David Sexton

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  • Jul 16, 2025
    Barry Lyndon was not well reviewed when it was released in 1975, especially in the US. It was called a coffee-table movie, a jewelled corpse. Pauline Kael went to town on it in...
  • Mar 6, 2025
    Bong Joon-ho was delighted by a congratulatory letter he received from Martin Scorsese after his 2019 Korean-language film Parasite triumphed at the Oscars. At a press...
  • Jan 21, 2025
    The Brutalist has been much garlanded already as the awards season gathers pace. At Venice, creator Brady Corbet took the Silver Lion for best director. At the Golden Globes, it...