Clarisse Loughrey is the chief film critic for The Independent. She also co-hosts The Big Screen Book Club and Fade to Black podcasts.
An excellent performance from Billie Piper can’t cover up the fact that this is a slightly hollow dramatisation
An excellent performance from Billie Piper can’t cover up the fact that this is a slightly hollow dramatisation
Colman plays a judgy 1920s Little Englander inundated with vulgar correspondences in the post – with Jessie Buckley’s colourful Irish immigrant the prime suspect
Colman plays a judgy 1920s Little Englander inundated with vulgar correspondences in the post – with Jessie Buckley’s colourful Irish immigrant the prime suspect
This true-life tale of the American men’s rowing victory at the Hitler Olympics is far too traditional and stuffy to ever achieve lift-off
This true-life tale of the American men’s rowing victory at the Hitler Olympics is far too traditional and stuffy to ever achieve lift-off
Justine Triet’s austere, methodical thriller – which won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival – finds a woman put on trial for her husband’s mysterious death
Justine Triet’s austere, methodical thriller – which won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival – finds a woman put on trial for her husband’s mysterious death