Clint Eastwood
Dirty Harry at 50: Clint Eastwood’s seminal, troubling 70s antihero
The off-the-leash cop archetype was cemented with Don Siegel’s taut, provocative thriller that neither condemns or condones extreme measures
Charles Bramesco
23, Dec, 2021 @6:26 AM
Cry Macho review – Clint Eastwood’s lone ranger bridges the generation gap
The director plays a ‘real cowboy’ who bonds with the boy he’s asked to rescue from his mother in this touching road movie
Simran Hans
13, Nov, 2021 @3:00 PM
Cry Macho review – even Clint Eastwood can’t rescue ropey western
He remains a magnetic presence, but can’t sustain interest in this dated tale, which would have us believe the 91-year-old remains a ladykiller
Peter Bradshaw
10, Nov, 2021 @11:00 AM
Cry Macho review – Clint Eastwood’s dull 70s drama evokes no tears
The director’s latest film, in which he stars as a former rodeo star who travels to Mexico to save a friend’s son, is an inert disappointment
Benjamin Lee
15, Sep, 2021 @4:30 PM
Will Cry Macho be the ultimate Clint Eastwood film?
The 90-year-old star’s next project may not be his last, but can you imagine a Clintier, more Eastwoodian title?
Stuart Heritage
05, Oct, 2020 @2:05 PM
Lennie Niehaus, longtime Clint Eastwood composer, dies aged 90
Composer for Unforgiven and The Bridges of Madison County, who Eastwood taught to swim in the army, died in California
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
02, Jun, 2020 @9:15 AM
My favourite film aged 12: Where Eagles Dare
Continuing our series in which writers revisit childhood movie passions, we find out if a war film from a pre-greenscreen era holds up in the digital age
Michael Hann
01, Apr, 2020 @8:57 AM
Clint Eastwood: electing Bloomberg would make my day
Actor breaks with Republican party to support former New York mayor in 2020
Martin Pengelly
22, Feb, 2020 @10:59 PM
Richard Jewell review – Clint Eastwood’s cautionary tale for cynical times
Eastwood’s elegant biopic about the 1996 Olympics security guard turned terror suspect resonates today
Simran Hans
02, Feb, 2020 @10:30 AM
Richard Jewell review – Clint Eastwood's bomb-hero drama fails to detonate
The true story of the nerdy security guard who saved many lives during a terror attack at the Atlanta Olympics features a couple of great performances – and a lot of silliness
Peter Bradshaw
31, Jan, 2020 @7:00 AM
Kathy Bates: 'I told Clint that after 50 years, I feel like I've hit the big time'
With her fourth nomination for an Oscar, Kathy Bates talks about overcoming brutal criticism about her looks, her pride at playing real women and why she loved working with Clint Eastwood
John Patterson
17, Jan, 2020 @6:00 AM
From the archive: Norman Mailer meets Clint Eastwood in 1984
The novelist writes admiringly of the actor – even suggesting he’d make a good politician
Chris Hall
05, Jan, 2020 @6:00 AM
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