Annette Bening
Oscars 2024: who might be in the running for next year’s awards?
From Colman Domingo to Saoirse Ronan, an early look at which actors and directors might win awards in 2024
Benjamin Lee
15, Mar, 2023 @3:27 PM
Jerry and Marge Go Large review – Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening go small
A broad, fact-based comedy about a couple who game the lottery has flashes of vicarious fun but relies too heavily on sitcom beats
Benjamin Lee
17, Jun, 2022 @3:27 PM
Death on the Nile review – Kenneth Branagh makes heavy weather of Christie caper
Branagh’s spirited performance as Poirot and a big-name ensemble cast can’t keep this stale and two-dimensional whodunnit afloat
Peter Bradshaw
07, Feb, 2022 @2:00 PM
‘In real life, people aren’t heroic’: Annette Bening and Bill Nighy on why marriages implode
The two actors talk about their new film, Hope Gap, and along with co-star Josh O’Connor and director William Nicholson, share their thoughts on honesty, fidelity and the perils of talking at breakfast
Catherine Shoard
28, Aug, 2020 @5:00 AM
Hope Gap review – marriage hits the rocks at the seaside
Annette Bening and Bill Nighy are terrific as a middle-aged couple who have everything – except a happy relationship
Leslie Felperin
27, Aug, 2020 @11:00 AM
The Report review – claustrophobic tale of CIA interrogation failures
This fact-based thriller on a US Senate probe gets caught up in the detail
Wendy Ide
17, Nov, 2019 @10:29 AM
The Report review – Adam Driver's battle to expose CIA torture
Driver stars as the real-life researcher who struggled to publish his study of ‘extreme interrogation techniques’ in this cool, dry look at the facts
Peter Bradshaw
14, Nov, 2019 @1:00 PM
American Beauty at 20: is the Oscar-winning hit worth a closer look?
In the years since its release, critics have turned against 1999’s Oscar-winning suburban satire but it remains a telling snapshot of the time
Guy Lodge
13, Sep, 2019 @3:31 PM
Hope Gap review – Annette Bening stumbles in empty divorce drama
The Oscar nominee wrestles with an ill-fitting British accent playing a woman whose life crumbles after her husband leaves for another woman
Benjamin Lee in Toronto
07, Sep, 2019 @3:30 AM
Georgetown review – Christoph Waltz's inglorious directorial debut
The two-time Oscar winner stumbles with a flat, amateurish drama loosely telling the true story of a devious social climber
Benjamin Lee
29, Apr, 2019 @4:27 PM
All My Sons review – Annette Bening and Tracy Letts power sturdy revival
Thrilling, note perfect performances elevate yet another staging of Arthur Miller’s transgressive tragedy
Alexis Soloski
23, Apr, 2019 @1:30 AM
The early favourites: who might be winning Oscars in 2020?
Olivia Colman, Rami Malek and Alfonso Cuarón have just taken top honours at this year’s Academy awards but the next ceremony is a mere 12 months away
Benjamin Lee
26, Feb, 2019 @8:00 AM
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