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John Lithgow

March 2024

  • Roald Dahl.

    John Lithgow to star in Royal Court play about Roald Dahl’s antisemitism

    US actor will appear in Mark Rosenblatt’s drama Giant, directed by Nicholas Hytner, in first season of new artistic director David Byrne

December 2023

  • Claire Foy in The Crown

    Every episode of The Crown – ranked!

    From devastatingly poignant drama about unforgettable events to ghost Diana and a breakdancing Prince Charles – the royal saga has been a rollercoaster ride. Here are the highs and lows

November 2023

  • Christmassy schmaltz … Dudley Moore and David Huddleston in Santa Claus: The Movie.

    Santa Claus: The Movie review – Dudley Moore sparkles like a bauble in Elf prototype

    Playing an early iteration of the fish-out-of-water elf in the corporate world of New York, Moore has just enough perky charm to redeem an otherwise forgettable seasonal offering

June 2023

  • A portrait of a lighthouse

    Paintings from Mark Gatiss and John Lithgow among exhibition of actors’ art

    Stars’ paintings go in show in London next month, with proceeds going to struggling actors

February 2023

  • John Lithgow and Julianne Moore in Sharper.

    Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
    Sharper review – classy cast lead delectable caper about fraudsters and the super-rich

    Benjamin Caron applies Derren Brown experience to direct stylish swindler yarn set in Manhattan with Julianne Moore and John Lithgow leading the way

June 2022

  • ‘Much of the show’s success comes down to Bridges, who anchors a rickety character visibly battered by the past.’

    TV review
    The Old Man review – Jeff Bridges shines in serviceable action series

    The 72-year-old actor plays a fugitive of the past in a watchable drama that also works as a fantasy of hyper-competence in the sunset years

July 2021

  • John Travolta in Blow Out.

    Blow Out at 40: Brian De Palma’s ingenious thriller remains his greatest

    The auteur’s dazzling 1981 masterpiece sees a never-better John Travolta find himself caught in a dangerous murder plot

November 2020

  • John Lithgow.

    Observer New Review Q&A
    John Lithgow: 'Trump keeps on surviving. Karma never quite wins'

    The actor on playing Churchill, almost becoming Frasier Crane, and writing satirical poems about the US president

January 2020

  • Nicole Kidman as Gretchen Carlson in Bombshell.

    Bombshell review – redacted notes on a scandal

    A retelling of the Fox News sexual harassment case avoids inconvenient political truths

December 2019

  • Dumpty

    'I don't think he'd get the jokes': why is John Lithgow writing poetry about Donald Trump?

    The actor is the latest to publish a book poking fun at the president. He reveals why he put pen to paper – plus a round up of the best of the rest

September 2019

  • The Guardian’s first readers’ editor, Ian Mayes

    Brief letters
    Oxymoron alert as German economic slowdown accelerates

    Brief letters: Oxymoron corner | Front-page news | Charity shop ethics | Churchill’s imitators | Clare in the Community

August 2019

  • Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie in Bombshell

    Bombshell: first trailer for star-studded Fox News drama released

    Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie aim for Oscars in the retelling of how Roger Ailes was brought down

April 2019

  • John Lithgow and Laurie Metcalf in Hillary and Clinton

    Hillary and Clinton review – Laurie Metcalf on winning form in solid drama

    The Tony award winner dominates as the politician in a 2008-set work of speculative stage drama with John Lithgow as her supportive husband

January 2019

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    First look review
    Late Night review – Emma Thompson quips through so-so comedy

  • Broadway 2019 composite: From top left - Moulin Rouge! The Musical! Glenda Jackson in Three Tall Women, Beetlejuice the Musical, Ethan Hawke at the True West Broadway photo call

    The Clintons, Tootsie and Beetlejuice: what to expect on Broadway in 2019

October 2018

  • Lithgow Metcalf Compo 1

    Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow to play the Clintons on Broadway

    Pair will play the couple during the 2008 primaries in Hillary and Clinton with the character of Obama referred to as ‘The Other Guy’

January 2018

  • John Lithgow on stage in Stories By Heart.

    John Lithgow show prompts surge in demand for out-of-print anthology

  • John Lithgow: Stories by Heart

    John Lithgow: Stories by Heart review – star presence can't save humdrum one-man show

November 2017

  • Generation games … Mel Gibson as Kurt, Mark Wahlberg as Dusty, Will Ferrell as Brad and John Lithgow as Don in Daddy’s Home 2.

    Daddy's Home 2 review – Mel Gibson puts the freeze on Christmas reboot

    There’s plenty to like as co-dads Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell spend the holiday with their fathers, but Gibson irradiates the film with his unfunniness

June 2017

  • Beatriz at Dinner

    Beatriz at Dinner review – Salma Hayek takes on white privilege in savage drama

    A standout turn from the often under-utilized actor is one of the many joys of this carefully choreographed dinner party satire that acts as a cutting allegory of Trump’s America
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