Charlie Kaufman

From reality TV to Oscar nominee: the rise and rise of Jessie Buckley

The Irish star, who once competed in a BBC talent show, has made a name for herself in challenging and unconventional roles. Her performance in The Lost Daughter could win her an Academy Award

Vanessa Thorpe

27, Mar, 2022 @9:00 AM

What links Licorice Pizza to The Gong Show?

From San Fernando Valley to Chuck Barris via Haim, we go down the rabbit hole with Paul Thomas Anderson’s coming-of-age tale

Larry Ryan

01, Jan, 2022 @1:00 PM

Jessie Buckley on Covid filming: ‘The world’s greatest love scene – and we couldn’t touch!’

From Chernobyl to Beast, the Irish star has become the go-to for challenging roles. Now she’s joining Josh O’Connor in Romeo & Juliet – shot in an empty National Theatre

Tom Lamont

20, Mar, 2021 @10:00 AM

Streaming: the best films about writers

Elisabeth Moss’s fevered turn as American gothic novelist Shirley Jackson is the latest chapter in cinema’s tireless quest to dramatise the literary life

Guy Lodge

02, Jan, 2021 @8:00 AM

Death! Dancing! Drinking! The best movie moments of 2020

From an unusual first kiss to a horrifying shock death, Guardian writers pick their most impactful big screen bits of the year

Adrian Horton, Guy Lodge, Charles Bramesco, Beatrice Loayza, Steve Rose, Radheyan Simonpillai, Pamela Hutchinson, Jordan Hoffman, Benjamin Lee, Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard

24, Dec, 2020 @8:17 AM

The 50 best films of 2020 in the UK: the full list

It’s number one time, and it’s a picture from the beginning of the year that nothing else has quite eclipsed for wit, thrills and sheer watchability

Andrew Pulver

18, Dec, 2020 @8:09 AM

The ballet, the janitor, the parents: discuss I'm Thinking of Ending Things with spoilers

We know what to expect from Charlie Kaufman – the weirdness, the confusion, the mind-scrambling script. Yet his latest tests the comprehension of even his keenest fans. Here’s your safe space to try and decipher what the hell is going on

Jordan Hoffman

08, Sep, 2020 @10:29 AM

I'm Thinking of Ending Things review – one of the most daringly unexpected films of the year

Jessie Buckley gives a miraculous performance as the anxious young woman at the centre of Charlie Kaufman’s nightmarish chiller

Wendy Ide

05, Sep, 2020 @2:00 PM

Film's 20 greatest voiceovers – ranked!

Charlie Kaufman’s new film, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, cements the director’s place as the master of voiceover. From Ewan McGregor in Trainspotting to Derek Jarman’s moving account of life with Aids in Blue, here are some of the best narrators on film

Ryan Gilbey

03, Sep, 2020 @12:31 PM

I'm Thinking of Ending Things review – another superb nightmare courtesy of Charlie Kaufman

Jessie Buckley is a troubled young woman on the brink of breaking up with her boyfriend in this surreal, disquieting and sometimes extraordinary drama

Peter Bradshaw

27, Aug, 2020 @1:00 PM