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  • Gladiator II film still<br>Paul Mescal and Director Ridley Scott on the set of Gladiator II from Paramount Pictures.

    When historians and directors clash: ‘Ridley Scott was Napoleonic – there was no doubt who was in charge’

    Film and TV have a slippery relationship with the truth when it comes to historical epics. So spare a thought for the historical experts whose advice often goes unheeded
  • Undated film still handout from Gladiator II. Pictured: Fred Hechinger as Emperor Caracalla, Pedro Pascal as General Acacius and Joseph Quinn as Emperor Geta. See PA Feature SHOWBIZ Film Gladiator. WARNING: This picture must only be used to accompany PA Feature SHOWBIZ Film Gladiator. PA Photo. Picture credit should read: Aidan Monaghan/© 2024 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved. NOTE TO EDITORS: This picture must only be used to accompany PA Feature SHOWBIZ Film Gladiator.

    Gladiator II: battles, baboons, Mescal and Denzel – discuss with spoilers

  • Clockwise from top left: Richard Roundtree and June Squibb in Thelma; Josephine Hull and Jean Adair in Arsenic and Old Lace; Bud Court and Ruth Gordon as Harold and Maude; Anne Reid and Daniel Craig in The Mother.

    Streaming: Thelma and the best films about old-age rebellion

  • Billy Bob Thornton

    Post your questions for Billy Bob Thornton

  • Daisy Ridley as Rey in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).

    Daisy Ridley’s Rey is now Star Wars’ best big-screen bet – is this a saga without a plan?

    Ben Child
  • A woman wearing a white dress stands at a red carpet

    Snow White star Rachel Zegler apologises for angry Trump post

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News

  • man in tie and denim jacket

    Conan O’Brien announced as 2025 Oscars host

  • Director David Lynch smokes as he departs the Twin Peaks screening at Cannes film festival in 2017

    ‘I can hardly walk across a room’: David Lynch urges smokers to quit after emphysema diagnosis

  • film still of man in t-shirt

    James Bond: next actor will be in his 30s and ‘whiteness is not a given’

  • Denzel Washington in Gladiator II.

    ‘I think they got chicken’: Denzel Washington says gay kiss was cut from Gladiator II

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Reviews

  • film still of man outside holding an alien head

    Venom: The Last Dance – messy sequel ends series with a shrug

  • This image released by Focus Features shows Ralph Fiennes as Cardinal Lawrence in a scene from "Conclave." (Focus Features via AP)

    Conclave – Ralph Fiennes takes charge of tense papal election thriller

    The actor leads a top-tier ensemble, including Stanley Tucci and Isabella Rossellini, in an entertainingly juicy adaptation of Robert Harris’s novel
  • Memoir of a Snail

    Memoir of a Snail – charming, poignant tale of troubled twins

    Sarah Snook and Kodi Smit-McPhee lend their voice talents to Adam Elliott’s ambitious animation that has a strong personal touch

  • Don’t Move – high-concept Netflix survival thriller has its moments

  • Smile 2 – gory pop star horror sequel sings a familiar tune

  • Anora – stellar turn from Mikey Madison in sex work non-love story

  • Woman of the Hour – Anna Kendrick directs an unsettling thriller

  • Brothers – throwaway madcap comedy wastes a host of stars

  • Terrifier 3 – killer clown is tooled up for third helping of gleeful gorefest

  • We Live in Time review – Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh charm in heartfelt weepie

  • Piece by Piece – Pharrell’s Lego biopic deserves to be a blockbuster

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Video & audio

  • Photograph: Emily Badescu/The Guardian

    S8, Ep6: Richard E Grant, actor

  • Still of Al Pacino holding a gun in a black and white still from The Guardian

    Al Pacino tells the inside story of The Godfather, and Marina Hyde on Keir Starmer, the unforced error machine – podcast

    It’s hard to think of anyone who has squandered so much electoral capital, so quickly, for so little: Marina Hyde reflects on Keir Starmer’s first 100 days; and when Al Pacino bagged the lead role in The Godfather, he couldn’t believe his luck: in an exclusive extract from his new book, he recalls the making of the film that changed his life…
  • Mohamed al Fayed with Michael Cole leaving the High Court, London, following a preliminary hearing for the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed

    Marina Hyde on Al Fayed and Diddy’s enablers, the hidden life of Elizabeth Taylor, and Philippa Perry on embracing anger – podcast

    Marina Hyde on the motley crew of enforcers, concealers and NDA experts behind every Al Fayed or Diddy; Liz Taylor’s son, Chris Wilding, discusses his mother’s legend and legacy; and Philippa Perry helps one reader struggling to reconcile the emotions that come with a devastating illness

  • James Earl Jones starred in a number of films, gave voice to legendary characters and won two Tony awards in a career that spanned more than six decades

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    A look back at the formidable career of James Earl Jones – video obituary

  • Alain Delon was an icon of 20th century cinema who lent his beautifully chiselled features to parts that included cops, hitmen and romantic leads, working for some of France’s greatest directors

    1:58

    Alain Delon: a look back at the actor's prolific career – video

  • Ben McKenzie being interviewed on stage

    The OC star Ben McKenzie on how crypto took over Hollywood – podcast

  • Guardian G2<br>Victoria Pendleton, photographed by Suki Dhanda for The Guardian, January 2024 MUST CREDIT MAKE-UP - DINA CATCHPOLE

    Bullied, belittled but indisputably brilliant: how Victoria Pendleton became a cycling legend; and what’s missing from Twisters? – podcast

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Opinion

  • Curzon Hoxton cinema, London.

    Curzon Cinemas has been sold for a ‘bargain’ £3.9m – is this good news for UK filmgoers?

    Peter Bradshaw
  • Screengrab: Andrew Garfield and Elmo Explain Grief. Sesame Workshop

    ‘I miss her a lot’: Andrew Garfield telling Elmo about grief was his best work yet

    Stuart Heritage
  • Horrible History and Horrible Histories comp

    Good news: there’s a new Horrible History DVD boxset out. Bad news: your children may not find it funny

    Stuart Heritage
  • Macho

    Want to understand Donald Trump? Then watch macho 80s action movies

    Tom Breihan

  • A live-action version of Rugrats with CGI babies sounds nightmarish … and kind of interesting

    Stuart Heritage

  • Daniel Day-Lewis’s return to acting is welcome news – but being directed by his son might prove tricky

    Peter Bradshaw

  • Whisky growl, granite jaw and unflappable charisma: Kris Kristofferson was perfect as a lover or a fighter

    Peter Bradshaw

  • Will Ferrell’s Netflix doc Will & Harper is flawed but vital viewing for cis people

    Veronica Esposito

  • Is The Substance brilliant feminist critique or a soulless mess?

    Adrian Horton

  • Maggie Smith was the grandest of grandes dames – and a true cinematic superstar

    Peter Bradshaw

  • Why reaction to Lionsgate’s AI film deal reminds me of the Campaign for Real Ale

    Peter Bradshaw

  • Would starring in Men in Black really have made David Schwimmer a movie star?

    Stuart Heritage
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Interviews

  • Attempts at emotional openness … Duncan Cowles.

    ‘I couldn’t tell my parents I loved them’: documentary-maker Duncan Cowles on giving silent men a voice

  • They laugh together, Mescal's arm around Scott's shoulders

    Paul Mescal interviews Ridley Scott: ‘I was so ahead of the game. The Oxbridge lot were aghast’

    As Gladiator II roars into the arena, its Oscar-winning director and star talk about horse-riding, Blade Runner, vodka, Scorsese, Elon Musk, vulnerability, AI … and Russell Crowe
  • Olivia Williams wears big red scarf

    ‘Watch out, I’m even less inhibited’: Olivia Williams on movies, misogyny and living with cancer

    Olivia Williams has long balanced her talent with a desire to tell it how it is – and she’s now feeling more frank than ever. The Dune star gets more than a few things off her chest, from the Hollywood patriarchy to AI and living with cancer
  • Emily Watson posing for a portrait

    Emily Watson: ‘You have to be a bit of an idiot to be an actor’

  • Liz Hurley courtesy Debenhams (C)2024 - DAN KENNEDY

    Elizabeth Hurley: ‘If I were Queen, I’d outlaw air fresheners in cars and ban prison for white-collar criminals’

  • Film still: Memories of a Burning Body - Substance Films. Directed by Antonella Sudasassi Furniss Publicity Image

    ‘I had two kids and didn’t know what an orgasm was’: the Costa Rican film giving grandmothers a voice

  • David Stratton at his desk

    David Stratton on a life reviewing films – and the one TV show he thinks is ‘pretty damn good’

Regulars

  • Nykiya Adams as 12-year-old Bailey in Bird.

    Wendy Ide's film of the week
    Bird review – Andrea Arnold’s wild, joyous coming-of-age drama

  • Clockwise from top left: Richard Roundtree and June Squibb in Thelma; Josephine Hull and Jean Adair in Arsenic and Old Lace; Bud Court and Ruth Gordon as Harold and Maude; Anne Reid and Daniel Craig in The Mother.

    Streaming and DVDs
    Streaming: Thelma and the best films about old-age rebellion

  • Daisy Ridley as Rey in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).

    Week in geek
    Daisy Ridley’s Rey is now Star Wars’ best big-screen bet – is this a saga without a plan?

    Ben Child
  • E.T; Schindler's List; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; Jaws

    Mark Kermode on film
    Mark Kermode on… composer John Williams, master of unforgettable blockbuster soundtracks

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  • This image released by A24 shows Sophie Thatcher, left, and Chloe East in a scene from "Heretic." (Kimberley French/A24 via AP)

    ‘I feel like that was me’: how have Mormons reacted to Hugh Grant horror Heretic?

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    From the rousing leader dismissed for leading a walkout to the activists handing out free burgers, pizza and weed, an inspiring new documentary charts the long, hard fight to create the delivery giant’s first union
  • Still from The Colour of Pomegranates (1969).

    Llama drama and fresco textures: unseen scenes from The Colour of Pomegranates – in pictures

  • ‘We did our stares when we went out to buy milkshakes’ … Danielle Keaton, centre front, in Village of the Damned, directed by John Carpenter.

    ‘After the shoot, we had a party in a slaughterhouse’: horror movies’ creepiest kids reveal all

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    Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl review – first they came for the trousers. Then they came for the robot gnome

  • 'The Hunters' photocall, The Four Seasons Hotel, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, USA - 19 Feb 2020<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Magnus Sundholm/REX/Shutterstock (10562073d) Al Pacino 'The Hunters' photocall, The Four Seasons Hotel, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, USA - 19 Feb 2020

    ‘Say hello to my little pen’: 14 things we learned from Al Pacino’s memoir

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