Rehna Azim, Author at Movie Marker https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/author/rehna-azim/ Award Winning Movie Reviews & News Mon, 06 Oct 2025 10:52:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/cropped-11825547_871819026233149_6161467757169643488_n-11-80x80.jpg Rehna Azim, Author at Movie Marker https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/author/rehna-azim/ 32 32 Venice Film Festival 2025 – Interview With Director Jaume Claret Muxart (Strange River) https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/venice-film-festival-2025-interview-with-director-jaume-claret-muxart-strange-river/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 10:52:27 +0000 https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/?p=93010 Strange River recently screened at the 2025 Venice Film Festival. It is the debut feature film by Catalan director Jaume Claret Muxart and is co-written by himself alongside Meritxell Colell.  The film recalls the family cycling holidays Muxart enjoyed as a boy but is not autobiographical, as such. It’s the story of a teenager (Dídac), […]

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]]> Venice Film Festival 2025 – The Testament Of Ann Lee ★★★★ https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/venice-film-festival-2025-the-testament-of-ann-lee-%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85/ Sun, 07 Sep 2025 02:49:11 +0000 https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/?p=92797 Released: TBC (Venice Film Festival) Director: Mona Fastvold Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Lewis Pullman It’s said, by those who study such things, that even in an overall great screen performance, there will usually be one scene which wins the actor/actress their Oscar. Often the scene will include a powerful monologue or a display of raw emotion. […]

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]]> Cannes Rendezvous With Harris Dickinson https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/cannes-rendezvous-with-harris-dickinson/ Mon, 02 Jun 2025 15:33:02 +0000 https://moviemarker.co.uk/?p=92290 Harris Dickinson has the daunting task of bringing music icon John Lennon back to life, on screen, for the four-part Sam Mendes Beatles biopic, rumoured to start filming this summer. But there can be few prospects more daunting for an actor than to unveil a passion project that also happens to be his directorial debut […]

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]]> Mission: How To Cruise Cannes https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/mission-how-to-cruise-cannes/ Sat, 24 May 2025 16:18:28 +0000 https://moviemarker.co.uk/?p=92233 In the end he didn’t abseil onto the roof of the Palais or land a plane on the Croisette. But as Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning explodes onto screens across the world this weekend, it’s time to pay tribute to the man they’re calling the last great movie star and recall the star power he brought to […]

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]]> Cannes 2025 – The President’s Cake ★★★★★ https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/cannes-2025-the-presidents-cake-%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85/ Fri, 23 May 2025 15:07:45 +0000 https://moviemarker.co.uk/?p=92213 Released: TBC (Cannes 2025) Director: Hasan Hadi Starring: Banin Ahmad Nayef, Waheed Thabet Khreibat If The President’s Cake isn’t a major contender for Best International Feature during awards season, I may be tempted to stage a one woman riot outside the Dolby Theatre, in Hollywood, in protest! It is my favourite film, by some distance, […]

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]]> MM At The Newport Beach Film Festival UK and Ireland Honours https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/mm-at-the-newport-beach-film-festival-uk-and-ireland-honours/ Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:30:57 +0000 https://moviemarker.co.uk/?p=91175 What could entice the Newport Beach Film Festival team away from the balmy days, blue seas and fresh shrimp filled restaurants of California to rain sodden London in the cold of a February evening? Well, the breadth and depth of British film talent, for a start. Throw in the magnificent surroundings of an iconic hotel […]

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]]> 10 Things We Learnt From The 2025 Golden Globes https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/10-things-we-learnt-from-the-2025-golden-globes/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 04:44:19 +0000 https://moviemarker.co.uk/?p=90869 1. Some things are an art form. For example: a. How to overshadow one of the biggest nights in Hollywood when you’re not going to win Best Actress – wear a stunning gown in a gorgeous colour and strategically splay your fingers across the waist of said gown to display what looks suspiciously like an […]

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