Caryn James

Apple TV+'s new series The New Look tells the story of Coco Chanel and Christian Dior during the German Occupation of France in WW2. But how much does it get right – and wrong?

By Caryn James 2nd March 2024 From Kristen Wiig as a would-be socialite in Palm Royale, to Kate Winslet as an autocratic leader in

Benjamin Finkel's childhood inspired his emotionally painful story of a young girl whose father is dying.

Bess Kargman's documentary zooms in on a prolific songwriter who has been nominated for 15 Oscars, but never won.

Ned Benson's SXSW-premiering film about grief and moving on co-stars David Corenswet and Justin H. Min.

The new Monsterverse offering, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire – starring Dan Stevens and Rebecca Hall – is "visually dazzling" but "already feels old".

Andrew Scott stars as the sinister anti-hero in the suspenseful and 'creepy' new Netflix adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's classic novel The Talented Mr Ripley.

A harrowing action film imagining a near future in which the US has descended into chaos is the year's most controversial film so far – and the polarised response is just as interesting.

Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist are a love triangle in a tennis drama with "a lot of sport, a lot of wigs and a lot of sexual tension" – but not enough psychological intrigue.

"We pitched it as a movie about a writer who is censored… but censorship was not anywhere near where it is today.