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Seeing double: why Hollywood keeps telling the same story twice

From two incarnations of Churchill to uncannily similar terrorist attacks on the White House, the film industry can’t resist repeating itself

Luke Walpole

05, Feb, 2021 @8:00 AM

Battlefield drama 1917 wins 2020 UK box office in pandemic-struck year

Sam Mendes’ first world war thriller was UK cinemas’ biggest crowdpuller as total earnings dropped by over 75% as a result of Covid restrictions

Andrew Pulver and Mark Sweney

05, Jan, 2021 @11:56 AM

The best films of 2020 so far

Adam Sandler is a gem of jewellery dealer, Dev Patel is inspired casting as David Copperfield, while Keira Knightley disrupts the 1970 Miss World contest in these top picks – listed in date order – from the UK release schedule this year

Guardian film

12, May, 2020 @5:00 AM

Streaming: 1917 and the best first world war films online

On the eve of the digital release of Sam Mendes’s Oscar-winner, why not revisit other celebrated films about the Great War

Guy Lodge

01, May, 2020 @11:00 PM

George MacKay: ‘Playing Ned Kelly was exhausting – I felt very vulnerable’

Fresh from the Oscar-winning 1917, the actor is taking on his most challenging role yet

Tim Jonze

29, Feb, 2020 @8:00 AM

Oscar winners 2020: the full list

From Parasite to Pitt, all the Oscar results from the 92nd Academy Awards

Guardian film

10, Feb, 2020 @7:50 PM

Oscars 2020: Bong Joon-ho wins multiple awards for Parasite – as it happened

Parasite wins best screenplay, best director and best picture in an incredible night for the South Korean director – we followed the results live

Stuart Heritage, Hannah Marriott and Priya Elan, with Hadley Freeman and Benjamin Lee in Hollywood

10, Feb, 2020 @2:49 PM

Oscars tonight: timetable, predictions and all you need to know

The 92nd Academy Awards have finally arrived: here’s what you need to know, when you need to know it by and who (we think) will win the key prizes

Guardian film

10, Feb, 2020 @12:01 AM

Oscars 2020: who will win | Peter Bradshaw

The Guardian’s chief film critic makes his picks for the big night – can Bong Joon-ho pull it off with Parasite?

Peter Bradshaw

07, Feb, 2020 @12:06 PM

Joker was criticised for ripping off old classics. So why does 1917 get a pass?

With its showy camerawork, comforting heroism and nostalgia for a noble Britain, Sam Mendes’ film is anything but original

Harry Windsor

07, Feb, 2020 @10:32 AM

Prince William's ticking off means Bafta must get serious about diversity

Bafta seeks to project the image of a global, inclusive institution but the reality suggests it is guided by outdated traditions and prejudices

Steve Rose

03, Feb, 2020 @3:41 PM

Baftas 2020: 1917 and Joaquin Phoenix triumph – as it happened

It’s the biggest night of the year in British cinema. Join us to find out who wore what, whether incoming host Graham Norton managed to make us forget the horror of Joanna Lumley – and who won this year’s prizes

Alex Needham, Lauren Cochrane and Ellie Violet Bramley

03, Feb, 2020 @12:00 AM