Screen International can reveal the critics participating in this year’s jury grid at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25).
Joining Screen’s reviewing team will be critics from 11 international outlets to give their verdict on the 22 films in Competition this year for the Palme d’Or.
This year’s critics are all returners to the jury grid with the exception of Nt Binh who replaces Michel Ciment for France’s Positif. Ciment passed away in November last year at 85 and was a long-time contributor to the jury grid.
The selection also includes Justin Chang for The New Yorker who...
Joining Screen’s reviewing team will be critics from 11 international outlets to give their verdict on the 22 films in Competition this year for the Palme d’Or.
This year’s critics are all returners to the jury grid with the exception of Nt Binh who replaces Michel Ciment for France’s Positif. Ciment passed away in November last year at 85 and was a long-time contributor to the jury grid.
The selection also includes Justin Chang for The New Yorker who...
- 5/13/2024
- ScreenDaily
As Luca Guadagnino’s acclaimed tennis film Challengers makes its case for sporting immortality, critic Guy Lodge chooses 20 of the genre’s undisputed heavyweights
Challengers reviewed by Wendy Ide
Analogies of life as sport have been exhausted by every Pe teacher in existence. In the movies, however, they’re eternally renewable. Take Challengers, Luca Guadagnino’s sleek, sexy, sweat-drenched new film, which hits every metaphor you might expect in its story of three tennis pros locked in a tense love triangle: games are won and lost, points scored, doubles partners swapped, and so on. Shot and paced with the ricocheting energy of a great tennis match, it’s a sports movie that, like many a classic of the genre, understands the parallels between sport and cinema as two great crowd-pleasing pastimes.
The sports movie is pretty much as old as movies themselves: for early silent-cinema pioneers at the turn of the 20th century,...
Challengers reviewed by Wendy Ide
Analogies of life as sport have been exhausted by every Pe teacher in existence. In the movies, however, they’re eternally renewable. Take Challengers, Luca Guadagnino’s sleek, sexy, sweat-drenched new film, which hits every metaphor you might expect in its story of three tennis pros locked in a tense love triangle: games are won and lost, points scored, doubles partners swapped, and so on. Shot and paced with the ricocheting energy of a great tennis match, it’s a sports movie that, like many a classic of the genre, understands the parallels between sport and cinema as two great crowd-pleasing pastimes.
The sports movie is pretty much as old as movies themselves: for early silent-cinema pioneers at the turn of the 20th century,...
- 4/28/2024
- by Guy Lodge
- The Guardian - Film News
Paul Giamatti will be hoping to use the Golden Globes to press forward with his claims for a first Oscar nomination since his 2006 Best Supporting Actor bid for “Cinderella Man.” He stars this year in “The Holdovers,” which could lead him to a Best Actor nomination and has cemented him as the favorite to win Best Comedy/Musical Actor at the upcoming Golden Globes.
He’s nominated alongside Jeffrey Wright (“American Fiction”), Matt Damon (“Air”), Nicolas Cage (“Dream Scenario”), Joaquin Phoenix (“Beau is Afraid”), and Timothée Chalamet (“Wonka”). Could Chalamet upset the apple cart by claiming a shock win for “Wonka?”
Chalamet plays the role previously occupied by icons Gene Wilder (1971’s “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory”) and Johnny Depp (2006’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”). In the origin story “Wonka,” Chalamet plays a young chocolatier trying to take down the sinister Chocolate Cartel in the hopes of achieving...
He’s nominated alongside Jeffrey Wright (“American Fiction”), Matt Damon (“Air”), Nicolas Cage (“Dream Scenario”), Joaquin Phoenix (“Beau is Afraid”), and Timothée Chalamet (“Wonka”). Could Chalamet upset the apple cart by claiming a shock win for “Wonka?”
Chalamet plays the role previously occupied by icons Gene Wilder (1971’s “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory”) and Johnny Depp (2006’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”). In the origin story “Wonka,” Chalamet plays a young chocolatier trying to take down the sinister Chocolate Cartel in the hopes of achieving...
- 1/5/2024
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Focus Features has landed on a new release date for The Bikeriders from writer/director Jeff Nichols. Following its 2023 festival run, the crime drama was gearing up for an awards season run with a December 1st theatrical release. The release was postponed during the strikes, and Focus Features’ The Bikeriders will now open on June 21, 2024.
The film currently sits at 85% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics calling it “an affectionate take on a much-romanticized subculture” and “a vivid, fleshed-out insider’s eye view of a subculture populated by authentically hard-edged lost souls”.
Oscar nominee Austin Butler (Elvis), Emmy Award winner Jodie Comer (Killing Eve), Oscar nominee Tom Hardy (The Revenant), and Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead) lead the cast. The ensemble also includes Michael Shannon (Bullet Train), Mike Faist (West Side Story), and Boyd Holbrook (Logan).
Inspired by Danny Lyon’s book of photography, The Bikeriders is produced by Tri-State...
The film currently sits at 85% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics calling it “an affectionate take on a much-romanticized subculture” and “a vivid, fleshed-out insider’s eye view of a subculture populated by authentically hard-edged lost souls”.
Oscar nominee Austin Butler (Elvis), Emmy Award winner Jodie Comer (Killing Eve), Oscar nominee Tom Hardy (The Revenant), and Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead) lead the cast. The ensemble also includes Michael Shannon (Bullet Train), Mike Faist (West Side Story), and Boyd Holbrook (Logan).
Inspired by Danny Lyon’s book of photography, The Bikeriders is produced by Tri-State...
- 12/8/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Fantasy is a genre that is often hard done by the awards groups, particularly the academy. Occasionally, the odd masterpiece such as Peter Jackson‘s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, which won 17 Oscars, will break their barrier but, in general, the genre doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. Even “Harry Potter” failed to earn an Oscar win and was never nominated in any above-the-line category.
However, Andrew Haigh‘s “All of Us Strangers” is poised to be the next fantastical film that makes the academy’s voters sit up and take notice. Part romance, part ghost story, the film is loosely based on Taichi Yamada‘s 1987 novel “Strangers.” The story follows Andrew Scott‘s Adam as a writer struggling with his latest project who forms a relationship with Paul Mescal‘s Harry. As their relationship progresses, Adam finds himself drawn to his past and visits his hometown only...
However, Andrew Haigh‘s “All of Us Strangers” is poised to be the next fantastical film that makes the academy’s voters sit up and take notice. Part romance, part ghost story, the film is loosely based on Taichi Yamada‘s 1987 novel “Strangers.” The story follows Andrew Scott‘s Adam as a writer struggling with his latest project who forms a relationship with Paul Mescal‘s Harry. As their relationship progresses, Adam finds himself drawn to his past and visits his hometown only...
- 11/24/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
UK film-makers such as Molly Manning Walker, Charlotte Regan and Luna Carmoon are part of a new wave taking top awards at the film festivals
‘Stuff happened, you know?’ How to Have Sex director Molly Manning Walker on wild youth, Magaluf and storming Cannes
You haven’t imagined it. What started out as a trickle of fresh talent into the British film industry just a few years ago has gathered momentum into a fully fledged new wave. First features from British film-makers have triumphed at international film festivals, and they have also found engaged and receptive audiences in cinemas. Recent box office successes include Charlotte Wells’s indie phenomenon Aftersun and Scrapper, which fought its corner impressively against the Barbenheimer juggernaut.
So what’s behind it all? Certainly, a push to diversify the range of voices within the industry has had a considerable effect, with women and people of colour...
‘Stuff happened, you know?’ How to Have Sex director Molly Manning Walker on wild youth, Magaluf and storming Cannes
You haven’t imagined it. What started out as a trickle of fresh talent into the British film industry just a few years ago has gathered momentum into a fully fledged new wave. First features from British film-makers have triumphed at international film festivals, and they have also found engaged and receptive audiences in cinemas. Recent box office successes include Charlotte Wells’s indie phenomenon Aftersun and Scrapper, which fought its corner impressively against the Barbenheimer juggernaut.
So what’s behind it all? Certainly, a push to diversify the range of voices within the industry has had a considerable effect, with women and people of colour...
- 10/8/2023
- by Wendy Ide and Guy Lodge
- The Guardian - Film News
As I leave the post, I look back on how cinema has changed since 2013 and, below, pick a favourite movie from each year of my tenure – as well as a turkey
This week, I filed my final column as chief film critic for the Observer. I’m stepping down after exactly 10 years in the role, making way for the brilliant Wendy Ide to take over the reins and put her own inimitable stamp on the paper. A longstanding colleague and friend, Wendy is an exceptional critic and I look forward to reading her insightful and elegant reviews in these pages for years to come. In the meantime, looking back at my own experiences over the past decade, I’m struck by how much the moviegoing landscape has changed.
When I took over from the great Philip French in September 2013, Kathryn Bigelow was still the only woman to have won the Oscar for best director,...
This week, I filed my final column as chief film critic for the Observer. I’m stepping down after exactly 10 years in the role, making way for the brilliant Wendy Ide to take over the reins and put her own inimitable stamp on the paper. A longstanding colleague and friend, Wendy is an exceptional critic and I look forward to reading her insightful and elegant reviews in these pages for years to come. In the meantime, looking back at my own experiences over the past decade, I’m struck by how much the moviegoing landscape has changed.
When I took over from the great Philip French in September 2013, Kathryn Bigelow was still the only woman to have won the Oscar for best director,...
- 9/17/2023
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Film had its world premiere in competition at Venice this week.
Filmmakers have stepped in to defend Agnieszka Holland after her Venice competition film The Green Border was strongly criticised by a leading member of Poland’s conservative government for its depiction of the treatment of migrants along the Poland-Belarus border.
Comparing the film to Nazi propaganda, Poland’s hard-right justice minister, Zbigniew Ziobro wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: “In the Third Reich, the Germans produced propaganda films showing Poles as bandits and murderers. Today they have Agnieszka Holland for that.”
The Green Border tells the story of refugees,...
Filmmakers have stepped in to defend Agnieszka Holland after her Venice competition film The Green Border was strongly criticised by a leading member of Poland’s conservative government for its depiction of the treatment of migrants along the Poland-Belarus border.
Comparing the film to Nazi propaganda, Poland’s hard-right justice minister, Zbigniew Ziobro wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: “In the Third Reich, the Germans produced propaganda films showing Poles as bandits and murderers. Today they have Agnieszka Holland for that.”
The Green Border tells the story of refugees,...
- 9/6/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
$4 tickets at participating US cinemas cover Barbie, Oppenheimer, new releases Gran Turismo: Based On A True Story, Golda.
The National Cinema Day initiative that launched a year ago in the US is set to return for its second iteration on August 27.
Tickets will cost up to $4 and include films in active release at what is expected to be more than 3,000 participating cinemas and 30,000 screens.
Titles include Barbie, Oppenheimer, Meg 2: The Trench, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, and Strays.
The offering covers this weekend’s upcoming arrivals Gran Turismo: Based On A True Story, Golda. The Hill, Retribution, and Bottoms,...
The National Cinema Day initiative that launched a year ago in the US is set to return for its second iteration on August 27.
Tickets will cost up to $4 and include films in active release at what is expected to be more than 3,000 participating cinemas and 30,000 screens.
Titles include Barbie, Oppenheimer, Meg 2: The Trench, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, and Strays.
The offering covers this weekend’s upcoming arrivals Gran Turismo: Based On A True Story, Golda. The Hill, Retribution, and Bottoms,...
- 8/21/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Ide will continue to write reviews for Screen International.
Wendy Ide, part of Screen International’s team of critics, is replacing Mark Kermode as chief critic at UK newspaper The Observer.
Ide will continue to write reviews for Screen International.
Screen’s executive editor, reviews and new talent, Fionnuala Halligan said: “We at Screen are absolutely delighted by Wendy’s appointment at The Observer. It’s so well deserved. She is, and remains, a key member of our reviews team on whose judgment, and elegant consideration, of independent cinema we rely.
”Wendy will continue to travel extensively for Screen, discovering...
Wendy Ide, part of Screen International’s team of critics, is replacing Mark Kermode as chief critic at UK newspaper The Observer.
Ide will continue to write reviews for Screen International.
Screen’s executive editor, reviews and new talent, Fionnuala Halligan said: “We at Screen are absolutely delighted by Wendy’s appointment at The Observer. It’s so well deserved. She is, and remains, a key member of our reviews team on whose judgment, and elegant consideration, of independent cinema we rely.
”Wendy will continue to travel extensively for Screen, discovering...
- 8/21/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Wendy Ide, a regular contributor to the newspaper since 2017, says she is ‘beyond honoured’ to take over the role
All cinemas seats are not the same. Comfy or lumpy, there are some views of the screen that are more coveted than others. This weekend, Mark Kermode, the Observer’s chief film critic for 10 years, announces that he will vacate one of the best seats in the house and usher in Wendy Ide, who is to take up his place on the newspaper.
It is a post that was held for 35 years by the late Philip French, during whose tenure the film review pages became an esteemed place to set in context both popular and independent cinema; to praise its triumphs and to laugh at its cliches.
All cinemas seats are not the same. Comfy or lumpy, there are some views of the screen that are more coveted than others. This weekend, Mark Kermode, the Observer’s chief film critic for 10 years, announces that he will vacate one of the best seats in the house and usher in Wendy Ide, who is to take up his place on the newspaper.
It is a post that was held for 35 years by the late Philip French, during whose tenure the film review pages became an esteemed place to set in context both popular and independent cinema; to praise its triumphs and to laugh at its cliches.
- 8/19/2023
- by Vanessa Thorpe, Arts and Media Correspondent
- The Guardian - Film News
A record 102 reviews were published in the festival’s 12 days.
With its review of the closing film, Elemental, Screen International marks the second year in which it has reviewed every title in selection at Cannes during the festival itself — from Official Selection - Competition, Un Certain Regard, Special Screenings, Out of Competition and midnight - to Quinzaine and Critics Week.
That makes a record 102 reviews published in the festival’s 12 days from a team of highly experienced and professional trade critics.
Led by executive editor, reviews, Fionnuala Halligan and deputy reviews editor Nikki Baughan Screen’s critics team at Cannes also included Wendy Ide,...
With its review of the closing film, Elemental, Screen International marks the second year in which it has reviewed every title in selection at Cannes during the festival itself — from Official Selection - Competition, Un Certain Regard, Special Screenings, Out of Competition and midnight - to Quinzaine and Critics Week.
That makes a record 102 reviews published in the festival’s 12 days from a team of highly experienced and professional trade critics.
Led by executive editor, reviews, Fionnuala Halligan and deputy reviews editor Nikki Baughan Screen’s critics team at Cannes also included Wendy Ide,...
- 5/31/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
A record 102 reviews were published in the festival’s 12 days.
With its review of the closing film, Elemental, Screen International marks the second year in which it has reviewed every title in selection at Cannes during the festival itself — from Official Selection - Competition, Un Certain Regard, Special Screenings, Out of Competition and midnight - to Quinzaine and Critics Week.
That makes a record 102 reviews published in the festival’s 12 days from a team of highly experienced and professional trade critics.
Led by executive editor, reviews, Fionnuala Halligan and deputy reviews editor Nikki Baughan Screen’s critics team at Cannes also included Wendy Ide,...
With its review of the closing film, Elemental, Screen International marks the second year in which it has reviewed every title in selection at Cannes during the festival itself — from Official Selection - Competition, Un Certain Regard, Special Screenings, Out of Competition and midnight - to Quinzaine and Critics Week.
That makes a record 102 reviews published in the festival’s 12 days from a team of highly experienced and professional trade critics.
Led by executive editor, reviews, Fionnuala Halligan and deputy reviews editor Nikki Baughan Screen’s critics team at Cannes also included Wendy Ide,...
- 5/31/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Critics this year include LA Times’ Justin Chang, Die Zeit’s Katja Nicodemus, and Positif’s Michel Ciment.
Screen International has revealed its critics for the jury grid that will run throughout the 2023 Cannes Film Festival (May 16-27).
Joining Screen’s reviewing team will be critics from 11 international outlets to give their verdict on the 21 films in Competition this year for the Palme d’Or.
The results will be published in Screen’s Cannes daily magazines and for the first time the grid will also be updated live on screendaily.com.
Egyptian critic Ahmed Shawky joins the Screen jury critics...
Screen International has revealed its critics for the jury grid that will run throughout the 2023 Cannes Film Festival (May 16-27).
Joining Screen’s reviewing team will be critics from 11 international outlets to give their verdict on the 21 films in Competition this year for the Palme d’Or.
The results will be published in Screen’s Cannes daily magazines and for the first time the grid will also be updated live on screendaily.com.
Egyptian critic Ahmed Shawky joins the Screen jury critics...
- 5/16/2023
- by ¬Ella Gauci
- ScreenDaily
Helen Mirren recently made her DC Extended Universe debut in Shazam! Fury of The Gods. The actor said she did a few of her stunts in the movie, resulting in a painful injury. However, Mirren refused to tell anyone on the set of Shazam! 2 that she had gotten hurt.
Helen Mirren causes trouble as the villain Hespera in ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’
In the first Shazam! movie, a young Billy Batson is chosen by the ancient wizard Shazam to succeed him as his champion. Billy gains superpowers allowing him to transform into an adult superhero. He and his foster brother, Freddy, work to discover Billy’s new powers, and along the way, Billy shares his powers with his foster siblings, defeating the evil Dr. Thaddeus Sivana.
The long-awaited sequel, Shazam! Fury of the Gods recently premiered, and this time, Billy and his siblings have two extremely powerful celestials to defeat.
Helen Mirren causes trouble as the villain Hespera in ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’
In the first Shazam! movie, a young Billy Batson is chosen by the ancient wizard Shazam to succeed him as his champion. Billy gains superpowers allowing him to transform into an adult superhero. He and his foster brother, Freddy, work to discover Billy’s new powers, and along the way, Billy shares his powers with his foster siblings, defeating the evil Dr. Thaddeus Sivana.
The long-awaited sequel, Shazam! Fury of the Gods recently premiered, and this time, Billy and his siblings have two extremely powerful celestials to defeat.
- 3/26/2023
- by Produced by Digital Editors
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Guillermo del Toro defends divisive new film Bardo: ‘Anyone confused about the plot, my condolences’
Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has shared some sparring words for those “confused” by Alejandro González Iñárritu’s newest film Bardo, False Chronicles of a Handful of Truths.
Since Iñárritu’s drama comedy made its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in early September, followed by its theatrical release last week (18 November), it’s received mixed reviews from critics and audiences alike for being too “indulgent” and “tedious”.
At the time of writing, the movie, which follows the deeply personal story of Silverio Gacho (Daniel Giménez Cacho), a renowned Mexican journalist and filmmaker, holds a critics rating of 57 per cent and an 83 per cent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
“It’s audacious, bold film-making, a highly personal work that is cluttered with symbolism and bloated with self-regard,” The Observer’s Wendy Ide wrote, with Time’s Stephanie Zacharek, similarly finding it “exhausting”.
“Iñárritu has a lot of thoughts and feelings,...
Since Iñárritu’s drama comedy made its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in early September, followed by its theatrical release last week (18 November), it’s received mixed reviews from critics and audiences alike for being too “indulgent” and “tedious”.
At the time of writing, the movie, which follows the deeply personal story of Silverio Gacho (Daniel Giménez Cacho), a renowned Mexican journalist and filmmaker, holds a critics rating of 57 per cent and an 83 per cent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
“It’s audacious, bold film-making, a highly personal work that is cluttered with symbolism and bloated with self-regard,” The Observer’s Wendy Ide wrote, with Time’s Stephanie Zacharek, similarly finding it “exhausting”.
“Iñárritu has a lot of thoughts and feelings,...
- 11/21/2022
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - Film
“The Good Nurse” premiered at the Toronto Film Festival on September 11, 2022 and is available to stream on Netflix on October 26. Critics are giving high marks to the film from director Tobias Lindholm, cementing its place in the Oscar conversation this awards season. The cast is led by Academy Award winners Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne and tells the true story of Amy Loughren, a nurse suspicious that her colleague Charlie Cullen (Redmayne) is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths. With a score of 77 on Rotten Tomatoes, let’s look at what some critics are saying.
According to Gold Derby’s odds, Redmayne is in the best position to return to the Oscars for playing against type in this sinister role. He ranks ninth in our Best Supporting Actor odds with support of four experts: Christopher Rosen, Wilson Morales, Andrea Mandell and Shawn Edwards (who currently predicts the “Theory...
According to Gold Derby’s odds, Redmayne is in the best position to return to the Oscars for playing against type in this sinister role. He ranks ninth in our Best Supporting Actor odds with support of four experts: Christopher Rosen, Wilson Morales, Andrea Mandell and Shawn Edwards (who currently predicts the “Theory...
- 10/25/2022
- by Vincent Mandile
- Gold Derby
Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio” has entered the Best Picture conversation overnight following a successful premiere at the London Film Festival. But should we have counted it out in the first place? Del Toro’s recent track record—Best Picture winner “The Shape of Water” and nominee “Nightmare Alley”—makes him a hard filmmaker to ignore. He’s talked at length in promotional material about his personal relationship to the tale of the wooden boy and about the bond it fostered with his mother.
That’s the kind of narrative voters will be primed for in yet another year that sees an autobiographical drama as its Best Picture frontrunner. But there is a more compelling argument for the film’s pathway than that.
Netflix has several contenders on the fringe but no obvious play for the top prize. Their slate includes “Glass Onion,” “All Quiet On the Western Front,” “Bardo,...
That’s the kind of narrative voters will be primed for in yet another year that sees an autobiographical drama as its Best Picture frontrunner. But there is a more compelling argument for the film’s pathway than that.
Netflix has several contenders on the fringe but no obvious play for the top prize. Their slate includes “Glass Onion,” “All Quiet On the Western Front,” “Bardo,...
- 10/20/2022
- by Ronald Meyer
- Gold Derby
The first reviews are in for “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” and by all indications, the stop-motion animation is a resounding success. Fifteen years in the making, the film co-directed by del Toro and Mark Gustafson boasts an all-star cast of voice talent, including Ewan McGregor, Cate Blanchett, Christoph Waltz and Tilda Swinton. However, overwhelming praise for the latest take on Carlo Collodi’s classic tale centered on its visual and thematic approach.
Set in 1930s fascist Italy, “Pinocchio” separates itself from the rest as a “family movie” that “does not shy away from dark themes of death and war,” per Insider. Its critic Ayomikun Adekaiyero wrote that the adaptation “justifies its existence by modernizing the tale with beautiful stop-motion animation and a tear-jerking story.” On the flip side, Adekaiyero was “disappointed by the mediocrity of the musical elements of the movie,” adding that they were “secondary to the story.
Set in 1930s fascist Italy, “Pinocchio” separates itself from the rest as a “family movie” that “does not shy away from dark themes of death and war,” per Insider. Its critic Ayomikun Adekaiyero wrote that the adaptation “justifies its existence by modernizing the tale with beautiful stop-motion animation and a tear-jerking story.” On the flip side, Adekaiyero was “disappointed by the mediocrity of the musical elements of the movie,” adding that they were “secondary to the story.
- 10/17/2022
- by Harper Lambert and Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Long-time chief critic and reviews editor will also roll out the trade magazine’s new talent programme.
Screen International has promoted Fionnuala Halligan to executive editor, reviews and new talent, formalising the responsibility for developing its new talent ‘Stars’ programme globally alongside her long-term roles as chief film critic and reviews editor.
Halligan, whose association with Screen dates to the late 1990s, will take up the position immediately.
Joining her as deputy reviews editor is Nikki Baughan, who has worked with Screen International as contributing editor since 2016.
Halligan has been building Screen’s reviews desk for the last seven years,...
Screen International has promoted Fionnuala Halligan to executive editor, reviews and new talent, formalising the responsibility for developing its new talent ‘Stars’ programme globally alongside her long-term roles as chief film critic and reviews editor.
Halligan, whose association with Screen dates to the late 1990s, will take up the position immediately.
Joining her as deputy reviews editor is Nikki Baughan, who has worked with Screen International as contributing editor since 2016.
Halligan has been building Screen’s reviews desk for the last seven years,...
- 9/20/2022
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Critics reviewing for 10 international outlets will join Screen’s own reviewing team to give their verdicts on each of the 21 films in Competition.
Screen International has revealed its critics for the jury grid that will run throughout the 2022 Cannes Film Festival (May 17-28).
Critics reviewing for 10 international outlets will join Screen’s own reviewing team to give their verdicts on each of the 21 films in Competition for the Palme d’Or this year.
This year Screen’s long-term Russian contributor to the jury, Anton Dolin, will be joined by his Ukrainian counterpart, Nataliia Serebriakova. Both have had to leave their...
Screen International has revealed its critics for the jury grid that will run throughout the 2022 Cannes Film Festival (May 17-28).
Critics reviewing for 10 international outlets will join Screen’s own reviewing team to give their verdicts on each of the 21 films in Competition for the Palme d’Or this year.
This year Screen’s long-term Russian contributor to the jury, Anton Dolin, will be joined by his Ukrainian counterpart, Nataliia Serebriakova. Both have had to leave their...
- 5/12/2022
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
After countless delays, Wonder Woman 1984 is finally almost here. With theaters still in poor shape, Warner Bros. elected to release the much-anticipated DC sequel on HBO Max domestically this Christmas Day, with the rest of the world able to catch it on the big screen later this week. That means the first reviews are already out for the movie, then, along with the film’s Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic scores. And thankfully, they’re pretty positive.
At the time of writing, WW84 sits at an impressive 89% on Rt based on 61 reviews. 54 critics have rated it Fresh so far, while 7 have handed it a Rotten rating. Overall, that gives it a 7.3/10 average rating. Among the top critics’ opinions on the site is The Financial Times’ Wendy Ide, who describe it as “a dayglo romp” with “thrilling set pieces and [an] optimistic depiction of humanity” that is “exactly the kind of heady escapism we need right now.
At the time of writing, WW84 sits at an impressive 89% on Rt based on 61 reviews. 54 critics have rated it Fresh so far, while 7 have handed it a Rotten rating. Overall, that gives it a 7.3/10 average rating. Among the top critics’ opinions on the site is The Financial Times’ Wendy Ide, who describe it as “a dayglo romp” with “thrilling set pieces and [an] optimistic depiction of humanity” that is “exactly the kind of heady escapism we need right now.
- 12/15/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
Throughout history comedies have had a rocky relationship with the Academy Awards, often being overlooked for films that pour on the drama. That’s why the Golden Globes are often seen as the celebratory event for the funniest movies of the year, with special categories for the comedy film, actor and actress. In 2017, however, the Globes shockingly snubbed one of the most acclaimed films of the year, “The Big Sick” from producer Judd Apatow (ironically writers Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon received Oscar nominations for Best Original Screenplay). Now they have an opportunity to make amends with Apatow’s hottest contender of the year, “The King of Staten Island,” which he also directed and co-wrote with its star Pete Davidson (“Saturday Night Live).
Originally slated for a theatrical release, Universal Pictures decided to launch the film digitally on June 12, 2020. In its debut weekend, “The King of Staten Island” was the most rented film on FandangoNow,...
Originally slated for a theatrical release, Universal Pictures decided to launch the film digitally on June 12, 2020. In its debut weekend, “The King of Staten Island” was the most rented film on FandangoNow,...
- 10/19/2020
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Pixar Animation Studios’ highly anticipated film, “Soul,” isn’t set to premiere on Disney+ on December 25, but early critics’ reviews indicate the “visually glorious” animated feature will be worth the wait. Oscar-winning director Pete Docter (“Up” and “Inside Out”) is at the helm of this “densely packed, exquisitely executed” feature that recently screened at BFI London Film Festival.
As of this writing the film, which is Pixar’s first with a black lead character, has a MetaCritic score of 91 based on seven reviews. Over at Rotten Tomatoes, “Soul” has a perfect 100% freshness rating based on 13 independent reviews to date. Kaleem Aftab from “IndieWire” writes, “Like some of the best jazz compositions, it uses traditional framework to veer off in many unexpected directions, so that even the inevitable end point feels just right.”
This Oscar contender for Best Animated Feature follows middle school band teacher Joe Gardner (voiced by Jamie Foxx...
As of this writing the film, which is Pixar’s first with a black lead character, has a MetaCritic score of 91 based on seven reviews. Over at Rotten Tomatoes, “Soul” has a perfect 100% freshness rating based on 13 independent reviews to date. Kaleem Aftab from “IndieWire” writes, “Like some of the best jazz compositions, it uses traditional framework to veer off in many unexpected directions, so that even the inevitable end point feels just right.”
This Oscar contender for Best Animated Feature follows middle school band teacher Joe Gardner (voiced by Jamie Foxx...
- 10/12/2020
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Pixar’s ‘Soul’ Is an ‘Utterly Mind-Blowing,’ ‘Genuinely Profound’ ‘Captivating Journey,’ Critics Say
The pandemic may have pushed “Soul” out of theaters, but if critics’ reviews of Pixar’s latest film are any indication, it is on its way to becoming known as one of the animation studio’s finest films.
While only a handful of reviews have been published so far from the film’s screening at the London Film Festival, “Soul” has been effusively praised as one of Pixar’s most visually and thematically ambitious stories yet. The film follows Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx), a music teacher who risks his financially stable job to fulfill his dream of a jazz career.
But just when he nails the audition, a freak accident hurtles him into a dimension of souls, where he is offered a chance to return to his life if he can teach a stubborn soul-in-training named 22 (Tina Fey) that life is worth living.
Under special rules instituted by the Academy...
While only a handful of reviews have been published so far from the film’s screening at the London Film Festival, “Soul” has been effusively praised as one of Pixar’s most visually and thematically ambitious stories yet. The film follows Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx), a music teacher who risks his financially stable job to fulfill his dream of a jazz career.
But just when he nails the audition, a freak accident hurtles him into a dimension of souls, where he is offered a chance to return to his life if he can teach a stubborn soul-in-training named 22 (Tina Fey) that life is worth living.
Under special rules instituted by the Academy...
- 10/12/2020
- by Rosemary Rossi and Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
The artistic director reflects on this year’s festival.
Bero Beyer, the outgoing artistic director of International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr), says new talent should not try to compete with Disney if they are to be successful in the film industry. “You’re not going to beat Disney at their own game. So don’t even try.”
To foster this mindset, the theme of the final year of his five-year stint at the helm of the Rotterdam Film Festival was ‘New Talent.’ In March, Beyer will take over as CEO of the Netherlands Film Fund.
“What I hope to be...
Bero Beyer, the outgoing artistic director of International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr), says new talent should not try to compete with Disney if they are to be successful in the film industry. “You’re not going to beat Disney at their own game. So don’t even try.”
To foster this mindset, the theme of the final year of his five-year stint at the helm of the Rotterdam Film Festival was ‘New Talent.’ In March, Beyer will take over as CEO of the Netherlands Film Fund.
“What I hope to be...
- 2/1/2020
- by 1101024¦Kaleem Aftab¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The legal drama “Just Mercy” aims for inspiration over the holidays, opening Christmas Day with its story of real-life legal crusader Bryan Stevenson (Michael B. Jordan), who fought to save a wrongly convicted man (Jamie Foxx) from death row. But did it land with critics?
As of this writing the film has a MetaCritic score of 66 based on 21 reviews counted thus far: 15 positive, 6 somewhat mixed, but none outright negative. Elsewhere, the film has a Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating of 79% based on 81 reviews. Rt classifies reviews merely as positive or negative, which means 64 of those critics give it a thumbs up, while 17 give it a thumbs down. The Rt critics’ consensus sums up the film’s reception by saying, “‘Just Mercy’ dramatizes a real-life injustice with solid performances, a steady directorial hand, and enough urgency to overcome a certain degree of earnest advocacy.”
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As of this writing the film has a MetaCritic score of 66 based on 21 reviews counted thus far: 15 positive, 6 somewhat mixed, but none outright negative. Elsewhere, the film has a Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating of 79% based on 81 reviews. Rt classifies reviews merely as positive or negative, which means 64 of those critics give it a thumbs up, while 17 give it a thumbs down. The Rt critics’ consensus sums up the film’s reception by saying, “‘Just Mercy’ dramatizes a real-life injustice with solid performances, a steady directorial hand, and enough urgency to overcome a certain degree of earnest advocacy.”
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- 12/24/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Who’d have thought that Adam Sandler would be one of 2019’s biggest critical darlings? Well, that’s not exactly a new occurrence. In-between the broad comedies he’s best known for, he has set foot in the art house a few times already, notably with “Punch-Drunk Love” (2002) and “The Meyerowitz Stories” (2017). Now he stars in “Uncut Gems,” which opened on December 13 — Friday the 13th, no less, which is fitting since he plays the unluckiest man in the world, a gambling addict digging himself deeper and deeper into debt.
As of this writing the film has a MetaCritic score of 89 based on 30 reviews counted so far, 28 positive and only 2 somewhat mixed, but none classified as outright negative. That makes it one of the top 10 highest rated films of the year on the review aggregator. Over on Rotten Tomatoes, which classifies reviews simply as pass or fail, as opposed to Mc...
As of this writing the film has a MetaCritic score of 89 based on 30 reviews counted so far, 28 positive and only 2 somewhat mixed, but none classified as outright negative. That makes it one of the top 10 highest rated films of the year on the review aggregator. Over on Rotten Tomatoes, which classifies reviews simply as pass or fail, as opposed to Mc...
- 12/13/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Could Antonio Banderas finally be on his way to his first Oscar nomination — and maybe even a win? The Spanish actor has often been overlooked as a heartthrob, but his performance in “Pain and Glory,” which reunites him with director Pedro Almodovar to play a semi-autobiographical version of the filmmaker, might just do the trick. The film opened on October 4, and the reviews have mostly been glowing.
As of this writing the film has a MetaCritic score of 85 based on 25 reviews counted thus far: 22 positive, 3 somewhat mixed. On Rotten Tomatoes, which rates films strictly on a pass/fail basis, it has a freshness rating of 96% based on 132 reviews: 127 positive and only 5 negative. The Rt critics’ consensus says, “‘Pain and Glory’ finds writer-director Pedro Almodóvar drawing on his own life to rewarding effect — and honoring his craft as only a master filmmaker can.”
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As of this writing the film has a MetaCritic score of 85 based on 25 reviews counted thus far: 22 positive, 3 somewhat mixed. On Rotten Tomatoes, which rates films strictly on a pass/fail basis, it has a freshness rating of 96% based on 132 reviews: 127 positive and only 5 negative. The Rt critics’ consensus says, “‘Pain and Glory’ finds writer-director Pedro Almodóvar drawing on his own life to rewarding effect — and honoring his craft as only a master filmmaker can.”
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- 10/4/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: The UK Jewish Film Festival (Nov 6-23) has assembled a strong jury lineup for its 23rd edition including BAFTA chairwoman Jane Lush, Bridget Jones’s Baby scribe Dan Mazer, former Storyville boss Nick Fraser and Three Identical Strangers director Tim Wardle. Scroll down for the full list of jurors.
The festival program will be revealed on September 19 and organizers tell us it will be the biggest to date. The hub of the festival will be in London but there are due to be regional screenings in more than 20 cities in the UK.
Last year the Dorfman Best Film Award went to Wardle’s acclaimed doc Three Identical Strangers. There were special screenings for movies including Foxtrot, Promise At Dawn, Working Woman and Philip Roth adaptation The Human Stain. Guests included Simon Chinn, Mélanie Thierry and David Schneider.
The festival featured 85 films from 16 countries, including 51 UK premieres, at 21 cinemas in London,...
The festival program will be revealed on September 19 and organizers tell us it will be the biggest to date. The hub of the festival will be in London but there are due to be regional screenings in more than 20 cities in the UK.
Last year the Dorfman Best Film Award went to Wardle’s acclaimed doc Three Identical Strangers. There were special screenings for movies including Foxtrot, Promise At Dawn, Working Woman and Philip Roth adaptation The Human Stain. Guests included Simon Chinn, Mélanie Thierry and David Schneider.
The festival featured 85 films from 16 countries, including 51 UK premieres, at 21 cinemas in London,...
- 9/11/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Screen editor Matt Mueller is joined by critics Wendy Ide and Jonathan Romney, producer Rebecca O’Brien, HanWay’s Gabrielle Stewart, Premier PR’s Liz Miller and Dda’s Lawrence Atkinson.
Screen International reports from the Cannes Film Festival in the second of our new Media Business Podcasts, brought to listeners monthly by Media Business Insight, the publisher of Screen International and Broadcast.
In this special edition recorded on the ground at the Cannes Film Festival, which runs until May 25, Screen International editor Matt Mueller is joined by Screen critics Wendy Ide and Jonathan Romney for a rundown of their...
Screen International reports from the Cannes Film Festival in the second of our new Media Business Podcasts, brought to listeners monthly by Media Business Insight, the publisher of Screen International and Broadcast.
In this special edition recorded on the ground at the Cannes Film Festival, which runs until May 25, Screen International editor Matt Mueller is joined by Screen critics Wendy Ide and Jonathan Romney for a rundown of their...
- 5/18/2019
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Cinephiles rushed to praise the list and take it to task: here are some responses that stood out
Last Sunday, in the Observer special supplement on European cinema, we published a list of 25 films from across the continent that we felt were essential viewing in these tumultuous times.
Compiled by Observer critics Mark Kermode, Simran Hans, Wendy Ide, Guy Lodge and Jonathan Romney, and edited down to the final 25 by me, the list ran in chronological order from 1922 (Nosferatu) to 2017 (On Body and Soul), taking in masterpieces from France, Italy, Poland, Romania, Greece and the UK along the way.
Last Sunday, in the Observer special supplement on European cinema, we published a list of 25 films from across the continent that we felt were essential viewing in these tumultuous times.
Compiled by Observer critics Mark Kermode, Simran Hans, Wendy Ide, Guy Lodge and Jonathan Romney, and edited down to the final 25 by me, the list ran in chronological order from 1922 (Nosferatu) to 2017 (On Body and Soul), taking in masterpieces from France, Italy, Poland, Romania, Greece and the UK along the way.
- 2/16/2019
- by Killian Fox
- The Guardian - Film News
A total of 10 recent European films were showcased in the initiative.
German director Anne Zohra Berrached’s late-term abortion drama 24 Weeks has scooped the top €30,000 audience award of the third edition of the online Artekino Festival, running Dec 1-31, 2018.
A joint-venture between Franco-German broadcaster Arte and Paris-based film industry platform Festival Scope, the online festival was available in 45 territories across Europe and in several languages including, for the first time, Ukrainian, Romanian, Hungarian and Portuguese.
A total of 10 recent European films were showcased in the initiative, including UK director Deborah Haywood’s Pin Cushion and Polish filmmaker Malgorzata Szumowska’s Mug.
German director Anne Zohra Berrached’s late-term abortion drama 24 Weeks has scooped the top €30,000 audience award of the third edition of the online Artekino Festival, running Dec 1-31, 2018.
A joint-venture between Franco-German broadcaster Arte and Paris-based film industry platform Festival Scope, the online festival was available in 45 territories across Europe and in several languages including, for the first time, Ukrainian, Romanian, Hungarian and Portuguese.
A total of 10 recent European films were showcased in the initiative, including UK director Deborah Haywood’s Pin Cushion and Polish filmmaker Malgorzata Szumowska’s Mug.
- 1/9/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Since becoming a mother in 2004, Julia Roberts has only starred in a handful of movies. This 2000 Best Actress Oscar winner (“Erin Brockovich”) has often opted for less time-consuming supporting roles or voice work. That she agreed to headline Peter Hedges‘ intense family drama “Ben is Back” tells you that the project is something special. Here are five reasons why her tour-de-force performance as a mother determined to keep her drug-addicted son from relapsing will bring her back to the Academy Awards.
1. She is getting some of the best reviews of her career
Hedges is a well-regarded filmmaker. He reaped an Oscar bid for his adaptation of Nick Hornsby‘s novel “About a Boy” and two Indie Spirit bids for his directorial debut “Pieces of April.” His new film scores an impressive 84 on Rotten Tomatoes, with that review aggregator calling it, “refreshingly understated as it subverts family drama stereotypes and provides...
1. She is getting some of the best reviews of her career
Hedges is a well-regarded filmmaker. He reaped an Oscar bid for his adaptation of Nick Hornsby‘s novel “About a Boy” and two Indie Spirit bids for his directorial debut “Pieces of April.” His new film scores an impressive 84 on Rotten Tomatoes, with that review aggregator calling it, “refreshingly understated as it subverts family drama stereotypes and provides...
- 11/21/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
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