When Harry Met Sally

Cultural prescription: film, books, plays and more to help you embrace autumn

From A Midsummer Night’s Dream to When Harry Met Sally, Guardian critics suggest comforting culture for the changing seasons

Peter Bradshaw, Tim Ashley, Adrian Searle, Alison Flood and Arifa Akbar

04, Oct, 2021 @9:00 AM

Harry Connick Jr: ‘I love learning about women’

The singer, 53, tells Joanna Moorhead about Mardi Gras parades, When Harry Met Sally, feeling thankful each day and the females in his family

Joanna Moorhead

17, Apr, 2021 @1:00 PM

From Fight Club to Brief Encounter: how self-isolation would change classic films

It’s now difficult to watch movies without worrying about the two-metre rule – here are the retrospective plot changes required to mean old movies pass muster

Stuart Heritage

24, Mar, 2020 @4:16 PM

Valentine’s recipes from Anna Jones

A tofu melt sandwich inspired by When Harry Met Sally, and a blockbuster cherry-chocolate ice-cream sundae to finish

Anna Jones

08, Feb, 2019 @12:00 PM

Love obviously: why we’re rekindling our passion for romcoms

The much maligned genre is back, in both print and film. We report on the new, edgier romcoms, while the Observer film critic reveals his biggest crush

Sarah Hughes

29, Sep, 2018 @1:00 PM

The 50 funniest films… chosen by comedians

From the canonical to the controversial, and in no particular order, we asked 10 standups to pick 50 movies that make them giggle. They made some surprising choices…

18, Dec, 2016 @9:30 AM

The 10 best New Year’s Eves in culture

It’s out with the old and in with the new with our selection of the best Hogmanay hootenannies in film and literature

Michael Hogan

30, Dec, 2015 @12:00 PM

When Harry Met Sally … review – the re-invention of the romcom

As well as the movies’ best fake-orgasm scene, Nora Ephron’s sharp script brought emotional literacy to relationship comedies

Peter Bradshaw

10, Dec, 2015 @9:45 PM

Five of the best films for Christmas 2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the monster rolling into your local multiplex, but there’s plenty of romance, comedy and horror too

Peter Bradshaw

06, Dec, 2015 @5:30 PM

The best urban buildings in the movies – readers' photos

From the HQ of the Gattaca Corporation to the Black Bull pub from Trainspotting, you shared your favourite city buildings in film

Guardian readers and Francesca Perry

25, Jun, 2015 @12:38 PM

Simon Pegg: ‘I find it very hard to write for women’

The star of romcom Man Up and the film’s writer, Tess Morris, talk about working together, why people have lost respect for the genre, and how When Harry met Sally became a hard act to follow

Laura Barton

28, May, 2015 @4:49 PM