John Barry
What links Lady Chatterley’s Lover to Walkabout and William Hurt?
The DH Lawrence classic inexorably leads to violent UK theatre, a stunning John Barry soundtrack and the erotic thriller Body Heat
Larry Ryan
03, Dec, 2022 @1:00 PM
Volcano films – ranked!
Missing the heatwave? With the release of Sara Dosa’s hotly tipped new documentary Fire of Love, we round up the most epic, exploding-mountain movies ever made
Anne Billson
21, Jul, 2022 @11:00 AM
Hear me out: why A View to a Kill isn't a bad movie
The latest in our series defending loathed movies is a plea to reconsider Sir Roger Moore’s silly but superb Bond swansong
Martin Pengelly
09, Apr, 2021 @5:51 AM
Don Black: 'the Pele of lyricists' on Bond themes, Broadway and Born Free
He’s written songs with everyone from Quincy Jones to John Barry – though his musical about premature ejaculation was a flop. ‘Everyone’s the same when they sit at the piano,’ he reveals
Alexis Petridis
29, Jul, 2020 @3:06 PM
Jane Birkin: ‘I learned French off a tape recorder’
The singer and actor, 70, on sexy pictures, Glenda Jackson and her first concert – at the Bataclan
Rebecca Nicholson
22, Apr, 2017 @1:00 PM
Sam Smith's Spectre song could be a return to classic Bond themes
Writing’s on the Wall, first theme by British male solo vocalist since Tom Jones in 1965, could hark back to 60s hits
Caroline Sullivan
08, Sep, 2015 @6:48 PM
Bob Stanley: soundtrack of my life
The Saint Etienne co-founder talks to Tom Lamont about the 80s, the joy of sampling, and rediscovering pre-rock'n'roll crooners
Interview by Tom Lamont
28, Sep, 2013 @11:04 PM
Jane Birkin: My family values
The singer and actor talks about her family. By Anita Sethi
Anita Sethi
18, Jan, 2013 @5:45 PM
My favourite Bond film: You Only Live Twice
Phelim O'Neill: Whether faced with space travel, ninja assassins or Blofeld's killer piranhas, Sean Connery's Bond has never seemed more at home than in Roald Dahl's exotic epic
Phelim O'Neill
04, Oct, 2012 @3:29 PM
My favourite Bond film: Goldfinger
Anne Billson: Goldfinger has the most sinister villain and best soundtrack but it's the inept fumbling of 007 that truly sets this Bond film apart
Anne Billson
02, Oct, 2012 @4:02 PM
Hammett
A stylish dose of neo-noir brings writer/detective Dashiell Hammett back to drinking, smoking, typewriter-bashing life, writes Philip French
Philip French
20, Nov, 2011 @12:05 AM
Elizabeth Taylor in London soundtrack danced to the rebel screen queen's tune
Rob Fitzpatrick: Composed by John Barry, the 1963 TV film's soundtrack is a fitting tribute to Hollywood's first rock'n'roll starlet
Rob Fitzpatrick
25, Mar, 2011 @4:20 PM
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