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Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs Streaming: the best films about dogs

Our canine companions have long been an inspiration to auteurs and sentimental film-makers alike

Published: 27 Mar 2021

'In homage to cockroach limbs': Tom Hooper's Cats commentary deepens the mystery

The man behind the much-maligned musical film has shared some of its secrets – prepare to be baffled

Published: 26 Mar 2020

Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs Come home to a Cannes classic

With several Palme d’Or winners now available, you can enjoy the best of festivals past from the comfort of your own sofa

Published: 12 May 2018

Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs Women film-makers: the female gaze on demand

Seasons celebrating women behind the camera redress the balance while showing that gender is not a genre

Published: 8 Apr 2018

Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs Streaming: God’s Own Country joins the LGBT cinema boom

From tender rural romance to urban angst, the current crop of queer films is among the best cinema around

Published: 4 Feb 2018

Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs DVD reviews: Princess Cyd; Logan Lucky; American Made and more

Published: 31 Dec 2017

Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs DVD reviews: War for the Planet of the Apes; 47 Metres Down; Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets and more

Chest-beating apes and bloodthirsty sharks provide familiar thrills while a prison documentary offers a shattering picture of male pain

Published: 26 Nov 2017
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs DVD reviews: The Beguiled; The Big Sick; Spider-Man: Homecoming and more

Sofia Coppola’s fresh take on a civil war story is beautiful but deadly, a culture-clash comedy plays it too safe, and it’s a reboot too far for one hero

Published: 19 Nov 2017
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs DVD reviews: Baby Driver, Cars 3, Office Christmas Party and more

Edgar Wright’s boy racer film is all speed and no substance, while The Philadelphia Story shows that Hollywood comedies once valued both sexes

Published: 12 Nov 2017
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs DVD reviews: Your Name, Despicable Me 3, Whisky Galore! and more

Makoto Shinkai’s body-swap anime has a charm likely to elude a forthcoming remake, while a revived Ealing classic lacks kick

Published: 5 Nov 2017

Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs DVD reviews: It Comes at Night, My Cousin Rachel, The Villainess and more

The best Halloween thrills, from mysterious threats to vintage gothic and splattering gore…

Published: 29 Oct 2017
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs DVD reviews: Gifted; Alone in Berlin; The Mummy; Slack Bay and more

Marc Webb’s child-custody weepie has an honest edge, while Brendan Gleeson and Emma Thompson raise the stakes of a Nazi resistance drama

Published: 22 Oct 2017
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs DVD reviews: Fast and Furious 8; Churchill; A Man Called Ove; and more

The fast-car franchise takes more corners than chances, while Brian Cox’s Winston is already overshadowed by Gary Oldman

Published: 15 Oct 2017
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs DVD reviews: Wonder Woman; Land of Mine; Chicken; and more

Patty Jenkins’s superheroine doesn’t quite strike a blow for women, while postwar German POWs face a new nightmare in a taut Danish drama

Published: 8 Oct 2017

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