Sigourney Weaver
‘Sisters, you’re flowing through me!’ The director whose horror film channels centuries of female rage
Charlotte Colbert reflects on her debut film She Will, which sees a veteran actor channel the energy of women burned as witches against an ageing predator who groomed her decades earlier
Cath Clarke
08, Jul, 2022 @7:00 AM
Alien 3 at 30: David Fincher’s divisive threequel remains a fascinating failure
The first-time film-maker memorably disowned his grim and grimy Alien movie but a devoted fanbase insists it’s better than its bad reputation
Noah Gittell
22, May, 2022 @5:27 AM
A moment that changed me: a film director gave me the push I needed to finish my novel
I was desperate to finish my book but couldn’t afford a computer. Then a man I barely knew stepped in …
Courttia Newland
20, Apr, 2022 @7:00 AM
Call Jane review – abortion drama is sensitive if not revelatory
Screenwriter Phyllis Nagy’s film on the pre-Roe underground abortion network features strong performances but never rises to a rousing battle cry
Adrian Horton
24, Jan, 2022 @8:38 PM
Ridley Scott films – ranked!
With The Last Duel out now, and House of Gucci at the end of the month, we rate the top 20 movies by the go-to director for swords, sandals, cyborgs and Sigourney
Peter Bradshaw
04, Nov, 2021 @12:00 PM
My New York Year review – a leaden take on the literary life
Sigourney Weaver and Margaret Qualley are squandered in this adaptation of Joanna Rakoff’s memoir of her year working with JD Salinger
Wendy Ide
22, May, 2021 @2:00 PM
Sigourney Weaver’s 20 best films – ranked!
With her new film My New York Year released on 21 May, plus Ghostbusters: Afterlife and endless new Avatars in the offing, we sift through the career of Hollywood’s imperious, stylish powerhouse
Peter Bradshaw
06, May, 2021 @11:30 AM
Bursting for a return: could Sigourney Weaver resurrect the Alien franchise? | Ben Child
A studio takeover has led to an offer being sent to the original sci-fi scream queen – and it might be the series’ only hope
Ben Child
18, Jun, 2020 @2:59 PM
My favourite film aged 12: Aliens
I’d been terrified by the first film in the franchise but needed to know what happened next. Nothing prepared me for the onslaught of brilliance
Luke Holland
12, Jun, 2020 @7:00 AM
Mother of all sci-fi: which is the best Alien movie?
The series has delivered a horror masterwork, a seminal shoot-em-up and some auteurist gems ... but how do they rank?
Ben Child
30, Apr, 2020 @3:50 PM
Berlin film festival 2020 roundup: sturm und drang and pigs and cows
A controversy-hit festival shook off its troubles to showcase Italian family drama, life in America’s old west, a gruelling view of life in Soviet Russia – and fun on the farm
Jonathan Romney
29, Feb, 2020 @3:00 PM
'I've been a scoundrel all my life': quotes of the Oscars 2020
Jeff Bezos was mocked by Rock, Brad Pitt had a pop at Trump and Sigourney Weaver laced up her gloves
Lanre Bakare
10, Feb, 2020 @6:59 AM
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