Stars in disguise: behind the scenes with Gary Oldman, Jennifer Lopez and Jerry Lewis – in pictures
Gary Oldman as Cary Grant, J-Lo doing the tango … The photographs of Funny Bones director Peter Chelsom capture his actors in a different light
November 2019
Ben-Hur at 60: why the biblical blockbuster doesn't hold up
In 1959, the religious epic won 11 Oscars and became a box office hit but in the years since, its status as a classic hasn’t worn quite as well as the year’s other smashes
August 2016
Was everyone on Ben-Hur 2016 too busy sourcing camel milk to generate new movie ideas?
Lindy West
Why has Hollywood put Ben-Hur back in the closet?
March 2016
Charlton Heston's rare Shakespeare collection to go up for auction
An auction of the actor and NRA president’s possessions in Los Angeles reveals a trove of rare Shakespeare folios amid the movie props and statues
October 2015
Cinema now
Laurie Anderson interview: ‘I shared a cinema with 500 rats who lived behind the screen’
Thou shalt honour the original: Ten Commandments remake in the pipeline
July 2015
Readers suggest the 10 best …
Readers suggest the 10 best beach moments in culture
Touch of Evil review – brilliant noir drama restored to Welles's vision
March 2015
Ben-Hur remake filming banned from Rome’s Circus Maximus
Italian authorities prevent producers using ancient Roman chariot race site for Morgan Freeman and Jack Huston version of 1959 Charlton Heston film
September 2014
Jack Huston to star alongside Morgan Freeman in Ben-Hur
The American Hustle actor has been cast as the lead in the ancient epic, with Freeman starring as a chariot race trainer
November 2013
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Top 10 film noir
Guns, dames and hats: you can't have a film noir without them, can you? Take a look at the Guardian and Observer critics list of the best 10 noirs and you'll realise things aren't that simple …
From the Guardian archive
From the archive, 16 November 1961: The character of the epic: Charlton Heston talks to WJ Weatherby
Originally published in the Guardian on 16 November 1961: Glistening in its uniquely statuesque way, Rome seemed to await only a hero's arrival
Film blog
Top 10 movie adaptations
Adaptations of novels have regularly provided audiences with the classier end of the film spectrum. Here, the Guardian and Observer's critics pick the 10 best
October 2013
Film blog
Top 10 crime movies
Murder, robbery, revenge... some of the greatest films revolve around the vilest human acts. The Guardian and Observer's critics pick the best crime films ever made
April 2013
Reel history
El Cid: Spanish history enjoys a right royal revamp
Jim Carrey hit as eBay users sell memorabilia for gun money
August 2012
Gore Vidal's Italian films: Roma, Caligula and a gay Ben-Hur
The American writer had several movie mishaps in Europe, but he toasted his collaboration with Fellini
