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Emerald Fennell

April 2024

  • Peter Bradshaw

    Best of frenemies: why Tom Ripley is a psychopath made for social media

    Peter Bradshaw
    Patricia Highsmith’s charming devil has fascinated film-makers since the 1960s, but his brand of evil seems peculiarly well suited to the Instagram age

February 2024

  • This image released by Amazon Prime Video shows a scene from "Saltburn." (Amazon Prime Video via AP)

    Stately home used in Saltburn plagued by trespassers and influencers, owner says

    Charles Stopford Sackville says he was unprepared for the intense interest in his home after the 700-year-old Drayton House was used in the film

January 2024

  • Sophie Ellis-Bextor performing on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury, 25 June 2023.

    ‘It’s all magic’: Sophie Ellis-Bextor back at No 2 after 20 years with Murder on the Dancefloor

    In 2001, the song reached No 2. As it gets there again – thanks to hit film Saltburn and the power of Gen-Z and TikTok – the singer talks about privilege, second chances and Liam Gallagher dancing in the nude
  • Barry Keoghan in Saltburn.

    How did Saltburn become the most talked-about film of awards season?

    Emerald Fennell’s comedy-thriller may not be winning the awards (yet), but it is proving victorious with audiences – who can’t stop discussing it …
  • Sophie Ellis-Bextor in 2000.

    Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Saltburn scene sees Murder on the Dancefloor re-enter Top 10

    The pop star’s 2001 chart smash has had a major resurgence thanks to its use in Emerald Fennell’s divisive thriller

December 2023

  • ‘Very bright child’ … Rhys forged a letter to a better school and left the pits, factories and ‘cruel teachers’ behind.

    ‘Oh, the importance of the phallus!’ Paul Rhys on Saltburn, Napoleon and viagra romp Men Up

  • Jodie Comer as Villanelle in the TV series Killing Eve.

    Killing Eve ended with Villanelle’s death. This is why I’m bringing her back to life

November 2023

  • Jacob Elordi in Saltburn

    Is Saltburn the most divisive film of the year?

    The mixed response to Emerald Fennell’s 00s-set thriller evinces a movie-going conundrum: how do we assess entertainment that is predominantly indexed on vibes?
  • Barry Keoghan stars in Saltburn.

    Saltburn review – Emerald Fennell’s indulgent country house thriller

    A gloriously rude Rosamund Pike isn’t enough to save Fennell’s wayward tale of bright young things lounging through a summer they’ll never forget…
  • Rosamund Pike photographed in Prague

    ‘I’ve always felt like an outsider’: Rosamund Pike on class, shame and her blistering turn in Saltburn

    Her latest – wickedly funny – performance in the cutthroat society thriller has Oscar nomination stamped all over it. So why does the actor get so self-conscious?

October 2023

  • Saltburn film still

    Saltburn review – hot Brideshead soup needs more seasoning

  • A man in a dressing-gown looks over the gardens of a huge estate, littered with the remains of a party

    London film festival: privilege and poverty collide in big British cinema showcase

August 2023

  • Film still: Saltburn. Embargo: 12.00pm (BST) on Monday 7th August, 2023 The 67th BFI London Film Festival (4-15 October) announces that this year’s Opening Night Gala will be SALTBURN, directed, produced and written by Emerald Fennell

    Promising Young Woman follow-up Saltburn given opening slot at London film festival

    Emerald Fennell’s film, starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi and Rosamund Pike, is ‘a tale of privilege and desire’ following a young student at Oxford

July 2023

  • Ryan Gosling in Barbie.

    ‘Give Ryan Gosling an Oscar nom!’: first Barbie reactions suggest film is a doll

    Reviewers rave about Greta Gerwig’s ‘funny and smart’ satire, whose all-star cast includes Gosling as Ken alongside Margot Robbie’s Barbie and singer Dua Lipa

May 2023

  • Linedy Genao and cast members of Bad Cinderella.

    Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bad Cinderella to close on Broadway

    The musical will close on 4 June, after receiving mixed reviews from US critics and failing to receive a nomination at the Tony awards

March 2023

  • Linedy Genao and the cast of BAD CINDERELLA

    Bad Cinderella review – Andrew Lloyd Webber’s chaotic musical hits Broadway

    The infamous ‘costly mistake’ has made its way to the US and while hardly the revisionist take it aims to be, there’s some sprightly fun to be had

August 2021

  • Rebecca Trehearn as the Queen, with Sam Robinson (Dorian), Vinny Coyle (Arthur) and Giovanni Spano (Gawain) in Cinderella.

    Cinderella review – not so much a ball as a blast

    Bewitching melodies abound as Andrew Lloyd Webber’s terrifically OTT but warm and inclusive musical finally arrives

July 2021

  • ‘We have to prove the government wrong’: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Emerald Fennell.

    Andrew Lloyd Webber on Cinderella: ‘We’re not looking for a fight – we just want culture back!’

    The composer said his latest musical would open, even if he went to jail. Now it has – but he’s still furious at a government he says has ‘dumped’ theatre. We talk to him and the show’s writer Emerald Fennell

June 2021

  • Judas and the Black Messiah , A Quiet Place Part II, The White Tiger

    Best culture of 2021 so far
    The best films of 2021 so far

    Chloé Zhao hits the road, Carey Mulligan takes her revenge and Emma Stone refashions Cruella in the pick of this year’s films

April 2021

  • Daniel Kaluuya accepts the best supporting actor Oscar.

    ‘My mum met my dad, they had sex. It’s amazing!’: the best quotes of the 2021 Oscars

    Daniel Kaluuya shouted out to his parents’ productivity, Frances McDormand urged Americans to return to cinemas soon, and winners decried police brutality in America
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