Candid

Ben Mullinkosson is a film-maker and skateboarder from Chicago who brings an effortless, freewheeling intimacy to this immersive and sensual study of the underground club scene in Chengdu in central China. The title is enigmatic, but it seems to refer to the imminent closure of a club called Funky Town where his subjects have been hanging out; the darkness is the club’s darkness, which is enfolding and welcoming and reassuring, a neon-detailed night in which nothing matters but youth, beauty and the pleasure of the…

There’s an argument to be made that we have heard everything we ever need to hear from John Galliano, the subject of this knotty, complex documentary portrait. That after the formerly celebrated and adored British fashion designer was filmed, booze-sodden, bitter and spewing an antisemitic tirade at strangers from his preferred corner seat in La Perle, his local bar in Paris, his legacy should have been buried and the attention of the fashion world should have moved on to other, less radioactively compromised figures.…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeFrancis Ford Coppola has admitted he was “heartbroken” not to win Best Director for The Godfather at the Oscars in 1973.However, he also paid tribute to the man who beat him, Bob Fosse, who took home the prize for his work on Cabaret.Writing on Instagram, Coppola recalled: “Like every young aspiring film director, I dreamed of one day winning the Best Director Oscar and holding that…

Hollywood star Kate Winslet shared that she secretly battled an eating disorder earlier in her career but she "never told anyone about it." "I never told anyone about it. Because guess what — people in the world around you go, ‘Hey, you look great! You lost weight!’ So even the compliment about looking good is connected to weight.” "And that is one thing I will not let people talk about (now). If they do, I pull them up straight away," she told The New York Times magazine, reports…

It seemed like the romantic comedy genre was going to make a comeback when George Clooney and Julia Roberts’ Ticket to Paradise hit a box office milestone for the two stars together and individually. But then last year’s rom-com Love Again starring Priyanka Chopra was a box office flop debuting at $2.4 million with expectations to be $5 million. Clearly the rom-com genre is not dead as Glen Powell announced his new movie Anyone But You has been quickly racking up more than $100 million.It may seem like high-budget…

While Rebel Wilson is one of the more humorous stars known around the entertainment industry, she’s also emerged as one of the most candid. The Australia-born actor doesn’t seem to have a problem opening up about certain aspects of her professional and personal life. When it comes to the latter, she’s been particularly honest about her body and how it’s changed. She just recently revealed that she picked up 30 pounds as a result of her work schedule. Wilson certainly didn’t hold back when sharing her thoughts on the…

Internet Boyfriend Timothee Chalmet, who has set standards high, is seen kissing his girlfriend at the Golden Globe Awards. Timothee Chalamet and Kylie Jenner’s video of them kissing went viral on X and that actually made fans surprised. Timothee and Kylie marked their presence at the 81st Golden Globe Awards Ceremony. Both of them were complementing each other in their black attires. Timothee had a nominatio (Comedy/ Music) for his movie “Wonka”. Both of them sat together and in an ad break they were…

Looking back at the 2023 movie release schedule, even some of the most infamous movies have their silver linings. For supposed flop Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, one such bright spot is the fact that we have yet another score from composer John Williams we’ll be able to obsess over for years to come. That brightness may have just grown a bit shinier though, as in a recent interview, the 91 year old music legend made candid comments about his retirement plans that have us hopeful for new music.(Image credit:…

Duckie Dale may not have gotten the girl in the end of Pretty in Pink —despite that controversial original ending—but actor Jon Cryer still looks up to his famous character. One of the best '80s movies, the cult-classic teen drama from the late, great John Hughes stars Cryer as the besotted best friend of Molly Ringwald's Andie Walsh, who is a bit too taken by preppy popular boy Blane McDonnagh (Andrew McCarthy) to reciprocate her pal Duckie's feelings (even after that epic Otis Redding lip sync). We already knew how…

A fter four long months marching on Hollywood picket lines, bargaining inside hostile negotiating rooms, and giving Buddhist sermons, Fran Drescher can finally exhale.  Through the 118-day actors’ strike, The Nanny star turned SAG-AFTRA national president, joined by SAG-AFTRA chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, has served as the face of the 160,000-strong union and says she uses the Nineties sitcom’s message around unity and acceptance in her leadership. “I can be exactly who I am,” she says in her…