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Two women, one with short blonde hair and the other with dark hair, sitting in front of a yellow wall with lightning bolt shapes.
Review

Oppenheimer review – Cillian Murphy’s finest hour

by David Jenkins

This com­bustible and relent­less­ly-paced biog­ra­phy of the ​“father of the the atom­ic bomb” is a con­tender for Christo­pher Nolan’s best film.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
A pensive man with a serious expression, wearing a black jumper, in a dimly lit setting.
Review

The Son

by Hannah Strong

Play­wright-turned-film­mak­er Flo­ri­an Zeller’s fol­low-up to The Father fails to achieve the emo­tion­al res­o­nance of its predecessor.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A pensive man with a serious expression, wearing a black jumper, in a dimly lit setting.
Festivals

The Son – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Despite boast­ing some big names, Flo­ri­an Zeller’s fol­low-up to The Father is a missed oppor­tu­ni­ty to tack­le the weighty sub­ject of teen depression.
Close-up of a serious-looking man wearing a wide-brimmed hat and smoking a cigarette, in black and white.
Incoming

Everything we know about Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer

by Elizabeth Wiart

The British writer/​director has lined up an all-star cast for his forth­com­ing biopic of the father of the atom bomb.
Elderly man with grey hair and beard sitting in a chair, wearing a dark green jumper.
Review

The Father

by Hannah Strong

Antho­ny Hop­kins is at the peak of his act­ing pow­ers in this mov­ing dra­ma about the banal­i­ty of ageing.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Two elderly men in casual clothing, one with grey hair and a beard, the other with glasses, engaged in a lively conversation and gesturing.
Incoming

Florian Zeller will continue to scale the family tree with The Son

by Charles Bramesco

The writer/​director of The Father is set to adapt his own play for his next fea­ture film.