Stan & Ollie

David Attenborough, Chewing Gum, Hitchcock and more: what's streaming in Australia in October

Aaron Sorkin, Sofia Coppola and Michaela Coel lead new work coming this month, along with new seasons of the Mandalorian and Fargo and a whole bunch of horror

Luke Buckmaster

01, Oct, 2020 @5:30 PM

How to Train Your Dragon soars over Green Book at UK box office

Escape Room breaks into Top 10 ahead of Oscar hopefuls Melissa McCarthy and Richard E Grant in Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Charles Gant

05, Feb, 2019 @2:50 PM

Mary Queen of Scots fails to smash Glass ceiling at UK box office

M Night Shyamalan’s superhero caper holds off competition from Saoirse Ronan’s royal, while bad cop Nicole Kidman can’t get arrested

Charles Gant

29, Jan, 2019 @1:14 PM

My Oscar goes to... Our film critics reveal their personal shortlists

Ahead of the official Academy nominations, the Observer’s critics pick their own winners

Mark Kermode, Wendy Ide, Simran Hans and Guy Lodge

20, Jan, 2019 @9:00 AM

Stan & Ollie laugh it up as takings outstrip Mary Poppins at UK box office

Steve Coogan, John C Reilly and happy audiences propel biopic to top of the rankings as The Favourite also comes up smiling after two weekends in cinemas

Charles Gant

15, Jan, 2019 @12:00 PM

Were Stan & Ollie the best comedy duo ever?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts

14, Jan, 2019 @11:30 AM

Stan & Ollie review – a love letter to cinema’s odd couple

Steve Coogan and John C Reilly excel in this bittersweet film about the twilight years of the great double act

Mark Kermode, Observer film critic

13, Jan, 2019 @8:00 AM

So why hasn’t there ever been a female version of Laurel and Hardy? | Ryan Gilbey

Maybe there’s something about women being funny together that male impresarios don’t like, says film critic Ryan Gilbey

Ryan Gilbey

12, Jan, 2019 @6:00 AM

The full list of nominations for the Baftas 2019

From The Favourite to Bohemian Rhapsody, the full list of films up for a gong at this year’s leading British film awards

Guardian film

09, Jan, 2019 @8:00 AM

Steve Coogan: ‘Maybe I've just got flabby and middle-aged'

Why has one of Britain’s best-loved comedians decided to play it straight? The star of Stan & Ollie talks about politics, his rivalry with Rob Brydon – and his inner Alan Partridge

Xan Brooks

04, Jan, 2019 @6:00 AM