Film
Lightyear: Astronaut Tim Peake reveals five things films get right about space
Lightyear: Astronaut Tim Peake reveals five things films get right about space
What do Lightyear, Gravity, Star Wars and Interstellar get right about the true experiences of astronauts?
Everything Went Fine: A right-to-die story that’s strangely life-affirming
Everything Went Fine: A right-to-die story that’s strangely life-affirming
Despite the sombre subject matter, Everything Went Fine sparkes with wonderful moments of outré humour, writes Graeme Virtue
Lea Thompson: ‘I love that science fiction can use the future to talk about the present’
Lea Thompson: ‘I love that science fiction can use the future to talk about the present’
The star of Back to the Future plays a prepper in a new romantic comedy, Unplugging – a role she says reflects the state of the world right now, where our reality is crazier than any fiction
The Big Issue 2022 festival guide
The Big Issue 2022 festival guide
Outlander and A Discovery of Witches star Steven Cree: ‘These shows have the power to unite people’
Outlander and A Discovery of Witches star Steven Cree: ‘These shows have the power to unite people’
The Contractor review: Mindless title, mindful military thriller
The Contractor review: Mindless title, mindful military thriller
What did we learn from the new Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer on Star Wars day?
What did we learn from the new Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer on Star Wars day?
Downton Abbey: A New Era – ‘It’s got such a big heart, this movie’
Downton Abbey: A New Era – ‘It’s got such a big heart, this movie’
How Anya Taylor-Joy cornered the Complex Female Character market
How Anya Taylor-Joy cornered the Complex Female Character market
Benedetta review: an all-nuns-blazing tale of sex, sinners and unholy sisterhood
Benedetta review: an all-nuns-blazing tale of sex, sinners and unholy sisterhood
Bertie Carvel on playing Donald Trump: ‘It’s going to be a huge success. I feel confident saying that to you.’
Bertie Carvel on playing Donald Trump: ‘It’s going to be a huge success. I feel confident saying that to you.’
Paddy Considine: ‘I feel like my life is a series of beautiful interventions’
Paddy Considine: ‘I feel like my life is a series of beautiful interventions’
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The Worst Person in the World: A coming-of-age tale with a misleading title
The Worst Person in the World: A coming-of-age tale with a misleading title
The directors of Lead Me Home want to bring the film’s homeless stars to the Oscars
The directors of Lead Me Home want to bring the film’s homeless stars to the Oscars
Richard Curtis backs The Big Exchange and urges people to make their money matter
Richard Curtis backs The Big Exchange and urges people to make their money matter
Mark Rylance: ‘There’s a loss of identity in England – who are we other than post-imperial bastards?’
Mark Rylance: ‘There’s a loss of identity in England – who are we other than post-imperial bastards?’
Ali & Ava: Interracial romance is a balm of northern soul
Ali & Ava: Interracial romance is a balm of northern soul
As The Godfather turns 50, we remember Marlon Brando’s Oscars boycott
As The Godfather turns 50, we remember Marlon Brando’s Oscars boycott
Flee proves that we truly are in a golden age of animation
Flee proves that we truly are in a golden age of animation
Evangeline Lilly: ‘If you lined up all the characters I’ve played, it would be hard to identify me’
Evangeline Lilly: ‘If you lined up all the characters I’ve played, it would be hard to identify me’
Scream: The genre-defining meta movie refuses to be killed off
Scream: The genre-defining meta movie refuses to be killed off
Sir Kenneth Branagh: ‘I relived many painful and beautiful days making Belfast’
Sir Kenneth Branagh: ‘I relived many painful and beautiful days making Belfast’
Mass review: Compelling drama faces every parent’s worst nightmare head-on
Mass review: Compelling drama faces every parent’s worst nightmare head-on
‘We are turning into a corrupt country’: Jeremy Irons and Robert Harris on their new Netflix film
‘We are turning into a corrupt country’: Jeremy Irons and Robert Harris on their new Netflix film
Actor Danielle Deadwyler: ‘The caring Black women do for community is motherhood beyond biology’
Actor Danielle Deadwyler: ‘The caring Black women do for community is motherhood beyond biology’
Hollywood mourns Sir Sidney Poitier, ground-breaking Black actor and activist who has died at 94
Hollywood mourns Sir Sidney Poitier, ground-breaking Black actor and activist who has died at 94
Rebel Dykes: From activism to politics and sex, unheard lesbian stories hit the screen
Rebel Dykes: From activism to politics and sex, unheard lesbian stories hit the screen
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and its poignant discussion of homelessness
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and its poignant discussion of homelessness
tick, tick…BOOM! star Alexandra Shipp: ‘If I’m not challenging myself I’m not doing myself justice’
tick, tick…BOOM! star Alexandra Shipp: ‘If I’m not challenging myself I’m not doing myself justice’
Priyanka Chopra enters the Matrix: ‘I love reading the speculations of the fans’
