Inside the 117-year-old costume archive that has dressed everything from Poor Things to Inglourious Basterds
Kate Winslet stars in ‘Lee’, the biopic of a second world war photographer; Ian McKellen delivers barbs and bullying in ‘The Critic’; Iranian film ‘My Favourite Cake’ is a touching portrait of later-life romance; ‘Speak No Evil’ is a dark comedy starring James McAvoy; Tim Burton squeezes more morbid comedy out of sequel ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’; Alicia Vikander is Henry VIII’s last wife in ‘Firebrand’ — reviews by Danny Leigh
Two couples meet on a scenic vacation; horror ensues
A widow embarks on a tentative romance in a bittersweet film overshadowed by criminal charges against its makers
Gemma Arterton, Lesley Manville and Mark Strong also star in Anand Tucker’s layered 1930s-set movie
Plus: Paul Rudd in suburban humiliation comedy ‘Friendship’ and documentary ‘Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story’
Biopic is a powerful portrait of the woman who captured striking images of the second world war
He plays the acerbic lead in Anand Tucker’s film ‘The Critic’. Our writer met them both at the FT Weekend Festival
Also showing: Mike Leigh’s latest family drama and stirring 1950s romance ‘On Swift Horses’
The best things start with a B
Investing in the film industry can redefine the continent’s narrative
He also stars as the father of an academic prodigy in a story of successes and crises
Unseen footage and a keen director’s eye shed fresh light on the stricken craft’s return to Earth
Catherine Parr is an ethical Machiavel in a fictionalised Tudor portrait that sometimes resembles ‘Horrible Histories’
The director aims to channel the spirit of his 1988 comedy in a patchy sequel starring Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder
The biopic focuses on a significant murder trial in France that became a test case for racism
Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix duet dangerously in musically driven movie unveiled at the Venice Film Festival
In an exclusive interview the actor talks Beetlejuice, bucking trends and always betting on himself
The multidisciplinary environmental project directed by Sophie Hunter begins in Venice — but has wider ambitions
The trippy adaptation of a William S Burroughs novel brings out Craig’s best-ever performance
Graham Greene and Carol Reed’s film shot in postwar Vienna featured a grumpy Joseph Cotten, a boozy cast — and the finest performance of Orson Welles’ career
The new Alien movie shows the mess that can occur when studios stop thinking about the bottom line
The Spanish director’s first feature-length English-language film lyrically looks back over a life
Highlights include Brady Corbet’s ‘The Brutalist’, Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas and an erotic thriller from Nicole Kidman
At the Venice Film Festival, director Brady Corbet tells the fascinating story of a proud man starting a new life in America
