“Stars simply seem not to apply”: Why Roger Ebert refused to give ‘Pink Flamingos’ a star rating
An infamous film.
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‘Valkyrie’: The role that disturbed Tom Cruise so much he couldn’t look at himself
It was physically taxing.
‘Nosferatu’ movie review: moustaches, the occult, and Willem Dafoe’s massive pipe
A surprisingly restrained adaptation.
Anthony Hopkins names his favourite actors: “The greatest of them all”
Plus the actor he reveres most.
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni file new lawsuits over ‘It Ends With Us’ harassment claims
It’s the latest in an increasingly contentious legal battle.
Five rom-com co-stars who hated each other in real life
Romantic comedies live and die on the chemistry of their stars. If the two actors at the centre of the film aren’t creating sparks in…
‘Whore’: Ken Russell’s X-rated answer to ‘Pretty Woman’ and the problem with sex work on screen
Even Russell fell back into tired clichés.
“I was kind of in awe”: How Robert Redford left Meryl Streep starstruck
She had nothing to worry about.
‘Dinner for One’: the British movie millions of Germans watch every New Year
Few from the UK have ever heard of it.