John Hurt

Watership Down review – charming rabbit animation still has power to terrify
A band of rabbits must leave their warren to find safety in a film that, even in a digital age, still has the bloody force to scare young minds
Peter Bradshaw
23, Oct, 2024 @8:00 AM

The greatest Doctor Who – ranked!
Tom Baker’s scarf! Jodie Whittaker’s cupboard! David Tennant’s gifs! As Ncuti Gatwa picks up his sonic screwdriver for the new series of Doctor Who, we rate every two-hearted Time Lord so far
Martin Belam
03, May, 2024 @12:00 PM

Dexter Fletcher: ‘I sat on Diana Dors’s knee and she said: “Aren’t you lovely!”’
The actor and director on getting shouted at by Ken Russell, keeping it real for Elton John and when Jodie Foster made a moustache out of his hair
As told to Rich Pelley
25, May, 2023 @2:00 PM

Hear me out: why Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull isn't a bad movie
The latest in our series of writers defending maligned films is a reappraisal for the fun fourth Indiana Jones adventure
Luke Walpole
16, Feb, 2021 @7:14 AM

Conclusions by John Boorman review – film gossip and nostalgia
The filmmaker on Gerard Depardieu’s snoring, Burt Reynolds’s sexual skills and why boxset TV is disappointing
Sukhdev Sandhu
25, Mar, 2020 @12:00 PM

The Elephant Man review – David Lynch's tragic tale of compassion
Four decades on, John Hurt’s performance gives this biopic a poignancy that marks it apart from the rest of director’s work
Peter Bradshaw
12, Mar, 2020 @11:00 AM

Dr Alien, PhD: the horror classic that academia loves
In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the sci-film inspires an industry of papers, talks and research
Robin McKie
24, Mar, 2019 @7:00 AM

10 of the strangest star cameos in video games
Rami Malek’s slasher horror, Bowie as a cyberpunk hacker, streetfighting Carmen Electra, and John Hurt down and dirty … improbable roles for A-listers
Keith Stuart
23, Mar, 2019 @1:36 PM

Damascus Cover review – stolid, dreary spy thriller
John Hurt’s final screen role is a saving grace in this film, which otherwise lacks action or mystery
Peter Bradshaw
02, Aug, 2018 @3:00 PM

That Good Night review – a workmanlike swansong for John Hurt
Eric Styles’s film fails to match its star’s performance as a spiteful dying writer
Wendy Ide
13, May, 2018 @7:00 AM

That Good Night review – John Hurt shines in final lead role
Sadly, he’s the best thing in this over-sentimental drama about a gruff writer’s final days in picture-perfect Portugal
Mike McCahill
11, May, 2018 @5:00 AM

John Hurt, by his final director: 'Impish, unsentimental – and as generous as Julie Andrews'
In Hurt’s last film, That Good Night, he played a screenwriter with a terminal illness. Here, director Eric Styles recalls the actor’s good humour despite his own diagnosis
Eric Styles
10, May, 2018 @10:27 AM
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