Film industry
‘They chucked her under the bus – then reversed it back over her’: has the Emilia Pérez backlash gone too far?
Karla Sofía Gascón’s precipitous fall from Oscars frontrunner to industry pariah has left many in Hollywood rethinking their tactics – and questioning their ethics
Catherine Shoard and Sam Jones
07, Feb, 2025 @5:28 PM
‘Pre-sales are bigger than Barbie’: Bridget Jones 4 set to break box office records – despite no US cinema release
The fourth instalment, Mad About the Boy, on course to become biggest homegrown hit of the year in the UK, but will only be available on streamers stateside
Catherine Shoard
07, Feb, 2025 @12:47 PM
‘I did it for the money!’ The films that made Tim Roth, Benedict Cumberbatch and more apologise
It’s not often that actors criticise their own work. But whether it’s down to movies being slammed for whitewashing or transphobia – or just shonky sets – occasionally they feel they have no choice
Stuart Heritage
06, Feb, 2025 @4:00 PM
‘I’ve never had a cinematic experience like it’: readers’ memories of Prince Charles Cinema
As the much-loved cinema faces the threat of closure, six cinemagoers reminisce about their favourite moments at the film institution
Alfie Packham and Guardian readers
06, Feb, 2025 @2:42 PM
Makeup artist tried to remove Adrien Brody’s nose by mistake on set of The Brutalist
Actor says nose mistaken for prosthetic by new makeup artist, who he then informed that it ‘doesn’t come off’
Catherine Shoard
06, Feb, 2025 @1:50 PM
‘How often do you see Palestinian stories in fiction?’: the film-maker trying to adjust our focus
After a career making documentaries, Mahdi Fleifel has created To a Land Unknown, a feature film about the refugee experience
Saeed Kamali Dehghan
06, Feb, 2025 @7:00 AM
Has the Sundance film festival lost its mojo?
Underwhelming films and some disinterested buyers left many wondering what’s next for the Utah-based festival
Benjamin Lee
04, Feb, 2025 @9:57 PM
‘My most sincere apologies to all the people who may have been offended’: when Oscar campaigns implode
Whether it’s tricky past social posts, news meltdowns or PR teams trying too hard to make an impact, here are some past examples of self-sabotaged awards campaigns
Andrew Pulver
03, Feb, 2025 @5:54 PM
Phyllis Dalton obituary
Costume designer who won Oscars for her work on the film epic Doctor Zhivago and for Kenneth Branagh’s 1989 Henry V
Veronica Horwell
30, Jan, 2025 @4:47 PM
Cate Blanchett launches fund for refugee film-makers
Actor to head scheme to award grants of up to €100,000 to five directors with experience of displacement
Saeed Kamali Dehghan
29, Jan, 2025 @1:15 PM
Cult London film venue Prince Charles cinema under threat of closure
Much loved for its screenings of hard-to-find films, the venue claims its landlord wants to alter lease, leaving it able to shut down the business
Andrew Pulver
28, Jan, 2025 @12:53 PM
Rayner urged to approve Marlow film studios in test of Labour planning policy
Inquiry into plan backed by director James Cameron begins after council rejected it over use of green-belt land
Mark Sweney
21, Jan, 2025 @2:41 PM
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