Ghostbusters
This female-led reboot attracted criticism well before the film was even madewith its co-writer Kate Dippold telling The Telegraph that They said it was the worst movie ever before Id written a word.When the original film came out 32 years ago, it too was poorly received and only became a cult1 hit over time. As BBC Cultures critic Nicholas Barber argues, the fans who insist that the Ghostbusters should be male have misunderstood the classic comedy they claim to revere2. The characters were a different breed of heroout-of-shape academics in crumpled3, slime-smeared jumpsuits.
Caf Society
Woody Allens latest feature opened the 2016 Cannes Film Festival to mixed reviewsbut drew praise for its performances. Set in the 1930s, it stars Jesse Eisenberg as a New Yorker who moves to LA and falls for his uncles secretary . According to BBC Cultures critic Nicholas Barber, Stewart has the glow of a bona fide 1930s bombshell while retaining her characteristically sheepish, down-to-earth persona, whileEisenberg is one of the most natural of Woody proxies4.
Tale of Tales
once upon a time there were three neighbouring kingdoms each with a magnificent castle, from which ruled kings and queens, princes and princesses. One king was a fornicating libertine5, another captivated by a strange animal, while one of the queens was obsessed6 by her wish for a child.The billing for Tale of Tales gives a clue as to the timbre7 of a film populated by sorcerers and fairies, fearsome monsters, ogres and old washerwomen, acrobats8 and courtesans played by a strong en百度竞价推广ble9 cast that includes Salma Hayek, John C Reilly, Toby Jones and Vincent Cassel.
Toni Erdmann
based on a really brilliant script, you have a comedy of manners and of family life at the same timeand then it is brilliantly acted, Verena Leuken of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung told BBC Cultures editor Matthew Anderson at the Cannes Film Festival, where Toni Erdmann was one of the favourites to win the Palme dOr. At its first press screening in Cannes, the film was greeted by critics with laughter and spontaneous applause, and its since been showered with five-star reviews.
Absolutely Fabulous10
One of the first comedies to skewer11 our current celebrity12 culture, Absolutely Fabulous emerged as a sketch13 on the show French Saunders before becoming one of the most successful sitcoms14 of the 1990s. Some have argued it was best left in that decadeand writer and actor Jennifer Saunders, who stars as Edina alongside Joanna Lumley as Patsy, admits the media landscape has changed.It is a different beast, Saunders told The Independent.The idea of PR now is that anyone can do it. Anyone can review a film, anyone can get their stuff online, so it is a very different world.
The Commune
Thomas Vinterberg co-founded the Dogme 95 film collective with Nymphomaniac director Lars von Trier, a movement he has compared to a commune. Vinterberg spent part of his childhood in a co-operative household, memories of which form the basis for his latest film.
Star Trek15 Beyond
The third instalment of another rebooted franchise16 stars Chris Pine as Captain Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Spock, described by The Telegraph asan emotional shape-shifter, the charmer who might also be dangerousor the implacably stoic17 half-Vulcan whos somehow an amazing friend. Zoe Saldana co-stars alongside Anton Yelchin , in what was to be his one of his final rolestributes have been paid to the 27-year-old actor, who died after he was pinned against a wall by his car.
Swiss Army Man
Described asthe strangest Sundance film ever, Swiss Army Man pided critics when it premiered at the film festival in January. Paul Dano plays a man stranded18 on a desert island; Daniel Radcliffe is a farting corpse20 who washes up on shore. The two become friends in what is billed asa gonzo buddy21 comedy, an improbable story that isproudly scatological, according to Slate22.
Our Kind of Traitor23
Ewan McGregor and Naomie Harris star in the latest John le Carr adaptation, produced by Simon and Stephen Cornwell, le Carrs sons, who also made The Night Manager. The screenplay was written by Hossein Amini , who is praised by The Evening Standard for makinghighly incisive24 and effective revisionsto le Carrs 2010 novel:This is a new, wholly contemporary le Carr film, sumptuously25 paced and produced, taking in many striking settings, miles away from the drabness so stylishly26 cultivated in Tomas Alfredsons Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy of 2011. Stellan Skarsgrd and Damian Lewis co-star as a Russian criminal and MI6 man; according to Entertainment Weekly,Skarsgrd saves it; wild and funny and ferociously27 alive, hes a crucial bolt of color in all that tasteful gray.Released 1 July in the US, 7 July in Germany and 21 July in Brazil.
