Ann Hornaday

WIDE ANGLE: THE BOSS AT SEVENTY

Over the course of a nearly 50-year career, both as a solo performer and with the E Street Band, Bruce Springsteen’s Published 24 Nov, 2019 07:08am

Mission: Impossible — Fallout is big, convoluted and exhausting; it’s also good

IN Mission: Impossible - Fallout, the sixth instalment of the espionage-action franchise, Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt... Published 26 Jul, 2018 06:11am

Hollywood must get out and find its quiet places

WE’VE seen the figures in black and white, but the underperformance of Solo: A Star Wars Story becomes startlingly... Published 02 Jun, 2018 06:58am

Oscar nominations reflect an industry in flux, from outside and within

EVERY crop of Oscar nominees tells a story. This year, the films selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and... Published 25 Jan, 2018 06:15am

Darkest Hour is a soaring portrayal of Churchill on the eve of Dunkirk

UNTIL this year, perhaps the greatest piece of movie-making about Dunkirk was only part of a movie: it was a... Published 07 Dec, 2017 06:52am

Denzel Washington plays a knight in tarnished armour in Roman J. Israel, Esq.

DENZEL Washington delivers a performance for the ages in Roman J. Israel, Esq., an appealing if ultimately... Published 23 Nov, 2017 07:00am

WIDE ANGLE: IN THE NAME OF CINEMA

An Oscar-winning director goes virtual reality, and it’s utterly thrilling — but is it cinema? Published 16 Jul, 2017 07:37am

Pakistani-American stars in The Big Sick, a movie of romantic idealism

AS a genre, the romantic comedy has been on its last legs lately, mired in raunch and ribald jokes on the one hand,... Published 30 Jun, 2017 06:58am

If Daniel Day-Lewis is really done acting, is it any surprise he did it on his own terms?

I’VE only met Daniel Day-Lewis once, during a press junket for Gangs of New York. I sat next to him at a... Published 25 Jun, 2017 06:59am

The Putin Interviews and when cinematic events are outrun by events themselves

THERE was some kind of diabolical kismet at work this week when, in between the release of former FBI director James... Published 12 Jun, 2017 06:02am

The Trump-era movies

We need a cinematic language that goes beyond high-functioning warrior-technocrats Published 04 Jun, 2017 07:38am

In Trump-era movies, the war will not be normalised

Filmmakers discuss what will Trump Doctrine movies look like. Updated 13 May, 2017 11:41am

Risk offers an unsettling portrait of WikiLeaks founder

The film is guaranteed to stir up strong feelings among Assange supporters and sceptics alike. Updated 05 May, 2017 09:26am

WIDE ANGLE: IN THE PANTHEON OF GREAT ACTRESSES

Kidman’s genius is just as strategic as it is technical, in how she’s leveraged stardom on behalf of growth, taste and Updated 30 Apr, 2017 07:04am

SPOTLIGHT: AGE BEFORE BEAUTY

Feud makes an eloquent point: it’s rare to find movies centered on grown-up female characters Updated 23 Apr, 2017 09:06pm

The Mood at the Oscars

The win for Moonlight at the Oscars sent an encouraging message: Hollywood is bracing itself to respond as a creative... Updated 05 Mar, 2017 11:24am

Women almost never direct big movies, and Fifty Shades shows why that matters

IT’S never a good sign when a movie makes you think about statistics.That’s especially true when the movie is... Published 11 Feb, 2017 06:52am

Oscar nominations: the diversity is impressive — now time for a long-lasting reset

REDEMPTION — or at least a whiff of it — was in the air on Tuesday when nominations for the 89th Academy Awards... Published 26 Jan, 2017 07:01am

Culture: At the dawn of the Trump era, has cynicism in film become instantly obsolete?

In the course of Bad Santa 2, Billy Bob Thornton’s title character — a dissolute petty criminal who uses his... Updated 04 Dec, 2016 09:24am

The Eagle Huntress: a real-life heroine proves her mettle

AISHOLPAN Nurgaiv is a 13-year-old girl living with her nomadic family in Mongolia’s Altai mountains, a harsh,... Published 28 Oct, 2016 06:38am