Empress Elizabeth of Austria is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. But in 1877, ‘Sissi’ celebrates her 40th birthday and must fight to maintain her public image by lacing her corset tighter and tighter.
The film belongs to Krieps, whose vivacious performance never falls prey to period drama tropes.| Read in full: Corsage film review We Love Cinema
In many ways this is a study in anger, and it is an austere and angular picture.The Guardian
A brilliantly crafted portrait of a woman on the brink.Little White Lies
With elegant insouciance, Kreutzer and Krieps give us a royal actually worthy of a mantelpiece figurine.Sight and Sound
Carolina Cavalli's film about a friendless young woman brilliantly captures the anxiety and social ineptitude of the post-COVID youth
Benjamin Millepied's debut film gets some heat out of Paul Mescal and Melissa Barrera but feels like an over-extended music video
Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson’s audacious follow-up redefines the genre, and the form, once again
Sean Price Williams' debut feature is an eccentric and experimental road movie, with standout turns from Talia Ryder and Simon Rex
Adam Solomons talks to the Ukrainian director about his Cannes hit and how even a non-political film can be bastardised by war
From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
