Rahul Patel

A handsome man walks the sun-soaked streets of an exotic city, searching for escape or new romance (could they come hand in hand?). End of the Century has the makings of a classic, holiday romance. But that is not where writer-director Lucio Castro wants to take you for his debut feature...

We are all afraid of something. Ron Weasley had severe arachnophobia. Jesse Eisenberg’s Columbus had a fear of clowns in Zombieland. And Scottie in Vertigo was afraid of heights. To have fears is to be human and to be sympathetic towards others’ fears is to be compassionate...

Once again in her career, the revered Helen Mirren finds a crown atop her head. However, this time her subjects (us, the audience) may not be so pleased. The Sky-produced and HBO-backed miniseries Catherine the Great is needlessly simplistic and, frankly, ugly...

Love is eternally undefinable. It looks and feels different for everybody. For some, it can be measured on a scale from zero to 3000; for others, they’ll push a child out a window for it. Another form of love is the one that exists between sexagenarians Joan (Lesley Manville) and Tom (Liam Neeson) in Ordinary Love...

From the clean-cut heartthrob in Crazy Rich Asians to the cryptic academic in A Simple Favor, Henry Golding launched his film career with a roar. In a time when diversity is increasingly welcomed, it is little surprise that Golding is such a popular casting choice; his boyish smile...

Acting performance this and cinematography that. Critics, we get it, you like cinéma. For those looking for a light-hearted summary of this year’s cracking London Film Festival, here is a rundown of the top ten looks from the films offered in the program...

The Aeronauts is a Victorian-era version of Cuarón’s Gravity. Yes, really. Tom Harper’s latest directorial feat is surprisingly successful in uniting the disparate tones of the British period piece and the space-bound epic...

Is it okay to be mean? Some TV comedies became successful because they were so mean. With The Thick of It and Veep, Armando Iannucci made a career out of his characters serving up cutting and caustic platters of insults to each other. HBO's prestige drama Succession is currently throwing similar punches...

Lady Gaga has A Star Is Born and Jung Jin-young (member of K-pop boy group B1A4) has The Dude In Me – a flamboyant body swap comedy. Having already performed well at the South Korean box office at the start of the year...

David Michôd’s The King wastes the benefits of being a Netflix film — by evading a typical theatrical run, it will not be judged by its box office takings — therefore it’s baffling that greater risks weren’t taken...

“A sparkling script in the hands of beguiling leads”
Bad Education dramatizes the largest embezzlement scandal in US public school history. In the early 2000s, New York’s Roslyn school district was shocked to discover that the adored superintendent...

Axone – a fermented soybean product often used in making stews – omits a pungent smell. Just like its namesake, Axone leaves a foul odour...

Marion Stokes may have been the world’s very first binge-watcher. For 30 years she recorded televised news coverage from multiple channels and hoarded the VHS tapes for her entire life...

The Politician, Ryan Murphy’s debut project in his mutli-million-dollar Netflix deal, is a vapid political satire almost entirely void of humour and heart. This initially exciting prospect – from one of television’s most prolific showrunners – disappoints as a prime example of style over substance. In a different time, The Politician would probably miss out on a season renewal.
In the first season of The Politician, Payton Hobart (Ben Platt) is an ambitious high school senior hellbent on one ...

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist documents the making of a defining moment in the horror genre. There is no delusion around the fact that this is made for fans of the original film...