Period and historical films
La Chimera review – Alice Rohrwacher’s uproarious adventure teems with life
Set in 1980s Tuscany, Rohrwacher’s captivating film follows a lovelorn Englishman plundering Italy’s historical artefacts with a bizarre gang
Peter Bradshaw
26, May, 2023 @3:40 PM
Sisu review – grisly feast of extravagant violence as Finnish hero slaughters Nazis
Cheerfully entertaining action film follows a granite-faced Finnish gold miner with a hunting knife as he kills the enemy in wildly silly ways
Cath Clarke
24, May, 2023 @10:00 AM
Kidnapped review – Marco Bellocchio’s antisemitism drama is a classic in the making
Based on the true story of a young Jewish boy kidnapped by papal authorities, this is a full-tilt melodrama that lays bare tyranny, bigotry and the abuse of power in the Catholic church
Peter Bradshaw
23, May, 2023 @10:05 PM
Asteroid City review – Wes Anderson’s 1950s sci-fi is an exhilarating triumph of pure style
This tale of earth-shattering events in a space-obsessed desert town leans nicely into its own artificiality, and every delicious, microscopic detail is a delight
Peter Bradshaw
23, May, 2023 @5:23 PM
Killers of the Flower Moon review – Scorsese’s remarkable epic about the bloody birth of America
Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone star in this macabre western about serial murders among the Osage tribe in 1920s Oklahoma, which reflects the erasure of Native Americans from the US
Peter Bradshaw
20, May, 2023 @7:45 PM
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret review – Judy Blume’s classic pre-teen tale retold
Set in 1970, the year Blume’s novel was published, the sweet-natured story is engaging but does feel a little out of date
Peter Bradshaw
17, May, 2023 @10:00 AM
Jeanne du Barry review – Cannes kicks off with Johnny Depp’s purring and peculiar royal dandy
Louis XV’s infatuation with a sexy, smart courtesan played by Maïwenn – who also writes and directs – is an entertaining spectacle but preening Depp’s king overshadows her story
Peter Bradshaw
16, May, 2023 @8:00 PM
Dead Shot review – IRA man and British soldier lock horns in Troubles revenge drama
There’s a crunchy veracity to the script for this evocative story of two men on opposing sides of the Northern Ireland conflict
Leslie Felperin
09, May, 2023 @8:00 AM
The Laureate review – prosaic Robert Graves biopic
There’s plenty of romantic intrigue, but this glossy period drama about the British war poet is singularly lacking in erotic tension
Wendy Ide
07, May, 2023 @11:30 AM
The Laureate review – writers throuple up in sinisterly erotic literary thriller
The scandalous love triangle between poet Robert Graves, his feminist wife and a charismatic American writer is the subject of this erotic and entertainingly silly film
Peter Bradshaw
04, May, 2023 @6:00 AM
Actor Bel Powley: ‘I’d shied away from second world war stories – it’s always all about men’
The Morning Show star on playing the woman who hid Anne Frank, revitalising period dramas and working with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon
Michael Hogan
30, Apr, 2023 @8:30 AM
The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan – Eva Green shines as Milady in flamboyant French adaptation
The first in a two-part Dumas reworking is opulent and exciting, with a glorious, vampy performance from Green
Wendy Ide
23, Apr, 2023 @11:00 AM
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