Reptile review – Benicio Del Toro looms large in gruesomely ambitious noir
Del Toro co-scripts and stars as a tough detective with a somewhat grimy past charged with investigating a horrific killing
October 2021
The French Dispatch review – exasperating Wes Anderson portmanteau picture
A stellar cast enliven the director’s uneven three-story anthology featuring a student protest, an insane artist and a heist thriller
July 2021
The French Dispatch review – Wes Anderson’s ode to print journalism is a periodic delight
No Sudden Move review – Steven Soderbergh’s daring heist drama
December 2020
Traffic at 20: Steven Soderbergh's bold and blistering drugs drama
The Oscar-winner’s sprawling ensemble drama was rightfully awarded and praised for its difficult and dour look at an unwinnable war
February 2020
Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch: first trailer launched online
First footage of Anderson’s ‘love letter to journalists’ starring Bill Murray and Tilda Swinton released
July 2018
Sicario 2: Soldado review – well-timed but less effective drug war sequel
Emily Blunt is sorely missed in this follow-up to the compelling Denis Villeneuve thriller set on the US-Mexico border
June 2018
'Melania knew what she was putting on': Benicio Del Toro on drugs, Sicario and Trump's border war
The actor made his name playing characters on all sides of the drug war. How does he feel that his new film has become a lightning rod for Trump’s war on migrant families?
Sicario 2: Soldado review – terrific tale of terror on the Mexican border
Isis is smuggling suicide bombers into the US in this fierce and riveting sequel that chimes with Trump-era tribulations
The year's best US commencement speeches: from Hillary Clinton to Chance the Rapper
Mindy Kaling, Oprah Winfrey and other luminaries urge graduates to stand up for themselves and others
April 2018
Cannes 2018 lineup features Jean-Luc Godard, Spike Lee – and few women
71st edition of the film festival features big names and a global outlook, but only three out of 18 films competing for the Palme d’Or have female directors
January 2018
The most exciting action and thriller films of 2018
Benicio del Toro’s Sicario is set loose in Mexico, Robert Pattinson rides off into the sunset and Robert Redford breaks out of Alcatraz in a canoe
July 2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – five things we learned from the behind-the-scenes video
With plot details for Rian Johnson’s upcoming sequel still thin on the ground, the new video premiered at Disney’s D23 event might provide the biggest clues to the future of the franchise. Here’s what was gleaned
May 2017
Cannes 2017 day seven: Charlize Theron and Naomi Campbell on the red carpet – in pictures
Day seven at Cannes was dominated by a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the film festival, with hordes of film-world luminaries on hand to celebrate
November 2016
Emily Blunt's character written out of Sicario 2
Screenwriter says that leading actor won’t return for sequel Soldado, but co-stars Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin have roles
September 2016
Benicio del Toro set to take on Predator
The Sicario actor is set to face the invisible alien in a reboot of the 1987 sci-fi horror, directed by Iron Man 3’s Shane Black
April 2016
Sicario 2 set to reunite Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin
Producers say sequel to 2015’s cartel thriller is in ‘full development’, with main cast all returning
February 2016
Benicio Del Toro and Laura Dern join cast of Star Wars: Episode VIII
The follow-up to box office titan The Force Awakens is due to begin shooting at Pinewood Studios near London today
January 2016
Al Sharpton calls Hollywood 'fraudulent' after all-white Oscar nominations
The outspoken civil rights activist has criticised the academy for a set of nominees that fails to reflect diversity
October 2015
Observer New Review Q&A
Benicio del Toro: ‘It’s easy to break the law, and it creates chaos’
The Oscar-winner on the albums that fire him up, his take on the drugs debate – and being made fun of by Emily Blunt
