Love Actually

How to save the planet? Richard Curtis says it involves pensions, actually

Director of much-loved Christmas film wants people to be aware of what investments may finance

Rupert Jones

18, Dec, 2020 @12:22 PM

Which Christmas movie are you?

We all have a favourite festive film. But what does it mean if you are an Elf fan or a Love, Actually aficionado?

Stuart Heritage

25, Dec, 2019 @9:00 AM

There’s a lot to hate in Love Actually. But it’s also the ultimate Christmas fantasy | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Ignore the sexism if you can, and revel in a world of palatial flats where everyone adores the prime minister, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

08, Dec, 2019 @3:01 PM

Why quality standards slip at Christmas when it comes to film

It’s the time of year where families gather, get drunk and consume Love Actually. But what is it about the season that makes us accept such dross?

Steve Rose

02, Dec, 2019 @9:00 AM

Why is A Thousand Miles the most referenced song in cinema?

From White Chicks to Isn’t It Romantic, how the song came to represent cosy unoriginality

Ellen E Jones

28, May, 2019 @8:00 AM

Emma Thompson's best films – ranked!

As the Oscar-winning actor, screenwriter and climate change protester returns to cinemas in Men in Black International and Late Night, we count down her top 10 turns

Andrew Pulver

09, May, 2019 @4:00 PM

The ultimate festive film? No, it’s not Die Hard | Hadley Freeman

A true Christmas movie must adhere to the following scientific, mathematical and logical rules

Hadley Freeman

22, Dec, 2018 @9:00 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

The ho-ho-horror : why your favourite Christmas movies are creepy

From Macaulay Culkin’s violent traps in Home Alone to Tim Allen’s harrowing body horror in The Santa Clause, festive classics are often surprisingly unsettling

Stuart Heritage

03, Dec, 2018 @8:00 AM

Netflix – treat your black customers with the respect they deserve | Lanre Bakare

By promoting its shows with bit-part black actors, Netflix is distorting the truth about Hollywood diversity, writes the Guardian’s TV editor, Lanre Bakare

Lanre Bakare

24, Oct, 2018 @5:18 PM