Ryan Gosling

The Fall Guy review – good stunts, appalling script

By Hannah Strong

In David Leitch's bombastic salute to the Hollywood stunt industry, Ryan Gosling becomes inadvertently embroiled in a nefarious plot while trying to regain the trust of his former lover.

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Barbie review – a gorgeously weird blockbuster event

By Hannah Strong

Greta Gerwig's behemoth blockbuster is a stranger, more fascinating film than its hyper-corporate marketing would suggest.

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The thunder and the fury of The Place Beyond the Pines

By Gayle Sequeira

A decade since its release, Derek Cianfrance's thriller about the intersecting lives of two young men in small-town America still stings.

Life is plastic and fantastic in the first Barbie trailer

By Charles Bramesco

Margot Robbie dons a great many outfits as the iconic children’s plaything in Greta Gerwig's technicolour dreamland.

Ryan Gosling set to star in drama about the life of a stuntman

By Charles Bramesco

John Wick co-director David Leitch will draw on his own experiences as a rough-and-tumble man of action.

Capitol Gains: The dramatic allure of political campaign films

By Elena Lazic

From The Candidate to The Front Runner, Hollywood has a rich history of illuminating the electoral process.

First Man

By Adam Woodward

Damien Chazelle’s dramatisation of the Apollo 11 mission only scratches the surface of its human subject.

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First Man – first look review

By Adam Woodward

Damien Chazelle’s technically accomplished Moon landing drama, starring Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy, fails to achieve lift off.

The Coen brothers are heading to the 2018 Venice Film Festival

By Adam Woodward

Their feature-length western will screen in competition alongside new works from Luca Guadagnino, Jennifer Kent and Alfonso Cuarón.

Damien Chazelle’s First Man to open the 2018 Venice Film Festival

By Adam Woodward

The writer/director will be hoping to use the festival as a launchpad for next year’s Oscars.

Paddington 2 director Paul King is planning a Willy Wonka movie

By Joel Down

The British director could be swapping marmalade sandwiches for chocolate sauce for this next project.

Why the future is not female in science fiction cinema

By Katie Goh

Films like Blade Runner 2049 project male fantasies by placing women in roles of domestic servitude.

Blade Runner 2049

By David Jenkins

Denis Villeneuve tangles with Replicants in this bombastic though naggingly shallow sci-fi sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 cult classic.

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Artificial Intelligence in the movies: What makes us human?

By Little White Lies

Before Blade Runner 2049 hits cinemas, video essayist Luís Azevedo explores a complex existential question.

Why Blade Runner 2049 feels particularly relevant in 2017

By Anastasia Miari

Denis Villeneuve’s hotly-anticipated sequel arrives a time of heightened cultural anxiety in the West.

Song to Song

By David Jenkins

Terrence Malick’s dazzling romance is a film that will be talked about for decades to come.

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A Blade Runner 2049 mobile game is in the works

By Juliette Cottu

You’ll soon be able to play with Ryan Gosling on your mobile device.

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