As the comic actor and supreme scene-stealer turns 50, we rate her greatest roles, from the oddball to the outrageous
April 2023
Breakups, breakdowns and baseball: the five best films added to US streaming this week
Highlights include the divorce drama Blue Valentine, Peter Berg’s Friday Night Lights and Robert De Niro thriller The Fan
November 2020
Ranked
Melissa McCarthy's 20 best films – ranked!
The joy of messing up: in praise of the TV blooper reel
October 2019
Paul Feig: 'Male humour always devolves into homophobia and name-calling'
The director adores working with women – but did the all-female Ghostbusters furore change that? Not a bit, he says
January 2019
The Q&A
Melissa McCarthy: ‘Something extinct I’d like to bring back to life? Democracy’
The actor on shucking oysters, the sweet smell of skunks and having hobbit hands
August 2017
Hollywood after Bridesmaids: has the ladette comedy gone too far?
Raucous female-fronted comedies such as Girls Trip and Rough Night are changing the status quo, but there’s a darker side to this breakthrough
June 2017
The Guardian profile
Rebel Wilson: the tall poppy with a blade of her own
The once-shy girl inspired by a malaria-induced vision to become LA’s sayer of the unsayable won a colourful battle in court
December 2016
The 50 funniest films… chosen by comedians
From the canonical to the controversial, and in no particular order, we asked 10 standups to pick 50 movies that make them giggle. They made some surprising choices…
July 2016
Five best moments
Kristen Wiig: five best moments
The former Saturday Night Live star tries to prevent a ghoulish apocalypse in comedy reboot Ghostbusters, but what have been her greatest roles?
May 2016
Melissa McCarthy: ‘I love a woman who doesn't play by the rules’
Bridesmaids made her one of the world’s most highly paid actresses. Now she’s taking over from the men in Ghostbusters
December 2015
Maya Rudolph: ‘I'm not a woman in comedy. I'm a comedian'
She’s been a Saturday Night Live regular for years, with her hilarious celebrity send-ups, and she hit the global bigtime as the bride in Bridesmaids. So why is Maya Rudolph now playing nasty?
November 2015
Annie Hall voted funniest screenplay of all time
Writers Guild of America choose Woody Allen’s romantic comedy over Some Like it Hot, Groundhog Day and Airplane!
October 2015
Kristen Wiig 'bummed out' by Ghostbusters backlash
The Bridesmaids star and co-writer is taken aback by the social media campaign against the female-fronted remake
August 2015
The making of Melissa McCarthy: how Bridesmaids star kept it real and cleaned up
She’s large, middle-aged – and a brilliant comedian. Now the Bridesmaids star has become one of the world’s best-paid actresses
July 2015
Are you a female movie character? Are you promiscuous? Things won’t end well for you …
First look review
Trainwreck review – Amy Schumer's romcom is a mixed platter of crudities
June 2015
Readers suggest the 10 best …
Readers suggest the 10 best tennis moments in culture
Last week we brought you our 10 best tennis moments in culture. Here, we present your thoughts on the moments that should have made the list
May 2015
Melissa McCarthy and Paul Feig on Spy: 'When it works, it works like jazz'
Hollywood studios sued for recycling old movie soundtracks
