How the Corleones still call the shots
The Godfather didn’t just write the rule book on mobster shows. Almost any TV series about a family empire today lives in its shadow, including some you’d least expect.
Film
The art of a good robbery
Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren bring a ripe sense of humour to this art theft film with a Robin Hood twist.
Jared Leto’s kindly vampire
Despite Leto’s star turn and the thrilling special effects, Morbius is one of the weaker additions to the Marvel family.
Will Smith faces expulsion for Chris Rock slap
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which has started disciplinary action, says Smith was asked to leave the ceremony after slapping Rock but refused.
Bruce Willis to retire because of cruel illness
The action hero, star of the Die Hard franchise, is stepping away from acting due to a disorder that can affect the ability to speak or write.
Smith’s snap, not the slap, more worrying
In a few short hours we saw laughter, blind rage, tears and euphoria, all from one man. The speed was truly terrifying.
‘My behaviour was inexcusable’
Will Smith has apologised to Chris Rock after attacking him at the Oscars.
All the Oscars drama
Emotions ran high at the 94th Oscars, from Will Smith’s anger and tears to the genuinely moving message of the wildly popular best picture winner.
A new kind of drama is turning the Oscars on their head
The big lesson for this year’s Academy Awards is that drama of the most formidable kind can work for a mass audience without dissipating itself in art-house wankery.
‘If they knew the truth it would scare the living s..t out of them’
Channing Tatum and his K9 co-star show how an internal war rages long after leaving the battle zone.
Choice no parent should have to make
Italian director Uberto Pasolini’s Nowhere Special is about a dying father’s efforts to find a home for his four-year-old son.
The leading man for the little man
Jim Broadbent revelled in playing a little-known UK anti-establishment cult figure in his latest movie.
Depp v heard II: Coming soon to a screen near you
Johnny Depp’s latest legal battle with his ex-wife will be televised next month. Expect tales of violence, chaos and Elon Musk.
Jen Peedom is ready to climb her biggest mountain yet
She’s blazed a trail with her documentaries. Jennifer Peedom’s next big challenge? A feature film on mountaineering’s great unsung hero.
Fifty Shades-style spin elevates dud novel
The Sensible Heart has just been published in Britain with underwhelming results. Then arrives the translator.
From comedy flops to drama powerhouse
With a second Oscar in his sights, Emile Sherman talks about the shift to the small screen and finding his ‘voice as a producer’.
Campion rides off with BAFTA honours
Benedict Cumberbatch collected the BAFTA for best director on behalf of Jane Campion as The Power of the Dog continues its winning streak
US actor William Hurt dies
Academy Award-winner William Hurt, known for much-loved films such as The Big Chill, Gorky Park, Body Heat and A History of Violence, has died, aged 71.
Saddle up, cowboy, the Western rides again
Jane Campion’s triumphant film shows the grit and flexibility of a venerable genre
Why Mia Wasikowska steals this film
Amy has come to Bergman’s island to attend the wedding of an old friend and winds up rekindling an affair with a former lover.
What she doesn’t know about the hot doctor she meets shopping
Noa meets Steve in the vegetable section. He is handsome, lighthearted and a doctor to boot. But she soon discovers something is amiss in this dark horror flick, Fresh.
The power of Campion: the film that could be bigger than Ben-Hur
If Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog wins its 12 Oscar nominations, it will become the most successful film in the history of the awards. Can she do it?
The mother figure from hell
Harriet Walter plays formidable matriarchs on screen. Surely she’s not quite so withering in person?
Karl Marx’s daughter has bad taste in men
Eleanor Marx was progressive politically but made some very poor personal choices, as we see in the movie Miss Marx.
‘He is my silent hero and I am his rowdy troublemaker’
Singer-songwriting couple Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter overcame stolen generations trauma to forge trailblazing careers. A new documentary charts their remarkable relationship.
Does Pattinson’s Batman stack up against Bale’s?
English actor Robert Pattinson follows in the footsteps of Ben Affleck, Christian Bale, Michael Keaton, George Clooney and others.
‘Hot Lips’, M*A*S*H actress dead
Sally Kellerman, invariably known as Major Margaret ‘Hot Lips’ Houlihan after her role in Robert Altman’s M*A*S*H, almost refused the part.
What to see at the Australian French Film Festival
A new crop of young gun actors is injecting the country’s cinema with energy and earning a place alongside the greats.
Tragic touch adds nuance
Peter Dinklage and Ben Mendelsohn star in British director Joe Wright’s Cyrano, which is primarily a bittersweet love story.
Zoe Kravitz excellent in AI film KIMI
Kravitz’s character is obsessive and pops a lot of pills. Whether she can trust herself to defy her tech giant employer to save someone she thinks is at risk is at the heart of this movie.
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