Film review | Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
When the legendary German director Werner Herzog releases a movie, you had best sit up and pay attention • 4/5
British actor John Hurt dies at 77
 Sir John Hurt, known for his roles in Alien and the Elephant Man, died on Friday • Hurt had been battling pancreatic cancer
Film review | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Beast of a blockbuster done right

JK Rowling herself makes a more than competent screenwriting debut with a story reverse-engineered from her original boy wizard saga • 3/5

JK Rowling herself makes a more than competent...

Film review | A Street Cat Named Bob: Holiday schmaltz with a welcome side of grit

A bestselling literary phenomenon that incorporates childhood trauma and a cute cat • 3/5

A bestselling literary phenomenon that incorporates...

40 years on, the world still loves Rocky Balboa

Written in three days, shot over 28 days and costing a mere $1 million,...

Written in three days, shot over 28 days and costing a mere...

Film review | Doctor Strange: Just what the doctor ordered

Marvel Studios gets a welcome jolt of colour with this Benedict Cumberbatch...

Marvel Studios gets a welcome jolt of colour with this...

Robert Vaughn dies: ‘Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ star passes way at 83

Actor Robert Vaughn died from acute leukaemia • He reached peak of his...

Actor Robert Vaughn died from acute leukaemia • He...

Film review | The Unknown Girl: All about the girl(s)

Your friendly neighbourhood film critic is currently in Rome, sampling the...

Your friendly neighbourhood film critic is currently in...

Oscar-winning film director Gabriele Salvatores filming in Malta

Italian film director Gabriele Salvatores’ work makes four international...

Italian film director Gabriele Salvatores’ work makes...

Don’t ignore what truly matters | Director Ryan Gatt on the spark that initiated Il-Komplici

Ahead of the screening of his short film adaptation of Walid Nabhan’s short story ‘Il-Komplici’ – produced by Simshar director Rebecca...

Ahead of the screening of his short film adaptation of...

Film review | Crossed lines from the front line

Your friendly neighbourhood film critic is currently in Rome, sampling the...

Your friendly neighbourhood film critic is currently in...

Film review | That undercover life

The Infiltrator brings on board Bryan Cranston to tell the story of how he helped compromise Pablo Escobar’s money laundering organisation in...

The Infiltrator brings on board Bryan Cranston...

Film Review | My family and other (wild) animals

Captain Fantastic is a heartfelt tribute to the flawed power of family love...

Captain Fantastic is a heartfelt tribute to the flawed...

‘Birds of a Feather’ latest international TV series filmed in Malta

Filming is currently under way at various locations around the Maltese Islands for popular British series which has been running for almost 30 years

Filming is currently under way at various locations around...

Film Review | The burden of absence

Loosely adapted from three short stories by celebrated Canadian author Alice Munro, Julieta somehow manages to be both a character study and an involving,...

Loosely adapted from three short stories by celebrated...

Film Review | Revenge is a dish that never gets cold

The initial response to the remake of The Magnificent Seven was typical...

The initial response to the remake of The Magnificent Seven...

Malta Film Commission invites bidders to submit proposals for high-end studio

Bidders who answered to an expression of interest for Kalkara studios, invited to submit detailed proposal

Bidders who answered to an expression of interest for...

Film Review | Kubo and the two strings

If there’s to be a complaint to be had towards Kubo and the Two Strings is that it’s a bit too short • 4/5 stars

If there’s to be a complaint to be had towards Kubo...

Film Review | Wishing it was 1959

Ben-Hur 2016 is more of a TV miniseries than Technicolor marvel • 2/5

Ben-Hur 2016 is more of a TV miniseries than...

‘Matrix’ co-director Lana Wachowski in Malta to shoot Netflix series Sense8

Lana Wachowski joined by Sense8 actresses Tuppence Middleton and Doona Bae at the Mediterranean Water Tanks in Kalkara

Lana Wachowski joined by Sense8 actresses Tuppence...