Clarisse Loughrey
Clarisse Loughrey is the chief film critic for The Independent. She also co-hosts The Big Screen Book Club and Fade to Black podcasts.
The 2025 Oscar nominations are regression masquerading as progress
Netflix’s musical crime drama has broken new ground when it comes to representation at the Oscars. But while this year’s nominations look meaningful at a glance, there’s more than a hint of empty gesturing, writes Clarisse Loughrey
The Lion King 2 is a catastrophic waste of Oscar winner Barry Jenkins
The Oscar-winner behind ‘Moonlight’ and ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ can barely be found in this dreary and anonymous bit of franchise mining
The Lion King 2 is a catastrophic waste of Oscar winner Barry Jenkins
The Oscar-winner behind ‘Moonlight’ and ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ can barely be found in this dreary and anonymous bit of franchise mining
Barry Keoghan is charismatic and sad in the magical British drama Bird
Andrea Arnold, the filmmaker behind ‘Fish Tank’ and ‘American Honey’, has returned with a sensitive, fairytale-like coming-of-age tale
Barry Keoghan is charismatic and sad in the magical British drama Bird
Andrea Arnold, the filmmaker behind ‘Fish Tank’ and ‘American Honey’, has returned with a sensitive, fairytale-like coming-of-age tale
Ian McKellen is too good for the overstuffed period drama The Critic
Gemma Arterton and Lesley Manville co-star in a film that fails to truly grapple with any of the interesting themes floating around Patrick Marber’s screenplay
Ian McKellen is too good for the overstuffed period drama The Critic
Gemma Arterton and Lesley Manville co-star in a film that fails to truly grapple with any of the interesting themes floating around Patrick Marber’s screenplay
Longlegs isn’t too terrifying, but it’s still a freaky little thing
Nicolas Cage stars as a Satanic serial killer in a movie that is nasty, precise and as subtle as a magic trick
Longlegs isn’t too terrifying, but it’s still a freaky little thing
Nicolas Cage stars as a Satanic serial killer in a movie that is nasty, precise and as subtle as a magic trick
