Kirk Douglas

Movies about movies – ranked!

Odes to cinema from Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg and Damien Chazelle will jostle for Oscar glory next year – until then, here are 20 of the best films about film-making well worth dimming the lights for

Anne Billson

15, Sep, 2022 @12:05 PM

Stanley Kubrick and Kirk Douglas wanted Doctor Zhivago movie rights

Director wrote to Boris Pasternak in late 1950s, previously unpublished material reveals

Dalya Alberge

09, Nov, 2020 @2:53 PM

The top 25 most compelling Hollywood autobiographies – ranked!

Inspiring, addictive and occasionally gasp-worthy – to mark the publication of Woody Allen’s Apropos of Nothing, we arrange the best Tinseltown memoirs in order of excellence

Peter Bradshaw

02, Apr, 2020 @2:03 PM

When I met Kirk Douglas, did I ask if he’d assaulted Natalie Wood? No, and here’s why | Hadley Freeman

Chucking allegations around is easy, but unsubstantiated rumours aren’t proof of anything

Hadley Freeman

15, Feb, 2020 @9:00 AM

Kirk Douglas remembered at Oscars ceremony

Star of Spartacus and Paths of Glory is included in the Academy’s In Memoriam section

Guardian film

10, Feb, 2020 @3:59 AM

Kirk Douglas – not the last of the greats | Brief letters

Brief letters: Mushrooms | Kirk Douglas | Marmalade | Terry Jones | Donald Trump

Letters

09, Feb, 2020 @6:51 PM

Republican lawmaker is about to regret messing with drag queens | Arwa Mahdawi

A Missouri representative has filed a bill that takes aim at Drag Queen Story Hour, establishes censorship and punishes librarians

Arwa Mahdawi

08, Feb, 2020 @2:00 PM

Kirk Douglas: why his finest role was as a cynical newspaper hack

The actor, who died last week, will go down in history as Spartacus, but his powerful performance in Billy Wilder’s Ace in the Hole should not be overlooked

Vanessa Thorpe

08, Feb, 2020 @1:05 PM

How Izzy Demsky became Kirk Douglas: the ultimate Hollywood makeover

The scrawny son of Jewish immigrants transformed himself into an icon of US manhood – a narrative the nation is forgetting in the Trump era. Yet a darker side lurked too

Andrew Pulver

06, Feb, 2020 @4:22 PM

Kirk Douglas obituary

One of the greatest Hollywood film stars, loved for his roles in Spartacus, The Vikings and Lust for Life

David Thomson

06, Feb, 2020 @1:52 PM

Kirk Douglas: a career in clips

After a career as one of Hollywood’s most distinguished performers, the actor Kirk Douglas has died. Here we look back at some of his finest moments, from Paths of Glory to Ace in the Hole

Andrew Pulver

06, Feb, 2020 @6:00 AM