Dr Strangelove

Steve Coogan to star in Armando Iannucci’s Dr Strangelove play

Coogan will follow in Peter Sellers’ footsteps to play multiple roles in stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 satirical war film

Chris Wiegand

26, Sep, 2023 @10:02 AM

Armando Iannucci to adapt Stanley Kubrick’s film Dr Strangelove for stage

The Thick of It creator will collaborate with actor Sean Foley on first authorised adaptation of director’s 1964 apocalyptic comedy

Dahaba Ali Hussen

15, Jul, 2023 @12:49 PM

Dormant volcanoes and working monorails: the grand designs of Ken Adam, master of the Bond-villain lair

A new book celebrates the late production designer whose elaborate concepts for films from Bond to Dr Strangelove influenced the likes of Norman Foster – and it all started with a felt-tip

Oliver Wainwright

16, Mar, 2023 @8:00 AM

Apocalypse nowadays: the new wave of films about the end of the world

Armageddon once delivered megabuck thrills and horror, but now it’s become a component of satires, family drama and cartoon romps

Alex Hess

03, Jan, 2022 @8:00 AM

The Man from the Future by Ananyo Bhattacharya review – the life of John von Neumann

An expert on everything from game theory to Byzantine history, the inspiration for Dr Strangelove was as brilliant as he was dangerous

Manjit Kumar

13, Oct, 2021 @8:00 AM

The week in audio: Dance Divas; Atomic: How Dr Strangelove Exploded Pop Culture; Decode

A great week for music documentaries ranged from New York’s dance divas to pop in the nuclear era and a dazzling dissection of Dave’s debut album

Miranda Sawyer

01, May, 2021 @4:00 PM

Dr Strangelove, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb review – still a blast

Age has not withered the queasy nightmare of Stanley Kubrick’s nuclear holocaust satire, starring Peter Sellers at the peak of his powers

Peter Bradshaw

15, May, 2019 @1:00 PM

Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition review – from erotic milk bars to haunted hotels

Design Museum, London
This astounding exhibition reveals the obsessive level of genius the great director showed, whether inventing the space age – or restaging the Vietnam war in a London gas works

Oliver Wainwright

25, Apr, 2019 @10:54 AM

Tape me to your leaders: which films should our politicians watch?

For his latest doc, Oliver Stone and Vladimir Putin watched Dr Strangelove and had a natter about the horrors of nuclear war. Could May, Merkel and co learn a few things from the big screen?

Graeme Virtue

03, May, 2017 @3:44 PM

How would world be if women outnumbered men 10 to one?

Debate at Manchester international festival will look at how a female-dominated society would tackle world problems

Mark Brown Arts correspondent

16, Nov, 2016 @7:00 AM

North Korea nuclear test: why did Kim Jong-un press the button now?

Dictator’s motives are unclear but his latest exploit confirms his reputation as a dangerous maverick and international outlaw

Simon Tisdall

06, Jan, 2016 @2:03 PM

Readers recommend: songs about trash | Peter Kimpton

Rubbish? Garbage? Litter? Landfill or recycled, tip out your music collections to find throwaway treasures that may refer to objects, talk, situations or feelings, says Peter Kimpton

Peter Kimpton

23, Jul, 2015 @7:00 PM