Will Smith’s Oscars slap: what really happened
Given their overlapping social circles, it seems unlikely that Rock would have been unaware of Pinkett Smith’s struggles with alopecia – she first spoke publicly about it…
Oscars 2022, review: a snoozy, inessential ceremony – then a talking point for the ages
Until Will Smith threw the punch heard around the world, the 2022 Oscars was shaping up to be cliché-packed, thrill-deficient snooze. An awkward three-way opening monologue by…
The 28 biggest Oscars disasters
15. Goldie Hawn perks up slavery Did Goldie Hawn really have to announce the title of the grim, gruelling Best Picture with such peppy enthusiasm in 2014?…
Oscars 2022 winners: Will Smith wins Best Actor, while CODA scoops Best Picture
Best Production Design WINNER: Dune: Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos Nightmare Alley: Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau The Power of the…
Oscars winners 2022: full list of results and nominees
Best Production Design Dune: Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos Nightmare Alley: Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau The Power of the Dog:…
Did Thomas Edison murder the real inventor of cinema?
The trial’s catalyst was the disappearance of Le Prince, who, two years after shooting the garden scene, had boarded a train in France – and was never…
Oscars 2022 predictions: who will win, who should win
The 2022 Oscar season has largely been a sedate old affair, with courteous campaigns and category frontrunners that broadly made sense. But now, as we round the…
Oscars 2022 predictions: who will win, who should win
The 2022 Oscar season has largely been a sedate old affair, with courteous campaigns and category frontrunners that broadly made sense. But now, as we round the…
The 27 most toe-curling Oscars moments
14. Goldie Hawn perks up slavery Did Goldie Hawn really have to announce the title of the grim, gruelling Best Picture with such peppy enthusiasm in 2014?…
The best movies to watch on Netflix UK now
Genre: War drama. Cert: 15. Time: 108 mins. In 1961, a handful of poorly-equipped Irish soldiers held off an army of 3,000 mercenaries in what is now the Democratic…
Andrew Garfield: ‘If we only let people play exactly who they are, it’ll be the death of imagination’
It was the proudest gig to date of Andrew Garfield’s career: standing on top of a bin in central Madrid while playing air guitar with a tortilla…
What would Marilyn say? Why Ana de Armas’s Blonde is already the year’s most controversial film
So what might they? Dominik has been combative about the film’s mature, “demanding” nature, telling Screen: “It’s controversial, there’s a bit for [Netflix] to swallow,” Dominik has…
Jennifer Aniston’s St Patrick’s Day purgatory: the horrors of Leprechaun
“I don’t think for a minute we, as filmmakers, pretend they’re anything else other than entertaining popcorn movies,” Davis would say in 2014. “I get tweets daily…
If Oliver Stone didn’t regret his Putin interviews before – he will now
“I just played ice hockey… and [yet] you’re the one who is tired!” jokes Russian President Vladimir Putin to a sleepy Oliver Stone. “Your muscles must hurt,”…
‘I don’t understand how hundreds of people aren’t dead’: the chaos behind Mad Max: Fury Road
How on earth did they do that? In the summer of 2015, it was hard to watch Mad Max: Fury Road without a feeling of gut-level astonishment,…
‘I don’t understand how hundreds of people aren’t dead’: the chaos behind Mad Max: Fury Road
How on earth did they do that? In the summer of 2015, it was hard to watch Mad Max: Fury Road without a feeling of gut-level astonishment,…
Baftas 2022 winners and losers: The Power of the Dog is named Best Film
Editing Belfast: Úna Ní DhonghaíleDune: Joe WalkerLicorice Pizza: Andy JurgensenWINNER: No Time To Die: Tom Cross, Elliot GrahamSummer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be…
William Hurt’s bad trip: the mind-bending power of Altered States
What he did not mention was that Chayefsky’s full creative control meant that he would have rejected any established performer whose persona would have caused audiences to…
Julie Newmar, the original Catwoman: ‘MeToo? Men are men and women are women’
When it comes to assessing the other actresses who have played Catwoman, the role that she pioneered in the 1960s Batman TV series, Julie Newmar keeps to…
William Hurt wielded his intellect and sex appeal like weapons
“You totally crossed the line,” Holly Hunter’s television producer storms at William Hurt’s sleek, soulless anchorman Tom Grunick in Broadcast News, after she discovers his tears during…
Baftas 2022 review: host Rebel Wilson’s wrecking-ball comedy included one stone-cold clunker that drew boos
The return to normality after two years of lockdowns, social distancing and Zoom quizzes has been a shaky experience for many. And as the 2022 Baftas (BBC…
Baftas 2022 review: host Rebel Wilson’s wrecking-ball comedy made for an uneven tone
The return to normality after two years of lockdowns, social distancing and Zoom quizzes has been a shaky experience for many. And as the 2022 Baftas (BBC…
The Power of the Dog’s Bafta win is a triumph for Netflix – but not cinema
After two years of misery for cinemas, backing a film that was overwhelmingly watched in living rooms feels like a pointed choice. But Bafta’s 7,000 or so…
Baftas 2022 winners: The Power of the Dog is named Best Film
Editing Belfast: Úna Ní DhonghaíleDune: Joe WalkerLicorice Pizza: Andy JurgensenWINNER: No Time To Die: Tom Cross, Elliot GrahamSummer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be…
2022 Bafta awards predictions: Who will win, who should win?
Best Original Screenplay Should win: Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson Will win: Belfast, Kenneth Branagh Branagh’s absence in the director category – hey, blame the jury –…