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All work and no play: why the cartoon world needs to stop copying the corporate

According to animated movies, all human life is controlled by monsters or rabbits or leprechauns diligently working a 9 to 5 in a metaphysical office complex – where’s the fun in that?

Nicholas Barber

02, Aug, 2022 @11:00 AM

Post your questions for Amy Poehler

The comic actor has turned director of recent Sundance hit, Lucy and Desi, a documentary on I Love Lucy’s Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Questions, please!

Rich Pelley

21, Feb, 2022 @11:15 AM

Richard Kind: 'I’m a team player, but I also want to win'

The comedy veteran – a star of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Spin City and A Serious Man – is an essential ensemble player. He talks about not taking centre stage and his upcoming role as Rudy Guiliani

John Patterson

13, Dec, 2019 @10:00 AM

Mary Poppins, The BFG and Spectre: your complete Christmas film guide

The best festive films, from the classic The Grand Budapest Hotel, to modern favourites such as Up and Brooklyn, plus the creepy baby from Twilight and everything in between

Paul Howlett and Phil Harrison

15, Dec, 2018 @10:00 AM

Every Pixar film ever made - Ranked!

It’s the studio that rewrote the rules of animation, and it hasn’t let up since. So which is the best – and worst – of Pixar’s 19 movies? We find out in Ranked, our new weekly series

Peter Bradshaw

19, Jan, 2018 @6:00 AM

Can Coco breathe new life into Pixar – and make audiences tackle death?

Disney’s animation studio has struggled to replicate the success of its golden decade that ended in 2012. Can a tale inspired by Mexico’s Day of the Dead excite audiences?

Ben Child

20, Jun, 2017 @5:00 AM

Finding Dory to Cars 2: Pixar's greatest hits and misses

Pixar redrew the rules of animation with its groundbreaking CGI – and the gorgeous visuals are matched by lovable characters and thrilling storytelling

Ben Child

30, Jun, 2016 @5:12 PM

Spotlight and The Revenant deserve their Oscars, but where were Carol's? | Peter Bradshaw

On balance, the Academy gave its prizes to the right people, but it’s baffling that the Cate Blanchett-starring lesbian romance was completely shut out

Peter Bradshaw

29, Feb, 2016 @6:27 AM

Oscars 2016: full list of Academy Award nominations

All the nominations for this year’s Academy Awards, which take place at the Dolby theatre in Hollywood on 28 FebruaryMore on Oscars 2016

Guardian film

28, Feb, 2016 @12:52 PM

Oscars 2016: The Revenant deserves to own awards season – less so Mad Max and The Martian | Peter Bradshaw

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s brutal survival story merits its place at the head of the nomination count, but some of this year’s choices are puzzling

Peter Bradshaw

14, Jan, 2016 @3:37 PM