Javier Bardem

Dune: Part Two review – second half of hallucinatory sci-fi epic is staggering spectacle

Denis Villeneuve’s monumental adaptation expands its extraordinary world of shimmering strangeness. It’s impossible to imagine anyone doing it better

Peter Bradshaw

21, Feb, 2024 @5:00 PM

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile review – lip-smackingly good fun with the CGI singing croc

Shawn Mendes voices the much-loved character of the reptile discovered in a pet shop, but it’s Javier Bardem’s flamboyant showman who steals the film

Cath Clarke

12, Oct, 2022 @6:00 AM

Eye for an eye: Javier Bardem iris NFT to be sold for sight-saving charity

Image of actor’s eye to be auctioned to fund Ojos del Mundo in preventing blindness in developing world

Stephen Burgen in Barcelona

16, Sep, 2022 @11:57 AM

Sally Potter on making a film about violence with Chris Rock: ‘He is aware of what happens when a man feels humiliated’

In Look at Me, Rock is thrown to the floor by Javier Bardem. Potter discusses male anger in her film and the similarities between that and Rock’s real-life experience of being slapped by Will Smith at the Oscars

Ryan Gilbey

25, Aug, 2022 @2:00 PM

The Good Boss review – Javier Bardem bosses it in unsubtle Spanish satire

The star delivers a masterclass in reptilian charm as the unscrupulous head of a provincial firm in Fernando León de Aranoa’s tragicomedy

Mark Kermode, Observer film critic

17, Jul, 2022 @7:00 AM

The Good Boss review – Javier Bardem excels in soapy workplace satire

The Spanish star epitomises managerial banality as the lecherous, casually racist factory boss Blanco whose meddling in employees’ affairs finally sees him come unstuck

Peter Bradshaw

12, Jul, 2022 @12:00 PM

Oscars nominations 2022: the full list

From Dune to The Power of the Dog, all the nominations for the 94th Academy Awards, which take place on 27 March

Guardian film

08, Feb, 2022 @2:01 PM

Screen Actors Guild nominations: Succession, Ted Lasso and House of Gucci rule

The Sag awards, which honour both film and TV, are seen as an indicator of Oscar success

Benjamin Lee

12, Jan, 2022 @4:08 PM

Javier Bardem: ‘When I won the Oscar, I felt great, but it didn’t make any sense’

Famed for portraying bad guys in Skyfall and No Country for Old Men, the Spaniard opens up about his marriage to Penélope Cruz, his formidable mum, and his hopes for his kids

Hadley Freeman

17, Dec, 2021 @11:00 AM

Being the Ricardos review – Kidman gets serious with Lucille Ball

Nicole Kidman is brilliant, if anything but funny, in Aaron Sorkin’s writerly, behind-the-scenes take on I Love Lucy, with Javier Bardem as Desi Arnaz

Simran Hans

11, Dec, 2021 @3:00 PM