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52 days ago

Ballad of a Small Player review – Colin Farrell seeks redemption in Edward Berger’s high-stakes gambling yarn

Debts, secrets and a cartoonish Tilda Swinton catch up with Farrell’s self-styled ‘Lord Doyle’ as he confronts his own destiny in a chance to win salvation

The vast emptiness of luxury hotels is part …

89 days ago

Ballad of a Small Player review – Colin Farrell wins us over in flashy, slight gambler tale

Toronto film festival: Conclave director Edward Berger makes a less cohesive follow-up with an over-stylised adaptation of Lawrence Osborne’s novel sold by a killer central performance

It was easy to …

3 months ago

Tim Key: ‘I imagine Alan Partridge smells lightly of Brut aftershave’

The comedian, actor and poet behind The Ballad of Wallis Island on stalking an England cricket captain, being evicted in Edinburgh and his love for fig rolls

Your new film The Ballad Of Wallis Island …

‘I luxuriate in the weird details’: why Highlander is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers paying tribute to their favourite comfort watches is a journey back to the unusual sci-fi antics of 1986

With all due respect to Flash Gordon, there is only room in…

6 months ago

What is Britain's elusive 'national character'? The Ballad of Wallis Island might just tell us | Gaby Hinsliff

Rain, cardigans and puns: a melancholic new romcom set on a windswept island hints at a relatable British identity

It is, according to no less an authority than the romcom king Richard Curtis, destine…

Carey Mulligan looks sensational in a sophisticated black gown as she attends The Ballad of Wallis Island film screening in London

Carey Mulligan showed off her incredible figure in a black gown at The Ballad of Wallis Island film screening at the Ham Yard Hotel, in London on Wednesday.

8 months ago

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins review – second Hunger Games prequel is not for the faint-hearted

Moments of lyricism and literary flourishes help to leaven the grimness as the backstory of Haymitch Abernathy, eventual mentor to Katniss Everdeen, takes centre stage

From the publication of the firs…

Why are the most expensive Netflix movies also the worst?

Streamer’s endless quest to make an unforgettable blockbuster continues to sputter out with the release of $300m dud The Electric State

The full effect of Netflix on the film industry, positive or (mo…

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