La La Land: A thoroughly modern musical

La La Land is dizzyingly confident filmmaking on a grand scale

Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in La La Land

Cinema

La La Land: Directed by Damien Chazelle, Nationwide, PG, Rating: *****

Manchester By The Sea: Directed by Kenneth Lonergan, Nationwide, 15A, Rating: ****

Let’s begin with the end ofLa La Land, Damien Chazelle’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning Whiplash. Giving nothing away, the final sequence of this wonderful musical – like a short film unto itself – is one of the most daring and heartbreaking sequences in recent cinema, a beautifully poised and ...