All articles by Tom Charity
Remake/remodel: 45 weird and wonderful alternative film cuts
All films exist in slightly different cuts but sometimes the alternative versions are fascinating in their own right, with entirely new scenes and different rhythms that enable them to stand on their own against the original. We pick some of the most intriguing examples.
By James Bell, Tom Charity and others
Forgotten treasures of the multiplex
By Ryan Gilbey, Nick James and others
Blackbird review: this euthanasia drama trades hard truths for tasteful bromides
By Tom Charity
Greed review: Coogan and Winterbottom take idle aim at the grim rich
By Tom Charity
Hope Gap review: Annette Bening puts some puff into a little English separation story
By Tom Charity
Uncut Gems first look: the Safdies chase Adam Sandler’s gambler into the discomfort zone
By Tom Charity
The Personal History of David Copperfield gives Dickens a radical, rollicking twist
By Tom Charity
The Personal History of David Copperfield review: Armando Iannucci gives Dickens a radical, rollicking twist
By Tom Charity
Seymour Cassel obituary: a winning American loser
By Tom Charity
William Goldman obituary: beloved master Hollywood screenwriter
By Tom Charity
Real news from the heartlands: Wiseman, Moore and Morris take on Trump
By Tom Charity
Fahrenheit 11/9 first look: Michael Moore reclaims American populism
By Tom Charity
Shadow first look: Zhang Yimou doodles a wuxia intrigue
By Tom Charity
Sam Shepard obituary: cinema’s existential cowboy
By Tom Charity
A Season in France review: Mahamet-Saleh Haroun explores the precarious life of migrants
By Tom Charity
Harry Dean Stanton obituary: the lonely soul of US cinema
By Tom Charity
The Children Act review: Emma Thompson explores the heart of a judge
By Tom Charity
Battle of the Sexes review: Emma Stone and Steve Carell are a crowd-pleasing match
By Tom Charity
O.J.: Made in America review: the rise and downfall of the century?
By Tom Charity
Hermia & Helena review: Matías Piñeiro’s midsummer Manhattan dream
By Tom Charity
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail review – Steve James meets the minnows of mortgage fraud
By Tom Charity
Jackie review: portrait of the icon under the shadow
By Tom Charity
Cannes 2012: The wrong earlobes – The Imposter
By Tom Charity
The best film books, by 51 critics
By Geoff Andrew, Michael Atkinson and others