All articles by Philip Kemp
Winners: an optimistic Iranian cinephile drama
Though its largely sunny story strains credibility, this love letter to Iranian cinema refuses to wear rose-tinted glasses when examining the way the nation’s movie stars are ultimately recognised.
By Philip Kemp
Creature: Asif Kapadia’s ballet film is impressive but impenetrable
By Philip Kemp
Living: a remake that can stand with the original
By Philip Kemp
Strawberry Mansion: a delightful satire good enough to eat
By Philip Kemp
See How They Run: a campy cat-and-mouse caper
By Philip Kemp
All My Friends Hate Me: a potent entry in the cinema of paranoia
By Philip Kemp
Flag Day brings emotional intensity to the real-life story of an American con-man
By Philip Kemp
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain puts cats centre stage in a film that’s filled with eccentric charm
By Philip Kemp
Being the Ricardos is a clunky but engaging look behind-the-scenes of 1950s sitcom I Love Lucy
By Philip Kemp
The Story of Film: A New Generation takes viewers on an enriching journey through a decade of cinema
By Philip Kemp
Dune succeeds by avoiding excessive fidelity to the original novel
By Philip Kemp
Frankie takes a siesta in the Portuguese sun
By Philip Kemp
Homeward sends a father and son on a Crimean pilgrimage
By Philip Kemp
Man in Room 301 is a Nordic drama that sees a simmering family feud boil over
By Philip Kemp
Minari puts faith in the verdant fields of a Korean family’s Arkansas farm
By Philip Kemp
The Mauritanian is a frighteningly convincing tale of Guantánamo internment
By Philip Kemp
My Father and Me is a tender snapshot of a working-class photographer’s life
By Philip Kemp
Blithe Spirit unbuttons Noël Coward’s marital farce
By Philip Kemp
Let Him Go showcases a battle royale of two matriarch titans
By Philip Kemp
Patrick lays bare grief in a nudist threnody for a missing hammer
By Philip Kemp
Satire with tweezers: Alexander Mackendrick’s The Ladykillers
By Philip Kemp
Koko-di Koko-da review: animals, nursery rhymes and murders
By Philip Kemp
Forgotten treasures of the multiplex
By Ryan Gilbey, Nick James and others
Tenet: Christopher Nolan throws time for a loop
By Philip Kemp
A White, White Day review: grief in the mist
By Philip Kemp