Category: Period and historical films

Wicker review – Olivia Colman finds the perfect lover in intriguing folk-horror romance

Colman stars as a depressed and bullied fisherwoman in medieval England. Fortunately, Peter Dinklage’s basketmaker delivers the answer to her dreams – an Alexander Skarsgård made of wickerThe spirit of mystery author Shirley...

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‘I struggle to see myself as someone special’ Sandra Hüller on being the star of four – or, possibly, five – of the year’s biggest films

New film Fatherland took Sandra Hüller back to a divided Germany. She talks about damaged dreams, Hollywood feelgood and – just maybe – appearing in the new Marvel movieSandra Hüller is crying, and it feels very...

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‘I spat in Sean Connery’s face 16 times’: Ron Perlman on making The Name of the Rose

‘When I couldn’t do the spitting scene, Sean took me aside and said: “Ron, if you don’t actually spit in my face, we’ll be here all day.” So I let one fly – and kept having to redo it’I read an article about a curious book that...

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Sense and Sensibility review – Daisy Edgar-Jones leads sober-minded next-gen do-over of Austen romcom

With Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles as the Dashwood sisters, this fresh take on a beloved classic is not to be confused with Ang Lee’sThere’s no reason for anyone working on a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and...

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Why Train Dreams should win the best picture Oscar

With its meditative pace and sincere interest in moral questions, Clint Bentley’s film of a rudderless man cutting down trees in Idaho’s verdant vistas has the air of a Hollywood classic from another eraTrain Dreams is arguably...

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‘Hermann Göring loved his kids. That’s what’s terrifying’: James Vanderbilt, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon on Nuremberg

Russell Crowe has a malevolent charm as the Nazi on trial in a compelling new film. His co-stars and director explain how they understood this monster – and the persistence of evil todayAmong the Nazis who were prosecuted during...

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