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BBC News
13-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Where you're watching tonight's final
Less than an hour to go before Chelsea kick-off against Paris Saint-Germain in the Fifa Club World Cup asked you to share your plans for the game, whether it be soaking up the sunshine at home, in New Jersey itself, or anywhere else in the are some of your comments:Derek: Looking forward to watching the match with the Mrs at home on my 65th birthday. Perfect birthday present if the lads lift the trophy. Come on Chelsea!Mark: Hopefully find a sports bar in Huercal-Overa, Southern Spain, as we're over here on holiday. It's a pity Real Madrid never won... that would have been interesting! Joe: I'm working until 10 tonight, so I'm asking my wife to pause it and I'm muting all WhatsApp chats, briefly deleting the BBC Sports app, and avoiding communication with any I'll be on the couch with my dad with some snacks. Not too much confidence in beating PSG but we always bring something to big games. Come on you Blues!Jake: I'm living in Sydney so I will be setting the alarm for 4:50am, which is an earlier start than normal for work!Richard: As a Chelsea season ticket holder, I'll be on the sofa watching through my fingers and praying that it's not a complete embarrassment.
New York Times
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
‘Hot Milk' Review: Mommy Issues
Under a forgiving light, 'Hot Milk' plays like a surrealist comedy about a 25-year-old British woman who is too depressed to finish her thesis. Sofia (Emma Mackey) lives with her mother, Rose (Fiona Shaw), in southern Spain. Groups of girls practice flamenco near the rocky beach where Sofia broods in solitude, and the neighbor's dog, which is chained up to the roof, never stops barking. And one day Ingrid (Vicky Krieps), a bisexual manic-pixie-horse-girl from Germany, enters Sofia's life and quickly breaks down her defenses with an annoyingly whimsical flirtation style. How are we supposed to react when, for instance, the two women enjoy a moody moonlit tryst and Ingrid breathily declares that she once killed someone? Baffling choices like these make 'Hot Milk,' the directorial debut of the playwright and screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz, hard to take seriously. The film, adapted from the novel by Deborah Levy of the same name, is a tonal scramble, which makes the story's intended throughline — Sofia's toxic, codependent relationship with Rose — feel unexpected once it finally takes control of the narrative. The mother and daughter are in Spain indefinitely to meet with the renowned Doctor Gómez (Vincent Perez). Mysteriously, Rose is unable to walk, but as her treatment with the doctor continues, her disability seems to be linked to stranger psychological issues — and, perhaps, a desire to control Sofia. Shaw, at the very least, is a hypnotizing and treacherous presence, her seemingly guileless prattle masking deep trauma and cruelty. Mackey, despite flashes of ferocity, feels miscast. Beautiful and angsty, her Sofia doesn't carry the story's psychological layers about manipulation and masochism. The film eventually finds its footing, but the journey there might convince you not to care. Hot MilkRated R for sex, nudity, and psychological trauma. Running time: 1 hour 32 minutes. In theaters.
