Marlowe review – worldweary Liam Neeson makes for low-energy private eye
Raymond Chandler’s gumshoe hero is resurrected in this period adaptation of a novel by John Banville – a film that looks good but lacks a spark
April 2021
The Last Photograph review – Danny Huston’s faded snapshot of a father’s grief
Danny Huston: ‘I went around the world with my father – making his drinks’
August 2019
Angel Has Fallen review – Gerard Butler's pyrotechnics fizzle out
In the latest overblown instalment of the Fallen franchise, Butler’s beleaguered secret service agent goes on the run, seeking out unintelligible dad Nick Nolte
March 2019
Tigers review – crusader confronts baby formula scandal
In a plodding drama inspired by real events, a baby formula salesman takes on his employer after realising the truth about the product’s effects
January 2019
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Stan & Ollie review – a love letter to cinema’s odd couple
Wild, controversial and free: Colette, a life too big for film
October 2018
Stan & Ollie review – melancholy twilight of comedy gods Laurel and Hardy
Brilliant impersonations by Steve Coogan and John C Reilly lift the muted charm of this biopic about their troubled music-hall tour of Britain
June 2017
Wonder Woman review – a gloriously badass breath of fresh air
Gal Gadot’s Amazonian warrior princess reinvigorates the superhero genre with a shockwave of fun
March 2017
The Kid Stays in the Picture review – from mogul to minor player
The Kid Stays in the Picture review – Robert Evans gets the Citizen Kane treatment
January 2017
Danny Huston to star in Royal Court adaptation of Robert Evans' memoir
Hollywood star will make his London theatre debut in The Kid Stays in the Picture, directed by Simon McBurney
August 2015
Pressure review – claustrophobic thriller can't avoid that sinking feeling
Despite a strong premise and solid acting, this subaquatic disaster drama is too much by-the-numbers
January 2015
Rewatching classic Australian films
The Proposition rewatched – outback western mixes violence and profundity
Director John Hillcoat’s blood-splattered revenge film revises a classic film genre with help from Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone and Nick Cave
November 2014
First look review
Big Eyes review – Tim Burton’s art fraud film is a slow-burn study of abuse
A study of the talent behind the kitsch 60s images of big-eyed waifs wants to be an oil painting but ends up more like a mass-produced print
August 2014
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
The Congress review – Robin Wright gives a 2D performance
Waltz With Bashir's Ari Folman makes a sci-fi misstep with this crude animated and live-action fantasia about an aging Hollywood star, played by Robin Wright, writes Peter Bradshaw
December 2013
On my radar
On my radar: Jack Huston's cultural highlights
The actor tells Ben Marshall about his enduring love for Guns N' Roses, the brilliance of The Wire, and the appeal of artist Eric Roux-Fontaine
November 2013
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
