Clarisse Loughrey
Chief film critic@clarisselou
Clarisse Loughrey is the chief film critic for The Independent. She also co-hosts The Big Screen Book Club and Fade to Black podcasts.
Ryan Reynolds comedy IF unsuccessfully aims for Spielbergian wonder
George Clooney, Emily Blunt, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Bradley Cooper are among the many, many stars who voice ‘imaginary friends’ in this sterile family comedy
Dev Patel does it all in his bloody directorial debut Monkey Man
The actor comes out of the gate swinging with his first feature, which pays homage to a long, storied history of Indonesian, Korean, Indian and Hong Kong action cinema
Dev Patel does it all in his bloody directorial debut Monkey Man
The actor comes out of the gate swinging with his first feature, which pays homage to a long, storied history of Indonesian, Korean, Indian and Hong Kong action cinema
Diva dogs, Reagan’s chimp and the surreal history of the animal Oscars
Decades ago, a now-defunct awards ceremony handed trophies to superstars such as Audrey Hepburn’s cat in ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ and the hero of the Francis the Talking Mule franchise. As the canine star of ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ becomes the darling of this current Oscar season, Clarisse Loughrey digs into one of Hollywood’s stranger tales of industry back-patting
Diva dogs, Reagan’s chimp and the surreal history of the animal Oscars
Decades ago, a now-defunct awards ceremony handed trophies to superstars such as Audrey Hepburn’s cat in ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ and the hero of the Francis the Talking Mule franchise. As the canine star of ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ becomes the darling of this current Oscar season, Clarisse Loughrey digs into one of Hollywood’s stranger tales of industry back-patting
The best films of 2023, from Barbie to Asteroid City
Leonardo DiCaprio grimaced. Mia Goth killed. Margot Robbie had at least three existential crises. But which of their films came out on top? Our chief critic Clarisse Loughrey has counted down the very best movies of the year in cinema
The best films of 2023, from Barbie to Asteroid City
Leonardo DiCaprio grimaced. Mia Goth killed. Margot Robbie had at least three existential crises. But which of their films came out on top? Our chief critic Clarisse Loughrey has counted down the very best movies of the year in cinema
Teens go wild in the stark, devastating How to Have Sex
The allure of hedonistic Grecian glamour dissolves in an instant in this gut punch of a debut from British filmmaker Molly Manning Walker
Teens go wild in the stark, devastating How to Have Sex
The allure of hedonistic Grecian glamour dissolves in an instant in this gut punch of a debut from British filmmaker Molly Manning Walker
