Movies - Page 28
Pain and Glory filming locations: Salvador's flat is a copy of Almodóvar's own, down to the books on the shelves
Almodóvar built his own living room on a soundstage and then filled it with his own furniture and paintings. Here's where Pain and Glory was really shot, from that flat to the cave houses of Paterna.
September 26, 2026 1:06 pm
Robert Pattinson’s Batman in the DCU? Pattinson thinks it would be ‘kind of tough’
You might fancy Robert Pattinson’s Batman folded into the DCU alongside Superman, but he isn’t convinced — and his reasoning might puncture a few crossover fantasies.
September 26, 2026 12:23 pm
Is Barry Lyndon worth watching? It flopped in 1975 — Scorsese now calls it his favourite Kubrick
Kubrick's 1975 period picture underperformed in America, got written off as cold, and has since climbed most serious lists of the best films ever made. Here's what the reversal was actually about, and what three hours of it asks of you.
September 26, 2026 11:49 am
Sony, A24 and The New York Times are all eyeing Letterboxd — at a price of over 300 million dollars
Movie-lovers’ app Letterboxd could soon change hands, as heavyweight film and media players eye a buyout.
September 26, 2026 11:39 am
Sydney Sweeney’s Sleepy Hollow has found its Brom Bones, but still no Ichabod Crane
Sydney Sweeney’s Sleepy Hollow remake has just recruited a fan-favourite TV actor opposite her in Sony’s gothic reimagining, Hollow — and yes, Brom Bones finally has a face.
September 26, 2026 10:31 am
Not even De Niro or Tom Hardy could crack the gangster Hollywood keeps casting
Three acting heavyweights — Tom Hardy, Robert De Niro and Rod Steiger — played the same real-life figure in different films, and somehow all three come up short.
September 26, 2026 10:07 am
Picnic at Hanging Rock filming locations: the crew crossed a state line, then restarted on Valentine's Day 1975
The rock is in Victoria and the school is in South Australia, and the reason has nothing to do with scenery. Here's how Peter Weir's 1975 film was assembled out of two states, one borrowed mansion and a replica built in a shed in Adelaide.
September 26, 2026 9:13 am
Full Metal Jacket's famous quotes: the drill sergeant improvised much of his
Stanley Kubrick scripted every syllable and shot forty takes of it. The one performer he let off that leash was a consultant he hadn't hired to act, and the result is the most quoted half hour in his filmography.
September 25, 2026 5:31 pm
The cast of The Altar Boys (2025): four unknown leads, one of them now up for Poland's Discovery of the Year
Piotr Domalewski built a Golden Lions winner on four boys with almost no credits between them. Here is who they are, who the adults around them are, and what the awards season made of the lot.
September 25, 2026 4:53 pm
The Salt Path filming locations: the trail is 630 miles long — the crew used a handful of spots, and one of them isn't even on it
Marianne Elliott's adaptation covers a 630-mile walk in 115 minutes, which only works because the unit never attempted to walk it. Here is where the film was actually shot, including the counties that have no coast path at all.
September 25, 2026 4:19 pm