Yes, it’s OK to Laugh with ‘Pillion’ [EXCLUSIVE] he Mary Sue spoke to Lighton and Melling about bringing that joyful tone to life on screen and inviting Pillion audiences to laugh. The Mary Sue · Feb 9
SNL fans overjoyed as Heated Rivalry’s Connor Storrie announced as next host: ‘I’m going to implode’ Storrie has gone from cultural obscurity to global fame in a matter of months, thanks to the success of the viral romance series The Independent UK · Feb 1
Saturday Night Live: Alexander Skarsgård makes for a game first-time host The Pillion star gives a so-so episode his all with sketches targeting the tactics of ICE officers, Tarzan and Trump voters changing their minds The Guardian - US · Feb 1
Alexander Skarsgard shares how parenthood requires him to be less ‘selfish and narcissistic’ Parenthood changes everything! We Got This Covered · Jan 30
Alexander Skarsgård Had A Hilariously Blunt Reaction To His Dad Stellan's Oscar Nomination I'll be laughing about this nine-word response for a while. Cinemablend · Jan 24
The 15 Best Comedy Movies You Need to See in 2026 Plus, the funny movies headed to cinemas very soon. Marie Claire · Jan 23
Alexander Skarsgård Breaks His Silence On Orientation After ‘Men And Women’ Comment Goes Viral Alexander Skarsgård addressed the viral speculation concerning his orientation, clarifying his 2025 Zürich Film Festival comments. Bored Panda · Jan 22
Alexander Skarsgård’s New Makeup-Heavy Role Sounds Even Wilder Than Dad Stellan’s Pirates Of The Caribbean Transformation It's becoming a bit of a family tradition. Cinemablend · Jan 21
What you need to know about Robert Redford’s 2026 Sundance Festival as Charli XCX stars in three films The 42nd Sundance Film Festival kicks off this week in Park City, Utah The Independent UK · Jan 21
Alexander Skarsgård Has The Jokes About Launching ‘Massive Smear Campaign’ Against Dad Stellan This Awards Season And the battle of wits continues! Cinemablend · Jan 11
From Wuthering Heights to The Hunger Games: Films we're most excited for in 2026 From Charli xcx’s mockumentary The Moment to Christopher Nolan’s epic The Odyssey, there’s something for everyone at the cinema Evening Standard · Dec 30, 2025
The best films of 2025, from One Battle After Another to Sinners, Marty Supreme and more Paul Thomas Anderson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Chase Infiniti and Timothée Chalamet all stole the limelight, but we also trembled with surprise at Alexander Skarsgård’s BDSM biker in Pillion Evening Standard · Dec 24, 2025
The best sci-fi TV shows of 2025, ranked Watch those skies! In 2025, quality television really did come from outer space. Space · Dec 22, 2025
James Ransone, US actor known for The Wire, dies aged 46 LA medical examiner reports Ransone, who played Chester ‘Ziggy’ Sobotka in the HBO crime drama, died by suicide The Guardian - US · Dec 21, 2025
Cinemablend · Dec 15, 2025 I Can't Get Enough Of Alexander Skarsgård And Dad Stellan Skarsgård Talking Smack About Which One Of Them Should Win During Awards Season Oh, it's on!
The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2025 Stellan Skarsgård says it’s ‘gloves off’ this awards season in rivalry against son Alexander The pair were both nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the recent Gotham Awards
The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025 The 15 best films of 2025, from Mickey 17 to One Battle After Another THE COUNTDOWN: This was a cinematic year of vampires, clones, restless mothers, maybe-ETs and Leonardo DiCaprio struggling to remember complex revolutionary passwords. Clarisse Loughrey has counted down the very best
The Guardian - US · Dec 10, 2025 Charli xcx, Natalie Portman and Salman Rushdie lead 2026 Sundance lineup The festival says goodbye to both founder Robert Redford and its longtime home of Park City, Utah, with a selection of provocative documentaries and starry new films
The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2025 Sundance 2026 lineup unveiled: Charli XCX, Olivia Wilde, Brittney Griner and more Charli XCX is heading to the Sundance Film Festival in January 2026
Tom’s Guide · Dec 7, 2025 Netflix just added one of the best dark thriller movies of the past 5 years — and it’s already crashed the top 10 Netflix just added “The Northman,” a seriously dark action-thriller movie that sees a Viking prince return years after his father’s murder to exact brutal revenge.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2025 ‘BDSM on screen used to just mean a gimp in the basement’: the kink community’s verdict on Pillion Pillion, which explores a relationship between dom Ray (Alexander Skarsgård) and submissive Colin (Harry Melling), has just opened in UK cinemas. But how realistic is its portrayal of a group little seen in mainstream cinema?
Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2025 Alexander Skarsgård is having the time of his life on the Pillion press tour Leather daddies on the red carpet and tales of his ‘sexually liberated’ grandmother are just some of the highlights
The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2025 Pillion review – BDSM biker romp is the sweetest, sexiest, and most tender film you’ll see all year 5/5 Together, Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård achieve what ‘50 Shades of Grey’ couldn’t
The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2025 Inside Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling’s very kinky romcom: ‘People can’t believe the BBC funded it’ IN FOCUS: Nothing else is quite like ‘Pillion’, a sub-dom romance as sexually transgressive as it is heartwarming. Adam White speaks to its two leading men and their director Harry Lighton about raunch, love scenes and prosthetic appendages
The Conversation · Nov 26, 2025 Pillion: what a sex therapy expert thinks of this domination-themed queer rom-com If you’re looking for a film that’s daring and emotionally layered, then Harry Lighton’s debut feature Pillion absolutely hits the mark. The film follows Colin (Harry Melling), a shy suburban guy stuck in routine and Ray (Alexander Skarsgård), a magnetic unreadable biker whose presence exudes both aloofness and intrigue.