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Our film expert James King is here to help you pick your Netflix films in March - and there are some brilliant options...

The filmmakers’ massaging of the facts tells us a lot about how middle-aged women are regarded by Hollywood

Sue Johnston There is an age gap of 15 years or so, but had Bean been older than Johnston, I am sure nobody would have considered him for the role of her father. An outrage? Maybe, but it’s simply business as usual in the entertainment industry. Not so long ago, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal said she had lost a part in a film due to her age — then 37. Why? She was apparently too decrepit to play the love interest for a 55-year-old man. It reminds me of a fabulously scurrilous Amy Schumer sketch featuring Tina Fey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Patricia Arquette called

It may seem unexciting to watch a movie about an archaeological dig that isn’t “Indiana Jones.” Yet, with the truly incredible names on the cast list for “The Dig” — Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan, and Lily James to name a few — and a story that’s heartwarming and insightful, “The Dig” manages to turn seemingly bland subject matter into a compelling narrative. The film, which is based on a true story, follows an archaeological dig taking place in the backyard of a dying widow, led by an excavator never properly trained in archeology joined by a...

When it comes to older actresses, TV and cinema need to grow up Why are older women still treated so unfairly in the industry? 2 March 2021 • 5:00am Angelina Jolie (then 29) played the mother of 28-year-old Colin Farrell in 2004's Alexander Credit: Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bros You know how women claim they become invisible after 50? It’s hard to escape the truth of it in film and television, where diversity in race, religion and sexuality are trumpeted and yet the treatment of older actresses remains a shocking blind spot. Cate Blanchett drily observed a few years ago that “actresses age...