Women in sci-fi | A space oddity?
Do like Arrival and Gravity mark a breakthrough of the sci-fi glass ceiling, asks Fred Fyles? Or do they play into the tropes well established in the genre?
The Tick
The new face of heroism
The Good Place
It’s always awkward when they get your name wrong
The Darkest Universe
Will Sharpe delights in The Darkest Universe
Girls Lost
Capturing the wonder of youth
Arrival
Arrival presents us with an alien invasion scenario where communication, not confrontation, is the order of the day. The result is an intelligent, nuanced science fiction film, the blockbuster debut of Canadian director Denis Villeneuve
The new faces of satire
Can comedy instigate political change?
Into the Inferno
Documentary of the week
In defence of ‘nasty women’
As the American election looms, the discourse has gotten more and more sordid. ‘What do we mean when we call someone a “nasty woman”?’ asks Fred Fyles, who turns to the silver screen for answers, looking at the archetypical ‘nasty women’ of cinema
A dark descent into artistic depths
Tom Ford returns after a seven-year absence with Nocturnal Animals, a luscious, scintillating thriller that shows off his eye for beauty
A beginner’s guide to Denis Villeneuve
The new film by the French-Canadian auteuer at the top of his game arrives at cinemas next Friday
The ‘nasty women’ of Broad City
They're not likable, they're not strong and independent, they're real