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Eight Postcards from Utopia review – found-footage fever dream of post-Ceauşescu Romania

silverguide.site – Diverting mosaic of moments from 1990s TV ads, frantically flogging everything from sausages to laxatives, shows Romania’s newfound passion for capitalism…
Eight Postcards from Utopia review – found-footage fever dream of post-Ceauşescu Romania

‘Nobody believes in the future any more’: Adam Curtis and Ari Aster on how to wake up from the post-truth nightmare

silverguide.site – Paranoia is exploited to control us. Movies are groomed to flatter us. And trauma has been twisted to make us blame ourselves. How can we make sense of our lives? The two film-makers try to navigate the chaos…
‘Nobody believes in the future any more’: Adam Curtis and Ari Aster on how to wake up from the post-truth nightmare

‘Aggressively provocative’: test screening of Saltburn director’s Wuthering Heights gets mixed reaction

silverguide.site – An early test showing of Emerald Fennell’s forthcoming Brontë adaptation suggests the unfinished film features horse-rein sex, suggestive egg yolks and necrophile nuns…
‘Aggressively provocative’: test screening of Saltburn director’s Wuthering Heights gets mixed reaction

‘We’re drawn to complicated people, not heroes’: Ashley Zukerman on Succession, Silo and playing ‘punchable men’

silverguide.site – The 41-year-old Australian actor cringes when talking about success but admits he’s ‘proud of my work in the last few years in a way that I wasn’t before’…
‘We’re drawn to complicated people, not heroes’: Ashley Zukerman on Succession, Silo and playing ‘punchable men’

Drink it up! All 21 Daniel Day-Lewis films – ranked

silverguide.site – The triple Oscar winner has retired from the profession twice – and returned twice. Ahead of Anemone, directed by his son Ronan, we gorge on Day-Lewis’s back catalogue…
Drink it up! All 21 Daniel Day-Lewis films – ranked

James Cameron warns of ‘Terminator-style apocalypse’ if AI weaponised

silverguide.site – Humans face three existential threats, from super-intelligence, nuclear weapons and the climate crisis, says blockbuster director as he announces new Hiroshima project…
James Cameron warns of ‘Terminator-style apocalypse’ if AI weaponised

The Rise and Fall of the Clash Redux review – screen encore for punk’s raging heroes

silverguide.site – Danny Garcia’s second take on the band’s story looks past their riotous ascent to the gloomier and rather less watchable years that followed…
The Rise and Fall of the Clash Redux review – screen encore for punk’s raging heroes

How did a new War of the Worlds movie get a 0% critical rating?

silverguide.site – A cursed Covid-made version of the HG Wells classic, starring Ice Cube, has emerged after five-year delay – perhaps it should have stayed buried…
How did a new War of the Worlds movie get a 0% critical rating?

Weapons review – Zach Cregger’s slick Barbarian follow-up is a bumpy ride

silverguide.site – The in-demand writer-director’s initially ambitious yet ultimately simplistic ensemble horror offers jolting moments but lacks substance…
Weapons review – Zach Cregger’s slick Barbarian follow-up is a bumpy ride

‘I must document everything’: the film about the Palestinian photographer killed by Israeli missiles in Gaza

silverguide.site – Fatma Hassona used poetry and photography to record the death and devastation she saw daily. Was she targeted by the IDF? We speak to the director of Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, a film about the journalist…
‘I must document everything’: the film about the Palestinian photographer killed by Israeli missiles in Gaza

Sense and Sensibility review – blue-chip cast decorates Emma Thompson’s pleasurable Austen adaptation

silverguide.site – Thirty years later, this richly enjoyable film is back with its quality lineup including Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant alongside Thompson herself…
Sense and Sensibility review – blue-chip cast decorates Emma Thompson’s pleasurable Austen adaptation

Francis Ford Coppola in hospital in Rome for ‘scheduled’ procedure

silverguide.site – A representative for the Godfather film-maker denied earlier reports that the director had experienced a mild cardiac arrhythmia…
Francis Ford Coppola in hospital in Rome for ‘scheduled’ procedure

Spike Lee, Adam McKay and over 2,000 writers decry Trump’s ‘un-American’ actions in open letter

silverguide.site – Screenwriters from Writers Guild of America, also including David Simon and Celine Song, call out president’s ‘authoritarian assault’ on free speech…
Spike Lee, Adam McKay and over 2,000 writers decry Trump’s ‘un-American’ actions in open letter

Sydney Sweeney: the Hollywood up-and-comer who started a culture war

silverguide.site – The Euphoria and Anyone But You star has one of the most promising careers within young Hollywood but controversy has stuck to her…
Sydney Sweeney: the Hollywood up-and-comer who started a culture war

Freakier Friday review – puppyishly uninhibited Jamie Lee Curtis saves body-swap sequel

silverguide.site – The body-swap comedy continues and while Lindsay Lohan puts in a serviceable appearance it’s her co-star who makes this zany update a treat…
Freakier Friday review – puppyishly uninhibited Jamie Lee Curtis saves body-swap sequel

The Pickup review – Eddie Murphy’s heinous new comedy is worse than Norbit

silverguide.site – The one-time king of comedy looks bored in Amazon’s unfunny slog, which also wastes Keke Palmer and Pete Davidson…
The Pickup review – Eddie Murphy’s heinous new comedy is worse than Norbit

‘I can’t get mad at anyone who tells me I’m a genius’: original Naked Gun director softens response to reboot

silverguide.site – David Zucker, who co-created the franchise, was initially sceptical about the new Liam Neeson instalment, but now says he’s ‘excited’ amid positive reviews and strong takings…
‘I can’t get mad at anyone who tells me I’m a genius’: original Naked Gun director softens response to reboot

‘I couldn’t get rid of Finchy’: Ralph Ineson on The Office – and becoming a Hollywood superstar at 55

silverguide.site – He played one of the most horrible characters in TV history, found his feet as an actor in his 40s and is now a Marvel supervillain. He discusses shame, typecasting and how he appeared in three Harry Potter films without ever saying a line…
‘I couldn’t get rid of Finchy’: Ralph Ineson on The Office – and becoming a Hollywood superstar at 55

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore review – stirring study of activism and adversity of a deaf icon

silverguide.site – A compelling portrait of actor and campaigner Marlee Matlin’s life reveals she achieved much more than her widely lauded 1980s Oscar win…
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore review – stirring study of activism and adversity of a deaf icon

Can’t Look Away review – a harrowing, heartbreaking indictment of social media’s ruthlessness

silverguide.site – Bloomberg journalist Olivia Carville follows a small legal outfit as it takes Silicon Valley’s most powerful companies to task for endangering young users…
Can’t Look Away review – a harrowing, heartbreaking indictment of social media’s ruthlessness
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