Adrien Brody to make London stage debut as man who spent 22 years on death row
Actor will star in The Fear of 13, based on the true story of Nick Yarris, who was wrongly convicted of murder – as the Donmar Warehouse announces four new productions starring Celia Imrie, Tamsin Greig and Samira Wiley
October 2022
TV review
Chapelwaite review – a wife blasting off her husband’s head is the only thrill in this Stephen King bore
Adrien Brody is fine as a widower who inherits a creaky old mansion in this short story adaptation. But no amount of worms or shackled bathtubs can turn this into great horror
September 2022
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Blonde review – Ana de Armas gives her all as Monroe in otherwise incurious film
Glossy horror perpetuates the tradition of portraying the brilliant actor as an infantile, sacrificial sex-lamb on the altar of celebrity
‘I truly believe she was close’: star of new biopic sensed Marilyn Monroe on set
Director Andrew Dominik also says that scenes for the controversial Netflix release, filmed in the room where the iconic actor died were ‘like a seance’
See How They Run review – Agatha Christie spoof scampers through 50s theatreland
This likable whodunnit comedy sees Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan on the trail of high-camp crime in the original production of The Mousetrap
June 2022
Clean review – Adrien Brody’s junk collector is swept up into a gangland dust-up
Blonde: first trailer for ‘disturbing’ Marilyn Monroe biopic released
March 2022
Stage frights: five of the most shocking moments in Oscars history
Will Smith isn’t the only actor to cause consternation at the world’s most coveted film awards
October 2021
The best original photographs from the Observer
Original Observer Photography
Adrien Brody: ‘Actors are attention seekers. But I’m an introvert’
September 2020
Sir Ronald Harwood – a life in pictures
Sir Ronald Harwood, the playwright and screenwriter best known for The Dresser and his Oscar-winning script for The Pianist, has died aged 85
February 2019
‘Phallic mode’ and ‘childlike tears’ – decoding Oscar acceptance speeches
From Gwyneth’s blubbing to Adrien Brody’s kiss, body language expert Judi James analyses all
May 2017
Cannes 2017 day 11: Eva Green and Joaquin Phoenix on the red carpet – in pictures
Cannes is nearly at an end: it’s the last two big premieres, Based on a True Story, directed by Roman Polanski, and Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here
February 2017
A brief history of the Oscars in viral moments they want you to forget
The shocks, the cockups, the stumbles … and anything involving John Travolta. We relive the moments everyone secretly hopes for
July 2016
Film blog
Extreme weight loss and tooth extraction: when method acting goes too far
Which star didn’t bathe for four months? Who became a cabbie? Our guide to actors who take their art to new levels
June 2016
Backtrack review: Adrien Brody stars in classy Australian thriller
Brody does very a good Australian accent in thoughtful story hinged on psyche-destroying effects of a repressed memory
May 2016
Manhattan Night review – hard-boiled, but half-baked neo-noir
Adrien Brody plays a crime columnist mixed up with a femme fatale in a steamy drama that manages to entertain despite its adherence to genre conventions
January 2016
Backtrack review – a ghost story lacking chills
A by-the-numbers supernatural thriller fails to conjure up any original scares
Backtrack review – brisk, pulpy psycho-horror
Adrien Brody’s psychoanalyst heads to his creepy home town to find repressed memories in Michael Petroni’s effective, if unoriginal, shocker
Dragon Blade review – historically fanciful romp
Jackie Chan, John Cusack and Adrien Brody take up swords and sandals for this epic Silk Road crowd-pleaser
