Film
A love letter to Gerard Butler, flawed but resolute dude
![Gerard Butler in Plane](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1548_FIlm_plane-unit-210820-00428rc2.jpg?w=768)
A love letter to Gerard Butler, flawed but resolute dude
The Batman vs The Fabelmans: Paul Dano on what makes an awards-worthy film as the Oscars 2023 nominations are announced
![Oscars nominations: Paul Dano with Fabelmans co-star Michelle Williams and Steven Spielberg](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1548_Paul-Dano_shutterstock_editorial_13699479ek.jpg?w=768)
The Batman vs The Fabelmans: Paul Dano on what makes an awards-worthy film as the Oscars 2023 nominations are announced
Oscar nominations 2023: Where are the female directors?
![Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams announce the Academy Award nominations for the Oscars 2023. Image: YouTube / Oscars](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Riz-Ahmed-and-Allison-Williams-announce-the-Academy-Award-nominations-for-the-Oscars-2023.jpg?w=768)
Oscar nominations 2023: Where are the female directors?
Paul Dano: 'Spielberg saw something in me that reminded him of his father'
![Paul Dano](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1548_Paul-Dano_aci86343.jpg?w=768)
Paul Dano: 'Spielberg saw something in me that reminded him of his father'
Enys Men: How the films you watch are becoming more sustainable
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Enys Men: How the films you watch are becoming more sustainable
The Fabelmans, Babylon, Empire of Light: Why the spate of love letters to cinema?
![The Fabelmans](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1546_Film_STILL-03.jpg?w=768)
The Fabelmans, Babylon, Empire of Light: Why the spate of love letters to cinema?
Superheroes! Sequels! Surprises? What's coming to your cinema in 2023
![Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania comes to cinemas in 2023](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1545_Film_2.jpeg?w=768)
Superheroes! Sequels! Surprises? What's coming to your cinema in 2023
For your consideration – the potential 2023 Oscar winners
![Cat Blanchett as Lydia Tár](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1545_Film_3.jpg?w=768)
For your consideration – the potential 2023 Oscar winners
We spent a day streaming bad Christmas movies and this is what it did to our brain
![Christmas movies](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/christmas-movies-1.jpg?w=768)
We spent a day streaming bad Christmas movies and this is what it did to our brain
Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrence explain the 'gross injustice' of new film The Silent Twins
![Tamara Lawrence and Letitia Wright in The Silent Twins](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1542_ARTS_033_4186_D016_00174_R.jpg?w=768)
Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrence explain the 'gross injustice' of new film The Silent Twins
'Disney didn't think it was funny enough': Brian Henson on making The Muppet Christmas Carol
![The Muppets and Michael Caine star in The Muppet Christmas Carol. Photo: AJ Pics / Alamy Stock Photo](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/WEB-2JD8CX2.jpg?w=768)
'Disney didn't think it was funny enough': Brian Henson on making The Muppet Christmas Carol
Bad Santa and violent nights: The alternative festive movies you need this Christmas
![David Harbour in Violent Night](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1541_FIlm_2561_D036_00067R.jpg?w=768)
Bad Santa and violent nights: The alternative festive movies you need this Christmas
The Muppet Christmas Carol actress Meredith Braun on When Love Is Gone being restored
![Meredith Braun in a scene from The Muppet Christmas Carol. Photo: LANDMARK MEDIA / Alamy Stock Photo](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2D6TGDN.jpg?w=768)
The Muppet Christmas Carol actress Meredith Braun on When Love Is Gone being restored
‘We’re making disobedience a virtue’ - Guillermo del Toro on Pinocchio
![Guillermo del Toro Pinocchio](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Guillermo-del-Toro-Pinocchio-hero.jpg?w=768)
‘We’re making disobedience a virtue’ - Guillermo del Toro on Pinocchio
Matilda the Musical: Tim Minchin's anarchic lessons for revolting times
![Alisha Weir as Matilda](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1540_matilda_Roald_Dahls_Matilda_The_Musical_00_23_36_16Crop.jpg?w=768)
Matilda the Musical: Tim Minchin's anarchic lessons for revolting times
Ryan Reynolds: 'The great gift about getting older is you become more comfortable with sucking'
![Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell in](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Spirited_Photo_0106.jpg?w=768)
Ryan Reynolds: 'The great gift about getting older is you become more comfortable with sucking'
Aftersun: Charlotte Wells captures the fragmentation of memory and loss
![Corio and Mescal as Sophie and Callum. Photo: Sarah Makharine](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1539-Film_AFTERSUN_Still_01_Credit_Sarah-Makharine.jpg?w=768)
Aftersun: Charlotte Wells captures the fragmentation of memory and loss
Ryan Reynolds: What Hugh Jackman taught me about musicals
![Ryan Reynolds in Spirited, and Hugh Jackman in The Greatest Showman](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Ryan-Reynolds-and-Hugh-Jackman.jpg?w=768)
Ryan Reynolds: What Hugh Jackman taught me about musicals
Glass Onion review: Less intricate than Knives Out but way more fun
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Glass Onion review: Less intricate than Knives Out but way more fun
The Wonder: Florence Pugh nourishes the soul as a nurse in 19th-century Ireland
![Florence Pugh as Lib Wright in The Wonder](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1538_Film_WONDER_Unit_03521RC.jpg?w=768)