Film blogMoviesThe rehabilitation of Romy SchneiderAs two film biopics of Romy Schneider are announced, it looks like Germany is finally reclaiming one of its most troubled daughtersThe death of one of the German-speaking world's best-known female actors could hardly have been more prosaic. Romy Schneider was found by her partner Laurent Petin, in their Paris apartment, sitting lifelessly at her desk. Slumped over the arm of her chair, an empty bottle of red wine in front of her, she had started to write a letter to a women's magazine to cancel an interview. Read More...
Native AmericansWhen a taskforce was put in place to tackle the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous people, the testimonies of victims’ families were cut short
Nada Fronk had run away before, but this time was different.
When Nada would go missing, her father, Monte Fronk, would send her photo to the first responders he knew. They were his colleagues, his brotherhood and sisterhood – he knew they would keep an eye out for his daughter. Read More...
Samuel L Jackson and Alexander Skarsgård in The Legend of Tarzan. Photograph: Jonathan Olley/APSamuel L Jackson and Alexander Skarsgård in The Legend of Tarzan. Photograph: Jonathan Olley/APFilmEdgar Rice Burroughs’ character has inspired more than 50 films, but their out-of-date approach to the ‘dark continent’ leaves them fatally flawed
The Legend of Tarzan review – an inherently problematic remakeRead moreAll of you whingeing about the Ghostbusters remake, the Independence Day sequel and 50 Marvel movies coming out in the next year can pipe down now. Read More...