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From The Shining to Carrie: our writers pick their favourite Stephen King movies

With the writer’s latest big screen adaptation The Boogeyman opening in theatres, we select the best interpretations of his work

Benjamin Lee, Scott Tobias, Veronica Esposito, Kelli Weston, Andrew Pulver, AA Dowd, Charles Bramesco, Radheyan Simonpillai and Steve Rose

01, Jun, 2023 @3:00 PM

Fathers of forgiveness: the extraordinary friendship formed in the shadow of the Bataclan

Both Azdyne Amimour and Georges Salines have children who died in the attack that day – but Amimour’s son was one of the terrorists. They describe what brought them together and why their bond is so important

Steve Rose

10, May, 2023 @9:00 AM

‘I wanted success – and I got it quickly!’ How Bruce Oldfield went from foster care to fashion royalty

The designer is about to make history with Camilla’s coronation dress. He talks about growing up a Barnardo’s child, finding his way in fashion, and dressing Bianca Jagger, Charlotte Rampling and Princess Diana

Steve Rose

02, May, 2023 @9:00 AM

‘I know what injustice is’: Duwayne Brooks on losing Stephen Lawrence – and fighting to be London’s Tory mayor

Thirty years after the racist murder of his friend, Brooks wants to run the city whose police failed him and so many others – as a Conservative. What makes him think he can do better than Sadiq Khan?

Steve Rose

01, May, 2023 @5:00 AM

Is Elon Musk creating a utopian city? The hellish, heavenly history of company towns

The Tesla founder has broken ground on a plot in Texas, while Google and Meta are building workers’ homes in California. Should we be celebrating or worrying?

Steve Rose

18, Apr, 2023 @9:00 AM

Ai Weiwei finds peace in Portugal: ‘I could throw away all my art and not feel much’

As he eases into farmhouse life, the artist is preparing for an epic design show that will feature 200,000 spouts from broken teapots and jugs. He talks about Chinese might, western jealousy – and his urge to spend

Steve Rose

03, Apr, 2023 @3:21 PM

Pssst! Wanna buy an Oscar? The mysterious case of the missing Academy Awards

An Oscar can only, officially, be sold for $1 – but that hasn’t stopped a small but lucrative black market. Where are all those that have disappeared?

Steve Rose

15, Mar, 2023 @10:00 AM

The romcom effect: will a new movie gentrify Peckham as Richard Curtis gentrified Notting Hill?

The likable new release Rye Lane bills itself as ‘a love letter to south London’. But, like Amélie in Montmartre, could it end up damaging the place it sets out to celebrate?

Steve Rose

07, Mar, 2023 @6:00 AM

Idris Elba: ‘You can make sparkling wine in Portsmouth or champagne in Champagne. My ambition was to make champagne’

The London-born actor is taking Luther’s tweed coat to the big screen in The Fallen Sun, and dreams of kicking off a franchise to rival Mission Impossible. And he’s still finding time to write, direct, DJ and work for the UN

Steve Rose

03, Mar, 2023 @6:00 AM

Why Avatar: The Way of Water should win the best picture Oscar

People may sniff, but this was a superbly realised grand spectacle, which has done far more to literally save cinema than any of the other nominees

Steve Rose

01, Mar, 2023 @9:00 AM

‘I buckled when I saw her remains’ – the biopic about ‘Europe’s first female suicide bomber’

After repeating ‘fake news’ about Hasna Aït Boulahcen’s role in the Paris attacks, Dina Amer switched from journalism to directing – to uncover deeper truths about this tragic misfit

Steve Rose

25, Jan, 2023 @4:19 PM

‘My first day was a sex scene’: the disturbing history of teen actors and nudity

From Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver to Brooke Shields in The Blue Lagoon, are films that used teen actors for sexual roles heading for a reckoning? As Paramount is sued over Romeo and Juliet, we look at the scenes cinema and TV might want to forget

Steve Rose

10, Jan, 2023 @4:30 PM