A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writers block but accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife which leads to an increasingly complex love triangle with his current wife of five years.
If the aim is to switch new viewers onto the genius of Coward, it's going to take a lot more spirit than this.| Read in full: Blithe Spirit film review We Love Cinema
The impish Leslie Mann is well cast as his dead wife, Elvira, who provides a jolt of creative inspiration. Judi Dench’s screechy caricature of psychic Madame Arcati is less winning.The Guardian
[Edward Hall's] remake plays fast and loose with Coward’s comedy, retaining little of the playwright’s original dialogue. While this frees the drama from the mannered straitjacket of 40s sophisticated comedy, it doesn’t always feel like a good thing.Sight & Sound
Ultimately, this fleshed-out fantasy is neither as funny, as fierce nor as fearsome as the source material.Empire
Jude Law gives a career-best performance as a flailing businessman in Sean Durkin's disquieting family drama set in 1980s England
The extraordinary "true" tale of a young girl who befriended a pack of wolves gets a fun documentary that's reluctant to dig deeper
Edgar Wright proves himself to be the perfect match for a charming documentary about one of pop music's most enduring duos
Phạm Ngọc Lân’s latest is an extraordinary study of landscape, built around a moody and reflective story of a young couple
Jared Hess’ forgotten homage is a bulletproof 2000s comedy - and a perfect soapbox for its erratic leading man, writes Adam Solomons
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John Hurt played Quentin Crisp in this subversive 1975 made-for-TV biopic. Steph Green argues its case as an underseen queer classic
As the director's novelisation of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood hits bookshelves, Hannah Strong reflects on his oeuvre so far...
