Cinema
★★
Review
At first, Joker: Folie a Deux is entertaining. Then it quickly isn’t
Starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, the sequel is wildly misconceived – a small story inflated by grandiose intentions.
- by Sandra Hall
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★★½
Review
The Critic is nasty but not nasty enough (as a critic, I would say that)
This sordid yet cosy British melodrama starring Ian McKellen is full of people behaving badly, but it never quite comes together.
- by Jake Wilson
Why making a film about Donald Trump turned into a minefield
Ali Abbasi sees The Apprentice as a study in naked ambition, but his subject isn’t the only one who’s not happy.
- by Karl Quinn
Dame Maggie Smith, actress who conquered stage and screen with her wit, poise and eccentricity
As a rare embodiment of English poise, human complexity and a formidable bearing, Dame Maggie Smith had captivated stage, screen and television audiences for decades.
- by Telegraph Obituaries
France’s most successful film bromance finds the funny side of debt
After striking gold with The Intouchables, Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano return with A Difficult Year – and it’s not as dark as you think.
- by Jake Wilson
Sir Ian McKellen on why his most famous line in a movie was a mistake
“Don’t tell anybody, but I got it wrong,” one of Britain’s greatest actors says.
- by Garry Maddox
Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis should have been weirder
The legendary director’s ambitious swing about the fall of the US empire, told as a modern Roman fable, is packed to bursting with ideas that don’t always work.
- by Robert Moran
‘They exist on a different level’: The transformation of Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix
Director Todd Phillips says the stars of anticipated sequel Joker: Folie à Deux don’t know how good they are.
- by Michael Idato
The Italian film about domestic violence that was bigger than Barbie
The comedic drama There’s Still Tomorrow has become a cultural phenomenon, sparking debate about men killing women.
- by Garry Maddox
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Is Megalopolis even worth watching? We asked Francis Ford Coppola
The epic cost the venerated director 40 years, a personal fortune and a critical backlash.
- by Karl Quinn
★★★½
Review
Demi Moore’s audacious body horror dives beneath the surface
The Substance is a morbid satire on Hollywood, the beauty industry and the dream of eternal youth.
- by Jake Wilson
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