Clarisse Loughrey
Chief film critic@clarisselou
Clarisse Loughrey is the chief film critic for The Independent. She also co-hosts The Big Screen Book Club and Fade to Black podcasts.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes has great apes, but stale humans
The most reliable Hollywood franchise going, if rarely discussed with feverish reverence, the ‘Apes’ series remains visually impressive and exciting
The British farce The Trouble with Jessica mocks wealth with zeal
Rufus Sewell, Olivia Williams and Shirley Henderson are among the British stars playing archetypes of insufferableness
The British farce The Trouble with Jessica mocks wealth with zeal
Rufus Sewell, Olivia Williams and Shirley Henderson are among the British stars playing archetypes of insufferableness
Rob Lowe, Snow White and the night that nearly killed the Oscars
In dire need of a rebrand for their annual ceremony, the Academy Awards sought help from a lavish film producer famous for his caftans. The mortifying result, writes Clarisse Loughrey, nearly broke Hollywood. But more than 30 years later, the 1989 Oscars may teach us a few things about awards season spectacle
Rob Lowe, Snow White and the night that nearly killed the Oscars
In dire need of a rebrand for their annual ceremony, the Academy Awards sought help from a lavish film producer famous for his caftans. The mortifying result, writes Clarisse Loughrey, nearly broke Hollywood. But more than 30 years later, the 1989 Oscars may teach us a few things about awards season spectacle
A dubiously accented Adam Driver stumbles through the rusty Ferrari
Penélope Cruz and Shailene Woodley co-star in an overwhelming and opaque movie that keeps its characters at a punishing remove
A dubiously accented Adam Driver stumbles through the rusty Ferrari
Penélope Cruz and Shailene Woodley co-star in an overwhelming and opaque movie that keeps its characters at a punishing remove
Teen lesbian fight club comedy Bottoms is as weird as it is hysterical
There are ‘Heathers’ parallels to filmmaker Emma Seligman’s casually subversive high school movie, starring buzzy up-and-comers Rachel Sennott (of ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’) and Ayo Edebiri (of TV’s ‘The Bear’)
Teen lesbian fight club comedy Bottoms is as weird as it is hysterical
There are ‘Heathers’ parallels to filmmaker Emma Seligman’s casually subversive high school movie, starring buzzy up-and-comers Rachel Sennott (of ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’) and Ayo Edebiri (of TV’s ‘The Bear’)
