Sean Penn
Black Flies review – Sean Penn paramedic drama tries to grapple the horror
Fresh-faced rookie Tye Sheridan is led through a world of medical grimness by a grizzled Penn in a tale full of lifeless cliche
Peter Bradshaw
18, May, 2023 @10:30 PM
Digested week: Hugh Grant plays the prat instead of the dumb Oscars game
Meanwhile Dawn French masters the art of a great show title, and are we all over-hydrated?
Emma Brockes
17, Mar, 2023 @11:27 PM
Sean Penn says US has to accept ‘level of shame’ for not arming Ukraine faster
Actor and filmmaker speaks out at premiere of his documentary about president Voldoymyr Zelenskiy
Dan Sabbagh in Berlin
18, Feb, 2023 @12:46 PM
How Zelenskiy became Hollywood’s man of the hour
From Ben Stiller to Jessica Chastain, celebrities have embraced Ukraine’s president and offered support to the country’s war effort
Isobel Koshiw in Kyiv
08, Jan, 2023 @9:08 AM
Best films of 2022 in the UK: No 5 – Licorice Pizza
Paul Thomas Anderson’s funniest film yet makes stars of newcomers Cooper Hoffman and Alana Haim as unlikely lovers in 1970s LA
Peter Bradshaw
19, Dec, 2022 @6:00 AM
Timothy Hutton on The Sex Party: ‘Do I think it will be controversial? I don’t know …’
He won an Oscar at 20 for Ordinary People, acted with the ‘brat pack’ and worked with Polanski and Lumet. As the star makes his London stage debut, he looks back – and anticipates giving audiences a shock
Sarfraz Manzoor
14, Nov, 2022 @1:13 PM
Sean Penn loans his Oscar to Ukraine’s president Zelenskiy
Actor presented his statuette to the president in Kyiv, telling him: ‘When you win, bring it back to Malibu’
Andrew Pulver
09, Nov, 2022 @11:24 AM
Ben Stiller and Sean Penn banned from Russia after Ukraine comments
Hollywood actors included on Russia’s list of 25 new names excluded from country
Andrew Pulver
06, Sep, 2022 @12:26 PM
‘Like them, we’re fragile’: how Randall Poster assembled his star-packed birdsong project
The esteemed music supervisor enlisted stars such as Mark Ronson, Nick Cave, Beck, Sean Penn and Tilda Swinton for an ambitious new project
Jim Farber
23, May, 2022 @5:28 AM
Gaslit review – a star-powered Watergate drama that grips and doesn’t let go
Julia Roberts is fantastic as ‘mouth of the south’ Martha Mitchell in this prestige bit of TV – and she knows it
Rebecca Nicholson
24, Apr, 2022 @12:00 PM
Sean Penn says Ukraine ‘is going to win this thing’
Actor makes series of TV appearances to boost support in the US for Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the country’s effort to repel Russia
Andrew Pulver
06, Apr, 2022 @10:46 AM
Sean Penn calls for billionaire to step up and buy aircraft for Ukraine
Actor urges someone to spend $300m on ‘12 aircraft with better tech than Russian MiGs or SU’s’
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor
01, Apr, 2022 @4:16 PM
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