Sorry, Seth Rogen: good film reviews wouldn’t mean much if bad ones weren’t allowed
Peter Bradshaw
The actor has been complaining about the hurt that critics can deliver. But someone has to call out stinkers, as you would think he’d agree
October 2021
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats ordeal: let’s hope it doesn’t spawn a sequel
Andrew Lloyd Webber says he hated the film Cats so much he bought a dog
May 2021
Whiskers, claws and applause: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats – in pictures
Since its debut in May 1981, the poetically inspired Cats has become one of the most popular stage shows in the world. Forty years on, here’s a look back at how the long-running musical began
March 2021
Beyond the Snyder cut: the other mythical films we're curious to see
From an R-rated Mrs Doubtfire to an ultra-violent Event Horizon, film history is littered with rumours of cuts that may or may not exist
February 2021
Hear me out
Hear us out: readers defend their favourite hated movies
As our writers continue to defend their favourite maligned movies, Guardian readers shared their picks for impassioned defence
December 2020
'Rum Tum Tugger is the sexiest': one-man Cats show claws through film flop
Bad films can spawn kitschy, cult devotion, as Linus Karp demonstrates in How to Live a Jellicle Life
August 2020
Andrew Lloyd Webber calls Cats film 'ridiculous'
Composer of hit musical says director Tom Hooper didn’t consult those involved in the original show when making his widely panned film adaptation
June 2020
Lockdown watch
Armando Iannucci: 'We're watching Cats five mins a night – to prolong the agony'
Kurosawa’s ‘uplifting’ film about poverty and Chernobyl are on the viewing roster of the Avenue 5 creator, who calls on the UK government to prioritise the arts sector
May 2020
Lockdown culture
Lockdown catnip? Original film of Cats to be streamed online
'I haven’t seen it. I've heard it's terrible': match the Cats cast member to their quote
April 2020
Pass notes
The Butthole Cut: if the rumours are true there really was a worse version of Cats
You thought the terrifying, sexualised felines that made it to the big screen were bad? Well, thank God for the CGI artists who erased the original bottoms
March 2020
'In homage to cockroach limbs': Tom Hooper's Cats commentary deepens the mystery
Names in the news
Out of paracetamol? A dose of Judi Dench in Cats is just the tonic
Rebecca Nicholson
February 2020
Shortcuts
Why James Corden and Rebel Wilson should have stuck up for Cats
The pair’s Oscars appearance upset the visual effects industry – and it also seemed to be unfair to their director and fellow actors
Claws out: Visual Effects Society slams Academy for Oscars dig at Cats
After James Corden and Rebel Wilson poked fun at their Razzie-nominated musical at the Oscars, the group has released an impassioned statement
'Like Halle Berry versus gum disease': nine things we learned at the 2020 Oscars
Paw performance: Cats cast dominates Razzie award nominations
The monarchy, Al Pacino and Cats: the key snubs of this year's Baftas
January 2020
British musicals 'at risk without subsidies like other theatre'
Leading figures call for public money to be spent on original work and developing talent
