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Edgar Wright

April 2024

  • He won’t be back … Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Running Man, 1987

    Week in geek
    Can genre-buster Edgar Wright breathe new life into The Running Man?

    The pun-packed, Arnie-starring original that strayed wildly from the Stephen King book, is one trashy 80s sci-fi romp that could actually benefit from a remake

October 2023

  • Scott Pilgrim, played by Michael Cera, battles his girlfriend’s seven evil exes in 2010 film Scott Pilgrim Vs the World

    Stream team
    Zany romantic action comedies don’t come much better than Scott Pilgrim Vs the World

    Director Edgar Wright is clearly having a blast in his 2010 comic book film adaptation that blends trivial irreverence and maximalist scale

November 2022

  • ‘A poet of the dark side of Manhattan’ … Martin Scorsese in Rome in 2019 for the premiere of The Irishman.

    Martin Scorsese at 80: Francis Ford Coppola, Steve McQueen and Woody Allen on the ‘greatest director alive’

    Ahead of his birthday next week, directors including Tim Burton, Edgar Wright, Lynne Ramsay and Luca Guadagnino reveal their favourite scenes – and what Scorsese’s work means to them

May 2022

  • Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode photographed by David Vintiner for the Observer New Review.

    You ask the questions
    Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo: ‘I’ve never heard us described as an island of joy before!’

    Radio’s odd couple take questions from actors, directors and Observer readers about optimism, the films they disagree on – and biscuits

December 2021

  • Top 50 US films: no 1

    Top US films 2021
    The 50 best films of 2021 in the US: the full list

  • Power of the Dog

    Top UK films 2021
    The 50 best films of 2021 in the UK

October 2021

  • Thomasin McKenzie and Anya Taylor-Joy in Last Night in Soho.

    Mark Kermode's film of the week
    Last Night in Soho review – a deliciously twisted journey back to London’s swinging past

  • Selma Blair wearing a jumpsuit by Alexandre Vauthier and shoes by Stuart Weitzman.

    The best original photographs from the Observer
    Original Observer Photography

  • Wide-eyed … Thomasin McKenzie in Last Night in Soho.

    Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
    Last Night in Soho review – Edgar Wright’s entertaining Valhalla of toxic 60s glitz

  • Kieran Culkin.

    Edgar Wright edits Observer New Review
    Succession star Kieran Culkin: ‘Just be unlikable, it’s fun’

  • Edgar Wright edits Observer New Review
    Diana Rigg remembered: ‘Ma didn’t suffer fools: she exploded them at 50 paces’

  • Edgar Wright edits Observer New Review
    On the set of Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho – in pictures

  • Edgar Wright edits Observer New Review
    Edgar Wright’s favourite fan art – in pictures

  • Edgar Wright edits Observer New Review
    The 50 British films that inspired a young Martin Scorsese

  • Edgar Wright edits Observer New Review
    Edgar Wright: how Martin Scorsese helped me through lockdown

  • Rita Tushingham: ‘Can you imagine walking around thinking: Ooh, I’m an icon?’

  • London film festival 2021: Peter Bradshaw’s top 10 picks

September 2021

  • Guide

    Jonny Greenwood to Lena Dunham: a panel of stars on what cultural success means in 2021

    Screenwriters, musicians and comedians reflect on what creative contentment means to them
  • Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson and Maggie Gyllenhaal on the red carpet for The Lost Daughter.

    Venice film festival 2021 roundup – a formidably good year on the Lido

    Big name directors at their best feature alongside daring visionaries from the farther realms of art cinema – but to whom will Bong Joon-ho’s jury award the Golden Lion?
  • Anya Taylor-Joy and Matt Smith star in Last Night in Soho

    Last Night in Soho review – a gaudy romp that’s stupidly enjoyable

    Edgar Wright’s time-travel film plays like a 60s pop song building towards a big climax
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