Adam Driver
Romance, 14th-century style: why cinema has fallen for courtly love
From Cyrano to The Last Duel, the world of medieval chivalry is big on screen – and its preoccupation with appearances isn’t so far from our own
Phil Hoad
14, Feb, 2022 @12:02 PM
The best movies of 2021 … that you didn’t see
Guardian writers pick their favourite hidden gems from the year including a jumpy supernatural thriller and a tender queer romance
Simran Hans, Jordan Hoffman, Radheyan Simonpillai, Adrian Horton, Steve Rose, Pamela Hutchinson, Lisa Wong Macabasco, Benjamin Lee, Peter Bradshaw , Andrew Pulver, Guy Lodge and Charles Bramesco
30, Dec, 2021 @7:04 AM
House of Gucci is ‘painful and insulting’, says Gucci family
Heirs of Aldo Gucci issue statement taking issue with Ridley Scott’s film but have stopped short of legal action
Catherine Shoard
29, Nov, 2021 @7:28 PM
House of Gucci review – Lady Gaga steers a steely path through the madness
Gaga rules in Ridley Scott’s at times ridiculous drama based on the true-life sagas of the Italian fashion dynasty
Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
28, Nov, 2021 @8:00 AM
House of Gucci review – Lady Gaga murders in style in true-crime fashion house drama
Ridley Scott’s pantomimey soap entertainingly tracks fractures in the fashion world as Patrizia Reggiano plots to kill her ex, Maurizio Gucci
Peter Bradshaw
22, Nov, 2021 @11:00 PM
The Last Duel review – swordplay without subtlety
Ridley Scott gets bogged down in medieval mud and murk as he attempts to tell a rape-revenge story starring Jodie Comer, Matt Damon and Adam Driver
Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
17, Oct, 2021 @7:00 AM
The Last Duel review – storytelling with gusto in Ridley Scott’s medieval epic
Jodie Comer comes up against odious men played by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Adam Driver in a reverse rape-revenge parable set in 14th-century France
Peter Bradshaw
14, Oct, 2021 @8:00 AM
From Annette to Shang-Chi: eight new films to watch as Australian cinemas reopen
As locked-down regions reopen this month, here’s our guide to the best bet for your next night out
Michael Sun
11, Oct, 2021 @2:01 AM
The Last Duel review – Affleck, Damon and Driver deliver damp mullets in the fog
An all-star cast and some showstoppingly horrible hair can’t save Ridley Scott’s medieval epic
Jonathan Romney in Venice
10, Sep, 2021 @7:30 PM
Annette review – Leos Carax’s bonkers but beautiful musical fantasy
Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard are all but upstaged by their puppet child in this tragicomic pop opera
Mark Kermode
05, Sep, 2021 @7:00 AM
Adam Driver’s 10 best film performances – ranked!
Ahead of the release of Annette, we rank the actor’s greatest roles, from the insufferable hipster of While We’re Young to his severe missionary in Silence
Peter Bradshaw
26, Aug, 2021 @11:19 AM
‘We have a hostility to being boring’: Sparks, still flying in their 70s
Their Adam Driver musical sent Cannes into raptures and Edgar Wright has made an all-star documentary about them. The Mael brothers explain why they’ll always be hopelessly in love with pop
Daniel Dylan Wray
16, Jul, 2021 @5:00 AM
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