Film: The dark side of stardom

Like Brady Corbet’s debut The Childhood of a Leader, an examination of the origins of evil, Vox Lux spans decades in time, but is an altogether more energetic affair which, at times, might almost be described as fun

Natalie Portman in Vox Lux

Cinema

Vox Lux: Directed by Brady Corbet, nationwide, 16,Rating:***

Tolkien: Directed by Dome Karukoski, nationwide, 12A,Rating:***

The second film from actor turned auteur Brady Corbet is a split and twisted fable about stardom in an age of corrosive celebrity which casts a yellow eye over popular culture and finds it wanting.

Like Corbet’s debut The Childhood of a Leader, an examination of the origins of evil, Vox Lux spans decades in time, but ...