Orson Welles

Return of the king: what can the movies teach us about the coronation?

Icy rejection in Welles’s Chimes at Midnight, Chalamet stripped to the waist, a swaggering Chris Hemsworth – which will Charles channel on Saturday?

Peter Bradshaw

04, May, 2023 @7:00 AM

Pssst! Wanna buy an Oscar? The mysterious case of the missing Academy Awards

An Oscar can only, officially, be sold for $1 – but that hasn’t stopped a small but lucrative black market. Where are all those that have disappeared?

Steve Rose

15, Mar, 2023 @10:00 AM

What links The Lord of the Rings to Lenny Henry and the Beatles?

As Middle-earth buffs get ready for the new Rings of Power extravaganza, we follow Tolkien down the rabbit hole and find Orson Welles, Michael Gambon and the Fab Four

Larry Ryan

27, Aug, 2022 @12:00 PM

The Magnificent Ambersons at 80: Orson Welles’ powerful but cursed drama

The multi-hyphenate’s follow-up to Citizen Kane was a nightmare production and a box office disappointment but remains a fascinating film about America

David Alexander

10, Jul, 2022 @6:11 AM

Sally Kellerman obituary

American actor and singer who played Major Margaret Houlihan – ‘Hot Lips’ – in the 1970 film M*A*S*H

Ryan Gilbey

27, Feb, 2022 @1:23 PM

Leonard Fenton obituary

Actor who performed in Beckett’s Happy Days and played the genial GP on EastEnders for 34 years

Anthony Hayward

01, Feb, 2022 @5:10 PM

Macbeth movies have been foul and fair – Joel Coen’s is a stunner

The Tragedy of Macbeth follows in the footsteps of Orson Welles’s bold 1948 film, which showed how imagination can turn Shakespeare’s text into more than just a costume epic

Michael Billington

25, Jan, 2022 @6:43 AM

TV tonight: A Discovery of Witches returns for a tantalising third and final series

Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer star once again. Plus: Monty Don goes in search of some Adriatic gardens. Here’s what to watch this evening

Hollie Richardson, Ali Catterall, Alexi Duggins and Simon Wardell

07, Jan, 2022 @6:20 AM

Streaming: Mubi’s First Films season and other essential director debuts

Red Road, Citizen Kane, Reservoir Dogs… some debut features feel like anything but

Guy Lodge

01, Jan, 2022 @8:00 AM

New Deal For Artists: an unearthed film on how arts funding should work

For its 40th anniversary, the Orson Welles-narrated documentary about Franklin D Roosevelt’s post-depression artist program is getting a vital re-release

Charles Bramesco

19, May, 2021 @6:28 PM