Portillo
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes review Terence Davies’s Sunset Song. Based on the novel by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, it stars Agyness Deyn as a Scottish farmer’s daughter battling her volatile father (Peter Mullan) and falling in love with a local boy (Kevin Guthrie) who is sent off to fight in the first world war. Sunset Song is released in the UK on Friday 4 December
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- 12/4/2015
- by Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw, Henry Barnes, Leah Green and Joan Portillo
- The Guardian - Film News
Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes join Xan Brooks for our weekly round-up of the big cinema releases. This week the team wander into the brutality and beauty of Terence Davies’s Lewis Grassic Gibbon adaptation Sunset Song; watch James McAvoy jolt a new version of the Frankenstein story into life in Victor Frankenstein; learn about the harrowing effects of Chemsex in a documentary about gay sex and hedonism; and see Christmas go to hell in teen frightener Krampus
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- 12/4/2015
- by Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw, Henry Barnes, Leah Green and Joan Portillo
- The Guardian - Film News
Director Terence Davies talks to Henry Barnes about Sunset Song, a melodrama about a young Scottish woman living with her volatile father on the eve of the first world war. He discusses ageing, romance and making films when despair starts to get to him. Sunset Song, based on the novel by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, stars Agyness Deyn and Peter Mullan and is released in the UK on Friday 4 December
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- 12/3/2015
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
Henry Barnes and Catherine Shoard bring you another daily-ish dose of film news and views
Your daily update of the latest news and reviews from the Guardian film team. Now showing: Carrie Fisher has said she was told lose 35lbs before she could re-appear in Star Wars. How does that tie-in with Jj Abrams’s claim that The Force Awakens is “female-friendly”? And, as Bel Powley and Paul Dano win prizes at the Gotham Independent Film Awards, we ask: When does the awards season really start?
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Your daily update of the latest news and reviews from the Guardian film team. Now showing: Carrie Fisher has said she was told lose 35lbs before she could re-appear in Star Wars. How does that tie-in with Jj Abrams’s claim that The Force Awakens is “female-friendly”? And, as Bel Powley and Paul Dano win prizes at the Gotham Independent Film Awards, we ask: When does the awards season really start?
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- 12/1/2015
- by Presented by Henry Barnes and Catherine Shoard and produced by Jason Phipps
- The Guardian - Film News
The film team review this week's new cinema releases, including the final part of The Hunger Games saga and Gaspar Noé's 3D sex film, Love
Benjamin Lee and Henry Barnes join Xan Brooks for our weekly round-up of the new releases. This week the team join Katniss and co in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 franchise; duck, wince and wonder at Gaspar Noé's 3D sex film, Love; size up bonkers Kate Winslet melodrama The Dressmaker; and get sold a false bill of goods by flat-out bad thriller The Perfect Guy.
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Benjamin Lee and Henry Barnes join Xan Brooks for our weekly round-up of the new releases. This week the team join Katniss and co in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 franchise; duck, wince and wonder at Gaspar Noé's 3D sex film, Love; size up bonkers Kate Winslet melodrama The Dressmaker; and get sold a false bill of goods by flat-out bad thriller The Perfect Guy.
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- 11/20/2015
- by Presented by Xan Brooks with Henry Barnes and Benjamin Lee. Produced by Andrea Salvatici and Rowan Slaney
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks, Benjamin Lee and Henry Barnes review The Dressmaker, in which Kate Winslet plays an Australian seamstress returning to her small town home after being accused of murder and driven out as a young girl. With nothing but her skill at the sewing machine she must find a way to stitch up the people who did her wrong. The Dressmaker, which also stars Hugo Weaving and Liam Hemsworth, is released in the UK on Friday 20 November
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- 11/19/2015
- by Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes, Benjamin Lee, Dan Susman, Andrea Salvatici and Richard Sprenger
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes and Benjamin Lee review The Perfect Guy, featuring a man who - guess what? - turns out to be anything but in David M. Rosenthal’s wonky erotic thriller. Starring Sanaa Lathan as Leah, a 30-something exec who falls for a charming man with a secret, The Perfect Guy is released in the UK on Friday 20 November
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- 11/19/2015
- by Xan Brooks, Benjamin Lee, Henry Barnes, Dan Susman, Andrea Salvatici and Richard Sprenger
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes and Benjamin Lee review the final part of The Hunger Games franchise, in which, having bested two televised fights to the death, rebel hero Katniss Everdeen leads the armies of Panem into the Capital to finally dispose of President Snow. Also starring Josh Hutchinson, Natalie Dormer and Liam Hemsworth, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 is released in the UK today
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- 11/19/2015
- by Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes, Benjamin Lee, Dan Susman, Richard Sprenger and Andrea Salvatici
- The Guardian - Film News
Benjamin Lee and Henry Barnes join Xan Brooks for our weekly round-up of the new releases. This week the team join Katniss and co in the final part of The Hunger Games franchise; duck, wince and wonder at Gaspar Noé’s 3D sex film, Love; size up bonkers Kate Winslet melodrama The Dressmaker; and get sold a false bill of goods by flat-out bad thriller The Perfect Guy
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- 11/19/2015
- by Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes, Benjamin Lee, Dan Susman, Richard Sprenger and Andrea Salvatici
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes and Benjamin Lee review Enter the Void director Gaspar Noé’s new film, a sexually-explicit 3D film about a young man reflecting on his sexual relationship with two women. Love, which features copious amounts of sex, is Noé’s attempt to examine the nature of a loving, physical relationship that turns sour. It’s in UK cinemas from Friday 20 November
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- 11/19/2015
- by Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes, Benjamin Lee, Dan Susman, Richard Sprenger and Andrea Salvatici
- The Guardian - Film News
Catherine Shoard and Henry Barnes join Xan Brooks for our weekly round-up of the big cinema releases, including Jafar Panahi's vibrantly defiant Taxi Tehran and Charlotte Church in a wonky adaptation of Under Milk Wood
Catherine Shoard and Henry Barnes join Xan Brooks for our weekly round-up of the big cinema releases. In a week in which Spectre has scared off all but the bravest of indie releases the team take a joy ride with Jafar Panahi in the jubilantly defiant Taxi Tehran; watch Charlotte Church and Rhys Ifans chase the spirit of Dylan Thomas into the sea in Under Milk Wood; and pay their respects to a new family of Italian gangsters in the fearsome Black Souls. Plus, a tribute to the late, great Observer film critic Philip French
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Catherine Shoard and Henry Barnes join Xan Brooks for our weekly round-up of the big cinema releases. In a week in which Spectre has scared off all but the bravest of indie releases the team take a joy ride with Jafar Panahi in the jubilantly defiant Taxi Tehran; watch Charlotte Church and Rhys Ifans chase the spirit of Dylan Thomas into the sea in Under Milk Wood; and pay their respects to a new family of Italian gangsters in the fearsome Black Souls. Plus, a tribute to the late, great Observer film critic Philip French
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- 10/29/2015
- by Presented by Xan Brooks with Catherine Shoard and Henry Barnes. Produced by Rowan Slaney
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes and Catherine Shoard review Black Souls, an Italian gangster thriller set in the foothills of the Aspromonte mountains. Francesco Munzi’s film sees the younger generation of a prominent family itching to get into the crime business as their elders look for a way out. Black Souls, which stars Marco Leonardi and Peppino Mazzotta, is released in the UK on Friday 30 October
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- 10/29/2015
- by Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes, Catherine Shoard, Dan Susman, Richard Sprenger, Phil Maynard and Andrea Salvatici
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks, Catherine Shoard and Henry Barnes review Kevin Allen’s adaptation of Dylan Thomas’s classic work, originally a radio play. Charlotte Church and Rhys Ifans are among the actors playing the wandering villagers of Llareggub, with Captain Cat (Ifans) lost in tales of his seafaring days and Polly Garter (Church) determined to find herself some fun. Under Milk Wood is released in the UK on Friday 29 October
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- 10/29/2015
- by Xan Brooks, Catherine Shoard, Henry Barnes, Richard Sprenger, Phil Maynard, Dan Susman and Andrea Salvatici
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks, Catherine Shoard and Henry Barnes review the new film from dissident Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi. Panahi, banned from producing films, has made several films in defiance of his government, once famously arranging for a finished movie to be smuggled out of Iran on a Usb stick hidden in a cake. His new film, Taxi Tehran, sees Panahi act as cabbie to the people of his home city. It’s released in the UK on Friday 30 October
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- 10/29/2015
- by Xan Brooks, Catherine Shoard, Henry Barnes, Phil Maynard, Richard Sprenger, Dan Susman and Andrea Salvatici
- The Guardian - Film News
Catherine Shoard and Henry Barnes join Xan Brooks for our weekly round-up of the big cinema releases. In a week in which Spectre has scared off all but the bravest of indie releases the team take a joy ride with Jafar Panahi in the jubilantly defiant Taxi Tehran; watch Charlotte Church and Rhys Ifans chase the spirit of Dylan Thomas into the sea in Under Milk Wood; and pay their respects to a new family of Italian gangsters in the fearsome Black Souls. Plus, a tribute to the late, great Observer film critic Philip French
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- 10/29/2015
- by Xan Brooks, Catherine Shoard, Henry Barnes, Phil Maynard, Richard Sprenger, Dan Susman and Andrea Salvatici
- The Guardian - Film News
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