Emily Watson
Small Things Like These review – Cillian Murphy’s piercingly painful Magdalene Laundries drama
Murphy plays a man who witnesses Ireland’s church’s abusive workhouses for unwed mothers in an absorbing Dickensian story based on recent history
Peter Bradshaw
16, Feb, 2024 @11:05 AM
Breaking the Waves review – Emily Watson adds brilliance to von Trier’s windup of a movie
In Lars von Trier’s otherwise ridiculous film, Watson brings generous substance to a punishing role as a dangerously selfless wife
Peter Bradshaw
04, Aug, 2023 @6:00 AM
God’s Creatures review – Emily Watson and Paul Mescal elevate a solid study of violence
A mother is torn between her son and her conscience in a well-acted Irish drama marred by a routine plot
Wendy Ide
02, Apr, 2023 @10:00 AM
‘There was cruelty and unpleasantness’: Emily Watson on school, stardom and sex scenes in her 50s
The actor grew up in an alleged cult and was expelled after her explicit role in Breaking the Waves. She discusses method acting, the #MeToo movement and mixing work and family
Ann Lee
20, Mar, 2023 @6:00 AM
God’s Creatures review – Emily Watson and Paul Mescal shine in doom-laden drama
As her son returns home after years away, Aileen is asked to give him an alibi which sets in motion a terrible series of events
Peter Bradshaw
19, May, 2022 @8:06 AM
The Proposition: Nick Cave’s savage outback western reveals ugly truths about Australia
Released in 2005, this brutal tale of sibling conflict is set against the backdrop of colonial racism, violence and misogyny
Adam Fleet
07, Dec, 2021 @4:30 PM
Hear me out: why Equilibrium isn’t a bad movie
The latest in our series of writers defending loathed films is a plea to reconsider 2002’s dour Christian Bale-starring dystopian action thriller
Graeme Virtue
24, May, 2021 @5:16 AM
Too Close review – could this ‘yummy mummy’ be a murderer?
Emily Watson and Denise Gough star in ITV’s compelling whydunnit, which boasts one of the most convincing cat-and-mouse games ever seen on screen
Lucy Mangan
12, Apr, 2021 @9:00 PM
TV Tonight: Emily Watson stars in a tense psychological drama
Watson plays a psychiatrist who finds herself drawn to a potentially dangerous client in Too Close. Plus: Greta Thunberg’s Year to Change the World. Here’s what to watch this evening
Ammar Kalia, Hannah J Davies, Graeme Virtue and Paul Howlett
12, Apr, 2021 @5:20 AM
The 50 best TV shows of 2019: No 3 – Chernobyl
This tale of the 1986 Soviet nuclear meltdown combined disaster movie and conspiracy thriller into a near-perfect example of TV making
Jack Seale
17, Dec, 2019 @6:00 AM
King Lear review – Anthony Hopkins is shouty, vulnerable and absolutely mesmerising
This BBC adaptation cuts the play to two hours, adds helicopters and mixed martial arts, and boasts fab performances all over the place
Sam Wollaston
28, May, 2018 @10:30 PM
Emily Watson: ‘Turning 50 felt great… I was, like, so where’s the party?’
The star of Little Women on her role in the BBC’s Little Women, why binge TV is good for female actors – and the virtues of Arsène Wenger
Interview by Michael Hogan
24, Dec, 2017 @9:00 AM
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