Peter Capaldi
The week in TV: Doctor Who; Jimmy Carr Destroys Art; The Pact; The Devil’s Hour – review
Jodie Whittaker’s sendoff as the Doctor was overstuffed with its own history, while Channel 4’s take on cancel culture missed its mark
Barbara Ellen
30, Oct, 2022 @9:30 AM
The Devil’s Hour review – proof that Peter Capaldi is the world’s most terrifying actor
Peter Capaldi is on typically chilling form in this dark horror-mystery treat, but Jessica Raine’s haunted mum steals the show
Lucy Mangan
28, Oct, 2022 @2:00 PM
The Devil’s Hour: a perfect freaky little Halloween treat
Jessica Raine and Peter Capaldi and a weird unblinking little boy are superb in this timely horror – which has all the creepy components to be essential viewing
Joel Golby
21, Oct, 2022 @11:00 PM
The best films of 2022 so far
Tilda Swinton aces Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s dreamy fable, director Clio Barnard’s forbidden affair and Catherine Clinch in The Quiet Girl rank in the pick of this year’s films
Guardian film
09, Jun, 2022 @6:03 AM
Peter Capaldi: ‘Don’t worry, I don’t suddenly think I’m a rock star’
The actor on political corruption, the genius of Terence Davies and making a solo album in his 60s
Michael Hogan
14, Nov, 2021 @9:30 AM
The Suicide Squad review – eyeball-blitzing supervillain reboot
Guardians of the Galaxy’s James Gunn is a good directorial fit for the humour and freaky violence of DC’s bad-guy jamboree
Peter Bradshaw
28, Jul, 2021 @4:10 PM
The week in theatre: Constellations; Extinct review – the stars are aligned
The first two of four new casts work their magic differently in Nick Payne’s irresistible multiple realities play
Susannah Clapp
11, Jul, 2021 @9:30 AM
Constellations review – a stellar revival for Nick Payne’s high-concept romance
The stories of string theorist Marianne and beekeeper Roland are told forwards, backwards and sideways as we explore their theatrical multiverse
Arifa Akbar
02, Jul, 2021 @10:49 AM
Peter Capaldi and Sheila Atim among rotating cast in Constellations revival
Star-studded new run of acclaimed two-hander will use four pairs of actors, with Zoë Wanamaker and Chris O’Dowd also signed up
Chris Wiegand
09, Apr, 2021 @10:37 AM
All by themselves: the best monologues in TV history
With Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads on its way back to our screens, here’s a list of TV’s greatest solo rambles, from Dot Cotton to the Doctor, Hancock to Harriet Tubman
Steve O'Brien
22, Jun, 2020 @12:03 PM
The Personal History of David Copperfield review – Iannucci makes Dickens his own
Armando Iannucci’s absurdist adaptation is full to bursting with fantastic comic performances
Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
26, Jan, 2020 @8:00 AM
The Personal History of David Copperfield review – Iannucci relishes the absurdity
The London film festival opened with Armando Iannucci’s larger-than-life adaptation of the Dickens crowdpleaser, starring Dev Patel as Copperfield
Peter Bradshaw
02, Oct, 2019 @3:19 PM
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