Donald Sutherland was an irreplaceable aristocrat of cinema
Peter Bradshaw
Donald Sutherland: a life in pictures
Donald Sutherland, Don’t Look Now and Hunger Games actor, dies aged 88
A Dry White Season review – Marlon Brando heads starry cast in ground-breaking apartheid drama
April 2024
How we made
‘We used pig squeals to create their shriek’ … how we made Invasion of the Body Snatchers
‘We filmed it in a rough area of San Francisco. One day, a totally naked guy who was watching us said, “Are you remaking Invasion of the Body Snatchers? The first one was better”’
October 2023
Don’t Look Now at 50: Nicolas Roeg’s mesmeric horror of inescapable grief
The acclaimed adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s short story remains a visually immersive descent and a chilling portrayal of loss
September 2023
Mark Kermode on film
Kermode on… Nicolas Roeg: ‘Nothing is what it seems’
In the first of a new monthly Observer column on his favourite film-makers, Mark Kermode salutes the elliptical vision of the director of Don’t Look Now, Walkabout, Performance and so much more
October 2022
Mr Harrigan’s Phone review – minor Stephen King gets minor Netflix treatment
Jaeden Martell stars as a teen who might be texting with a ghost in a languid tale that recycles familiar King tropes without adding anything new
February 2022
Moonfall review – Roland Emmerich’s bad moon rising… and I mean really bad
Halle Berry and Patrick Wilson are astronauts trying to save Earth from the falling moon in this gibberish big-budget folly
June 2021
Klute at 50: a thriller less interested in a killer and more in character
Jane Fonda gives a commanding performance in a film that avoids cliche and embraces a more nuanced view of sex work
March 2021
FTA: unearthing Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland's anti-Vietnam war film
After being reportedly censored by the US government, a satirical documentary about a comedy tour in Vietnam is finally getting seen again
October 2020
The Burnt Orange Heresy review – Mick Jagger adds dash of malice to arty thriller
The rock star plays a wealthy art dealer mysteriously sheltering a renowned artist – Donald Sutherland – in this eventful melodrama
April 2020
Week in geek
Do we really need a Hunger Games prequel movie?
Don’t look now, but Suzanne Collins’ novel about the early years of Donald Sutherland’s character Coriolanus Snow is heading for the big screen
January 2020
M*A*S*H at 50: the Robert Altman comedy that revels in cruel misogyny
The anti-war film – regarded as one of the greatest comedies of all time – has a problem with women
July 2019
Don't Look Now review – Roeg's scary movie can still make you jump
From its red stalker to its eerie strangers, this suspenseful classic set a template for horror – but its sexual intimacy adds a dramatic counterpoint few films can match
