John Bleasdale

2 weeks ago | hotcorn.com | John Bleasdale

MILANO – Secondo episodio di Hot Corn Confidential, la nostra serie di racconti sui misteri di Hollywood. Dopo Robert Blake e il caso della morte della moglie – lo trovate qui – ecco la puntata su George Reeves, il primo interprete di Superman, morto per una ferita da arma da fuoco nel 1959, all’età di 45 anni. La voce ufficiale? Spinto al suicidio. Ma ci sono altre verità… George stava sognando quando un rumore di vetri rotti lo svegliò.

3 weeks ago | ft.com | John Bleasdale

It is fitting that Val Kilmer’s film debut came not in the role of a typical leading man, but rather as the rock star turned spy Nick...

3 weeks ago | theneweuropean.co.uk | John Bleasdale

Fleur Fortuné’s new film The Assessment is strange, stylish and – it turns out – surprisingly personal. It is set in a dystopian future where permission to have children is only granted after the arduous vetting procedure of the title. Alicia Vikander is the government official, Virginia, tasked with grilling married couple Mia and Aaryan, played respectively by Elizabeth Olsen and Himesh Patel, in order to determine their eligibility to be parents via a week-long series of interviews.

1 month ago | ft.com | John Bleasdale

Fittingly, I meet American filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer at the end of the world. Or rather the top of it.

1 month ago | timeout.com | John Bleasdale

Photograph: Conic FilmsReview4 out of 5 starsA charming, cheese-inspired fable of maturing and summer time in rural FranceFilmRecommendedTuesday 18 March 2025FacebookTwitterPinterestEmailWhatsAppAdvertisingTime Out saysI’m old enough to remember when every trip to the cinema involved not a barrage of adverts for mobile phones but a ten-fifteen minute short, usually a documentary on a subject of almost parodic dullness, like ‘cheese-making in France’.