From squalor to salvation: decoding ‘Trainspotting’ figurehead Mark Renton
The need for change has to come from within.
Author: Scott Campbell Archives: 05/2024
‘High Art’: the LGBTQ+ romance Roger Ebert called “masterful”
An engrossing examination of a torrid affar.
The movie that made Morgan Freeman realise “my philosophical aversion was bullshit”
Just like that, the floodgates were opened.
Val Kilmer names the four directors “you live your life to work with”
He ticked most of them off the bucket list.
“A completely different journey”: the movie that allowed Uma Thurman to break every rule of cinema
Turning convention on its head.
Ruan Lingyu: the tragic story of Chinese cinema’s immortal icon
A troubled end to a generational star.
“It negates your craft”: the element of acting Gene Hackman said was always hard
It was hardly obvious to the audience.
Sandwiches and Sleuths: the restaurant that was made famous by ‘Sherlock’
When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be food.
The Hollywood myth Jack Nicholson said doesn’t exist: “The movie business will do fine”
A legend knows a few things about myths.
“Who talks like this?”: the ‘Star Wars’ line Mark Hamill despised
He was right, because it was awful.