Ellen E Jones

Review of the Week: Hamnet

Chloé Zhao’s Bard drama with its powerhouse lead performance from Jessie Buckley is hotly tipped for success. But is it just a deluxe version of Shakespeare in Love? writes Ellen E Jones

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Review of the Week: Marty Supreme

Timothée Chalamet’s propulsive energy lights up Josh Safdie’s new film about a table tennis hustler who’s on his way to the top, writes Ellen E Jones

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Review of the Week: It Was Just an Accident

The extraordinary new film by dissident Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi is a thriller, a fable about state repression and a road movie all at once, writes Nerve film critic Ellen E Jones

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Is the current generation of leading men our best ever?

No longer dreaming of playing Bond, today’s group of young British and Irish actors are fun, reflective and helping to redefine masculinity. I'm all for it, says Nerve film critic Ellen E Jones

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Is the new Springsteen film final proof that Spotify killed the music biopic?

In the age of streaming and social media, big Hollywood music bios like Scott Cooper’s hymn to the Boss feel increasingly old-fashioned, writes Ellen E Jones

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