Tom Cruise

‘Tom Cruise was an intense kid’: How Francis Ford Coppola made The Outsiders

‘I was famous for casting unknown actors. I had Nicolas Cage, Robert Downey Jr and Matt Dillon in a circle watching each other try for parts’

Interviews by Phil Hoad

01, Nov, 2021 @12:44 PM

Degrees of separation: what connects Seinfeld to Steve Bannon?

From the US sitcom to the far-right rabble rouser, we go down the rabbit hole thanks to the arrival of Jerry’s show on Netflix

Larry Ryan

30, Oct, 2021 @12:00 PM

The Outsiders review – Coppola’s Brat Pack melodrama carries you away

Patrick Swayze and Rob Lowe star in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 movie that comes crashing back on screen

Peter Bradshaw

14, Oct, 2021 @10:00 AM

Shooting stars: Russians beating US in race for first film shot in space

Actor and director filming on International Space Station push ahead of US project led by Tom Cruise

Ben Quinn

05, Oct, 2021 @6:07 PM

Mission Impossible studio Paramount sues insurers over Covid costs

Film’s makers are accusing insurers of failing to pay out for pandemic-related production shutdowns

Joanna Partridge

31, Aug, 2021 @4:10 PM

West Side Story, a Sopranos prequel and Bond: the best films to see in autumn 2021

Spielberg revamps Bernstein, young Tony is lured by the mob, Phyllida Lloyd tackles spousal abuse, Top Gun returns – and Daniel Craig calls time on 007 with bangs galore

Peter Bradshaw

24, Aug, 2021 @7:00 AM

A few good massaman: Tom ‘two curries’ Cruise shows us how it’s done

Tom Cruise doesn’t just have a single chicken tikka masala when he goes to Birmingham – he has another one straight after. Has any man ever been more on-brand?

Stuart Heritage

23, Aug, 2021 @11:26 AM

Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible 7 production temporarily shut down due to coronavirus case

Paramount Pictures pauses filming after a routine test confirms positive Covid case on set

Guardian staff and agencies

04, Jun, 2021 @1:47 AM

Golden Globes backlash: Tom Cruise hands back awards and NBC drops broadcast

Actor and network join industry figures distancing themselves from Hollywood Foreign Press Association after exposé

Benjamin Lee

10, May, 2021 @7:52 PM

Tom Cruise spotted on location in North Yorkshire! Why am I so excited? | Emma Beddington

In these restricted times, reports of the global megastar filming on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway have been as thrilling as his Burj Khalifa stunt, writes Emma Beddington

Emma Beddington

27, Apr, 2021 @6:00 AM

The secret to being Tom Cruise? Three days of chocolate cake

Little by little, the way for everyday mortals to become more like the world’s most extraordinary movie star becomes clearer. And this latest stage may be easier than expected

Stuart Heritage

20, Apr, 2021 @11:16 AM