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Seeing the horror of Auschwitz in a single face
April 28, 2016
A startling Hungarian film shows how humanity can endure in the face of monstrous evil
Film: A dangerously whimsical riff on the New Testament
April 14, 2016
The premise of The Brand New Testament (15, 115 mins, ★★★) has clearly not been designed to win the approval of many Catholics. Belgian writer-director Jaco van Dormael casts God (Benoît Poelvoorde, star of cult classic Man Bites Dog) as a grubby layabout living with a put-upon wife and depressed young daughter in a Brussels
Film: A dangerously whimsical riff on the New Testament
April 14, 2016
The Brand New Testament swings from absurdist comedy to elegiac reflection on mortality
Film: Eddie the Eagle biopic crashes down to Earth
March 31, 2016
Eddie Edwards finishing last in the ski-jumping at the Calgary Winter Olympics of 1988 is one of the most beloved British sporting stories of recent times. We Brits like our sporting heroes eccentric and losers plucky, and the man dubbed “The Eagle” more than fitted the bill. A big screen version of his story was
Film: In a coastal sanctuary, priests face up to their sins
March 24, 2016
This week sees the release of two films that focus on far-flung Christian communities thrown into chaos by past crimes and misdemeanours. Much the better of the two is The Club (★★★★, 18 cert, 97 mins) from Chilean director Pablo Larraín. His previous films, including Tony Manero and Post Mortem, have brilliantly explored Pinochet’s reign
Film review: In a coastal sanctuary, priests face up to their sins
March 24, 2016
Pablo Larrain's latest film about a group of disgraced priests refuses to offer easy answers
Film: The Coens lose control of a screwball comedy
March 03, 2016
Hail Caesar! (12A, 106 mins, ★★) In recent years the Coen brothers have barely put a frame wrong with a run of form that includes the superb Jewish black comedy, A Serious Man, and their stately remake of True Grit. Now though, they’ve hit us with a glitzy, star-studded dud. Set in 1950s Hollywood, Hail,
Film: Vigilante cowboys ride into horror territory
February 18, 2016
Last year Slow West, by first-time British director John Maclean, came and went pretty much unnoticed, loved by a handful of critics but not seen widely. This year another Western (albeit a genre-bending one), Bone Tomahawk (18, 132 mins,★★★★), could well suffer a similar fate, as it’s defiantly odd and uncompromising. Set on the dusty
Film review: Vigilante cowboys ride into horror territory
February 18, 2016
Bone Tomahawk, starring Kurt Russell, is a genre-bending Western that doesn't deserve to be overlooked
The Catholic who tackled the NFL
February 11, 2016
“It’s not about American football, it’s a story about pursuing the truth,” says Dr Bennet Omalu. He’s speaking to me over the phone from his home in California about Concussion, the film, opening in Britain this week, that recounts his extraordinary battle with one of America’s most prestigious sporting institutions. In 2002, this deeply devout
The Catholic who tackled the NFL
February 11, 2016
A new film tells the story of a Nigerian doctor who linked brain damage to American football. His faith gave him the strength to stand up for the truth
Francis: ‘Faith is a revelation, not an investment’
February 01, 2016
Pope Francis spoke to the faithful in St Peter's Square on Sunday
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