Made in Italy review – autobiographical poignancy from Liam Neeson and son
This sappy film about an artist renovating his late wife’s Tuscan holiday home with his son has eerie parallels with the actors’ family tragedy
January 2021
LX 2048 review – James D’Arcy lets rip in forgettable dystopian mish-mash
D’Arcy goes for it as a depressed tech manager in Guy Moshe’s low-budget sci-fi, which falls apart in the final act
November 2015
Reporter who told world of Guernica atrocity and inspired Picasso is hero of new film
The British writer who helped expose Nazi involvement in the Spanish civil war is at the centre of a new film drama
March 2015
TV and radio blog
Broadchurch’s second season: proceed with caution, America
Tonight the second season of Broadchurch airs in the USA, after being met with disappointment in the UK, where it has just ended. How will US viewers find it?
January 2015
TV and radio blog
Broadchurch 2: who's who in the ITV crime drama
Vicky Frost: Are you coming late to the acclaimed drama? Have no fear. Here’s a guide to all the key characters for anyone who missed series one or needs a refresher
May 2014
Broadchurch series two: Marianne Jean-Baptiste to join cast
Without a Trace and Secrets and Lies star to appear with Olivia Colman, David Tennant and Charlotte Rampling in ITV drama. By Tara Conlan
February 2013
Philip French's film of the week
Hitchcock – review
The latest attempt to bring Alfred Hitchcock's life to the screen paints the Master as a crafty hoodwinker triumphing over drab studio execs, writes Philip French
Hitchcock – review
This shallow, naive biopic of the Master has had its thunder totally stolen by the far superior recent TV film, writes Peter Bradshaw
James D'Arcy: 'I delivered my first line and Anthony Hopkins burst out laughing'
Ryan Gilbey: The star of Hitchcock is versatile, nuanced and passionate. Yet James D'Arcy is so self-deprecating, he says he once got a Hollywood audition only because they thought he was Colin Firth
September 2012
First look review
Cloud Atlas - review
Tom Hanks sports a variety of noses and Hugh Grant gives us his best body-painted cannibal in this wildly over-reaching and not entirely unsuccessful adaptation of the David Mitchell novel
January 2012
Trailer park
W.E.: watch the trailer - video
Reel history
W.E.'s a royal scandal! Madonna fails to read all about it
W.E. – review
W.E. – review
The Guardian Film Show
Film Weekly Podcast: James D'Arcy on Madonna's W.E. - audio
Trailer trash
Trailer trash
September 2011
Madonna to re-edit W.E. ahead of December release
Singer-director has reportedly agreed to take her new film back to the cutting room following poor reviews from critics
June 2011
Screwed – review
Shonky dialogue aside, there is something grimly believable in director Reg Traviss's portrait of life inside in Screwed, writes Cath Clarke
November 2003
Command performance
Film of the week: Russell Crowe shivers the timbers heroically in Peter Weir’s magnificent high seas drama, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
April 2001
We're only here for the Squeers
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