‘You’re only 75’: Billy Crystal receives Kennedy Center honor amid Biden age jokes
Crystal lauded alongside Dionne Warwick, Barry Gibb, Queen Latifah and Renée Fleming at annual ceremony
February 2023
The best theatre to stream this month
The best theatre to stream this month: The Boy With Two Hearts, Punchdrunk and more
Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Billy Crystal’s musical about a fading comedian, a female Faustus and a revival of Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate
December 2022
Mr Saturday Night: A New Musical Comedy review – Billy Crystal’s still got it
Musical about an ageing TV star trying to revive his career has a slow-burn power that brings serious drama to the zinging comedy
September 2021
Here Today review – Billy Crystal’s disingenuous dementia romcom
Here Today review – Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish smile through tears in dementia dramedy
August 2021
Flip the script: how Here Today defies the grim fate for screenwriters on film
Unlike in Adaptation or The Player, the new Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish comedy presents its main character’s job as a glorious career peak
February 2019
The nine Oscars hosts who gave the most
In the ninth decade of the awards, we look back on its greatest masters of ceremonies
July 2018
Come Inside My Mind: star-studded documentary honors Robin Williams
Director Marina Zenovich talks about translating Williams’ comedy to the screen, his inner demons, and what compels her about complicated men
June 2018
Big stars, little interest: when movie heavyweights fizzle on TV
Kevin Costner’s big budget soap Yellowstone has been savaged by critics and he’s not the only A-lister who has struggled on the small screen
December 2015
What you should watch this week
Why When Harry Met Sally is the one film you should watch this week – video review
When Harry Met Sally … review – the re-invention of the romcom
April 2015
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The Comedians on FX: a self-satisfied sham that just isn't funny
Billy Crystal and Josh Gad star in an ill-conceived new mockumentary that somehow leaves out the crucial ingredient: laughs
March 2015
Will Ferrell: how I almost hosted the Oscars with Zach Galifianakis
The actor reveals that he pitched an unconventional idea for the 2012 Academy Awards, but was turned down by producers
January 2015
Billy Crystal is wrong. There is nowhere near enough gayness on screen
Lindy West
Lindy West: Crystal might not want gay sex ‘shoved in his face’. But after hundreds of years of straight white guys telling straight white guy stories, I say bring on the disabled black lesbians
October 2014
Readers suggest the 10 best …
Readers suggest the 10 best quotable films – in pictures
Last week we brought you our 10 best quotable films. Here, we present your thoughts on the films you think should have made the list.
August 2014
Billy Crystal pays tribute to Robin Williams at the 2014 Emmy awards
Comedian speaks of ‘brilliance and relentless energy’ in remarks on his longtime friend at 66th primetime Emmy awards
July 2014
When Harry Met Sally 25 years on – quiz
A quarter of a century on, Michael Hogan asks how much you remember about high-maintenance women, transitional men and faked orgasms
December 2013
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson named highest grossing actor of 2013
Success of Fast & Furious 6 and GI Joe: Retaliation places Johnson at top of annual worldwide box office earnings list
