Glenn Close

Tehran series two review – Glenn Close adds menace to this breathlessly exciting thriller

An authoritative, powerful Close brings star power to this unbearably tense spy drama that makes Homeland seem as relaxing as a sleep app

Rebecca Nicholson

06, May, 2022 @8:00 AM

Patricia MacLachlan obituary

US writer of brief but intense accounts of family life for children whose best-known work was Sarah, Plain and Tall

Julia Eccleshare

14, Apr, 2022 @3:35 PM

‘The hideous truth is that jealousy is an aphrodisiac’: Fatal Attraction director on sex, shrinks and snails

British film-maker Adrian Lyne hit paydirt with a string of erotic thrillers, but Deep Water is his first movie for 20 years. Can stars (and ex-lovers) Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas outsweat Glenn Close and Michael Douglas?

Catherine Shoard

10, Mar, 2022 @5:00 PM

Swan Song review – Mahershala Ali is twice the man in melancholy sci-fi mystery

Ali convincingly plays a man with a terminal illness who has a doppelganger made of himself in this unsettling, elegant film

Peter Bradshaw

14, Dec, 2021 @10:00 AM

Lock up your puppies: how Cruella de Vil became a fashion icon

Hollywood’s greatest fashion baddie is back with a new film, while her monochrome glamour is everywhere. Can the Dalmatian-obsessed anti-hero remind us how to dress post-lockdown?

Hannah Marriott

05, May, 2021 @5:00 AM

And this year’s Oscar for inclusivity goes to … the Academy!

Chloé Zhao, Anthony Hopkins, Daniel Kaluuya ... diversity has truly taken root at the Oscars – with women, older characters and people of colour being recognised

Catherine Shoard

26, Apr, 2021 @5:20 PM

Glenn Close’s magnificent Da Butt and superb flirting: key Oscars moments

An impromptu dance masterclass became an instant highlight, but Steven Soderbergh’s directorial shakeup delivered a ceremony with few highs and frequent depressions

Adrian Horton, Benjamin Lee ,Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard

26, Apr, 2021 @5:25 AM

Ottessa Moshfegh survived lockdown by writing a novel | Rebecca Nicholson

The author wrote to survive while most of the rest of us eventually settled for doing as little as possible

Rebecca Nicholson

20, Mar, 2021 @5:30 PM

The full list of 2021 Oscars nominations

From Mank to Judas and the Black Messiah, all the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards, which take place on 25 April

Guardian film

15, Mar, 2021 @1:11 PM

Golden Globes 2021: who will win and who should win the film awards?

Will Nomadland or Promising Young Woman scoop best drama? And will Viola Davis best Vanessa Kirby to best actress? Peter Bradshaw offers his predictions and preferences

Peter Bradshaw

26, Feb, 2021 @2:05 PM