Colin Firth
What links a 2001 murder to Donovan and Claire Danes?
With cult true-crime story The Staircase returning as a miniseries, take a dive down the rabbit hole with some British folk and an Oscar nod
Larry Ryan
07, May, 2022 @12:00 PM
‘I was literally shocked’: the true story behind new TV drama The Staircase
The confounding, and unsolved, case of a man accused of killing his wife that inspired a landmark docuseries has led to a star-studded new crime drama
David Smith in Washington
07, May, 2022 @5:19 AM
The Staircase review – Colin Firth and Toni Collette scale the heights in riveting true-crime tale
The notorious documentary series about the death of an author’s wife gets a star-packed fictionalisation that is practically fizzing with tension
Lucy Mangan
05, May, 2022 @9:20 PM
Operation Mincemeat review – Blimpish take on Ben Macintyre’s spy thriller
Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen and Kelly Macdonald provide some ballast in John Madden’s overburdened adaptation
Xan Brooks
17, Apr, 2022 @10:00 AM
Operation Mincemeat review – Colin Firth heads starry cast in wartime spy caper
Stiff upper lips abound in this stranger-than-fiction tale of second world war espionage, with Firth and Matthew Macfadyen in charge
Peter Bradshaw
13, Apr, 2022 @10:00 AM
Mr Darcy’s white shirt from lake scene stars in Jane Austen exhibition
Garment worn by Colin Firth in 1995 BBC version of Pride and Prejudice to go on show at Jane Austen’s House
Steven Morris
25, Mar, 2022 @11:36 AM
Mothering Sunday review – a portrait of the artist as a young maid
French director Eva Husson bypasses Britflick stuffiness in this passionate period drama adapted from a Graham Swift story of loss and rebirth
Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
14, Nov, 2021 @8:00 AM
Mothering Sunday review – Josh O’Connor doomed romance overdoes the ennui
This adaptation of the Graham Swift novel look and sounds lush, but the pace is so languorous your emotions never have a chance to get going
Peter Bradshaw
10, Jul, 2021 @7:53 AM
Supernova review – a touching long goodbye from Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci
Firth and Tucci trade barbs as a couple on a nostalgic last-chance road trip in this enjoyably bittersweet dementia drama
Mark Kermode Observer film critic
27, Jun, 2021 @7:00 AM
Supernova review – Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci dazzle as a couple facing their fears
The veteran pair are on magnificent form in a marriage drama all the more powerful for its restraint
Peter Bradshaw
25, Jun, 2021 @8:26 AM
Bill and Melinda Gates divorce: why the over-60s are ‘silver splitters’
Divorce rates may be falling but there is one demographic that bucks this trend … older couples
Andrew Anthony
09, May, 2021 @6:00 AM
Bridget Jones’s Diary at 20: a gloriously messy ode to imperfection
While elements of the hit British comedy have aged quite notably, the charm remains as strong as ever as does Renee Zellweger’s Oscar-nominated turn
Rebecca Nicholson
13, Apr, 2021 @6:17 AM
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