Artificial is a terrifying look at AI – and the year’s most important film Life&Style Artificial film review and star rating as OpenAI movie premieres at the London Film Festival: ★★★★★ It isn’t typically a film’s duty to push a political agenda, but with Artificial, the biopic of OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman, there is a clear call to action. It is inevitable that people will ask: ‘What can this film [...]
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Artificial writer responds to OpenAI boss slamming film as ‘awful’ Life&Style The Artificial film about OpenAI is premiering at the London Film Festival this week AI movie Artificial premiered at the London Film Festival this week, chronicling the origin story of OpenAI founder Sam Altman. Last month Altman, the man behind ChatGPT and one of the world’s leading figures in AI, said it looked like “an [...]
Wild Horse Nine review: Martin McDonagh plays the hits in crime caper October 12, 2026 Wild Horse Nine | Dir Martin McDonagh | ★★★★☆ ‘Two bumbling hitmen contemplate life and death on an ill-fated holiday’ could be the synopsis of Martin McDonagh’s near-perfect 2008 debut In Bruges, but in this instance it is in fact a synopsis of his new film Wild Horse Nine. It’s fitting that his latest film [...]
Inherit film review: Thai horror explores society’s Faustian pact October 9, 2026 Thai horror Inherit skewers youth obsession with slick scares, Buddhist exorcism and a vampish demon grandma; read why its satire endures.
Into the Woods, London review: Magical, overwhelming meta musical October 9, 2026 Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim review and star rating: ★★★ Musical theatre can be self-referential, didn’t you know? Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine certainly do. Their Into The Woods maxes out on meta gameplay in this technically brilliant but at times baseless musical that can be terribly proud of itself. A baker and his [...]
Rent musical review: This dated show is admittedly full of bangers October 9, 2026 Rent musical review and star rating: ★★★ It’s pertinently ironic that Rent’s press night coincided with the London Film Festival premiere of Elsinore, Andrew Scott’s remarkably tender AIDS drama. Perhaps in the late-eighties when this musical was conceived, even talking about the epidemic on a stage was politically powerful, even if it were sprinkled as [...]
Rogue Trooper review: Duncan Jones’ best film in decades October 8, 2026 Duncan Jones returns to form with a brisk, earnest Rogue Trooper, powered by strong voice work and pulp sci-fi zeal—see why it wins over.
Elsinore: meet Ian Charleson’s real Hamlet director Richard Eyre October 8, 2026 The director of Ian Charleson’s 1989 National Theatre Hamlet production speaks to City AM about a long career in showbusiness, and how often national treasures have a dark side. Richard Eyre has worked as a director of stage and film since the 1960s, with his most famous movies including Iris and Notes On A Scandal. [...]
Elsinore review: I wept through Andrew Scott’s devastating AIDS epic October 8, 2026 Elsinore at London Film Festival review: astonishing, devastating AIDS drama ★★★★★ Despite the rise of stories depicting the epidemic, the horrors of AIDS are still underrepresented in film and TV. Russell T Davies’ It’s A Sin brought freshness by focusing on fleeting moments of joy, and Simon Stone’s Elsinore borrows from that playbook with this [...]