Coming soon to bookstores

Yes, it's time. My book on Woody Allen, whose 45-film ouevre tested but did not defeat my hardy completist impulses — bring it on! — is ...

INTERVIEW: Laura Linney

'Linney has the droll, sympathetic manner of a veteran novelist: the kind of woman you might talk to all evening at a dinner party befor...

On my iPod June 29th 2015

1. Life's Work — The Weather Station 2. Vapour —Vancouver Sleep Clinic 3. The Only Thing Worth Fighting For — Lera Lynn 4. I Know I'...

The origins of the summer blockbuster

' Not for nothing does the trailer for Jurassic World feature a 15-ton Monosaurus, rearing up from a Seaworld-style lagoon to devour a d...

REVIEW: INSIDE OUT (dir. Docter)

'Like all Pixar films, the new one seems both impossible when you first hear of it and inevitable once you’ve seen it. The neurological ...

REVIEW: TRUE DETECTIVE SEASON 2

'Distinguishing the living from the dead has never been easy in this show. The dead refuse to depart and the living can’t wait to join t...

REVIEW: MR HOLMES (dir. Condon)

'In form, Mr Holmes approximates the cosy contours of the biopic — there are choo-choo trains, Bentleys, starched collars and walled gar...

ANNIVERSARY: JAWS 40th

'You remember the scene. Taking a break from dropping chum into the ocean to lure their rogue shark into the open, Quint, the barrel-che...

REVIEW: HOW STAR WARS CONQUERED THE UNIVERSE

' Stars Wars was a battle which landed Lucas in hospital and it shows: there’s fight in the picture. Everywhere you looked you saw marv...