Felicity Jones: ‘A teacher telling me I was a “reasonably intelligent girl” drove me crazy’
The Oscar-nominated actor on her bad texting habit, saying sorry and wishing she was Penélope Cruz
August 2021
TV tonight
TV tonight: Steve Coogan seeks justice for Stephen Lawrence
Coogan stars as the DCI who reopens the Lawrence case six years after the Macpherson inquiry in three-part dramatisation. Plus: Is someone having a love affair in Ghosts? Here’s what to watch this evening
July 2021
The Last Letter from Your Lover review – sappy romance is nothing to write home about
The adaptation of Jojo Moyes’s 2012 novel, starring Shailene Woodley and Felicity Jones, toggles between two love stories and shortchanges both
February 2021
Dragon Rider review – starry family animation seeks fire
Patrick Stewart voices a baddie trying to obliterate lovable dragons in this bland but entertaining family film
December 2020
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
The Midnight Sky review – beardy George Clooney marooned in bland cosmic yarn
Clooney desperately tries to warn a returning spaceship of earthly apocalypse in this languid space caper
November 2020
Tristram Kenton at the Guardian
Before they were famous, part two: stars' early stage roles – in pictures
Tristram Kenton’s archive reveals more performers heading for the big time, including Rachel Weisz, Idris Elba, Daniel Kaluuya, Felicity Jones and more
December 2019
The most anticipated movies of 2020
The most exciting movies of 2020 – blockbusters
Maverick swoops back on screen, Ghostbusters comes back to life and the 25th Bond film arrives (finally) in next year’s impressive array of big-budget knockouts
November 2019
Felicity Jones: ‘I’m not shy of things that are political’
The Aeronauts review – airborne adventure weathers the storm
September 2019
First look review
The Aeronauts review – charming balloon adventure way up where the air is clear
Theory of Everything stars Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones reunite for a sweet tale of daredevil balloonists in Victorian England
August 2019
Trailer review
'Women don't belong in balloons': stand back for an unexpected Theory of Everything 2
Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne reunite for The Aeronauts, another restrained period biopic that looks like it might at some point become absolutely completely horrifically frightening
February 2019
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Traitors; Curfew; Flack; Baptiste – review
Channel 4’s new espionage thriller suffers from excess hindsight, Curfew delivers a stellar dystopia, and Anna Paquin is perfection in the bittersweet Flack
On the Basis of Sex review – can’t do justice to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Mimi Leder’s biopic of the US supreme court justice is too conventional to capture her extraordinary life
On the Basis of Sex review – Ruth Bader Ginsburg starts her ascent
Felicity Jones plays the real-life US supreme court justice in a watchable drama about her personal struggle against injustice and prejudice
January 2019
And the nominees aren't: the Oscarbait films that failed in 2019
While Roma and The Favourite might be leading the race, there’s a list of major prospects that struggled to turn buzz into votes
November 2018
First look review
On the Basis of Sex review – patchy Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic
A familiarly wrought, intermittently effective drama benefits from retelling a fascinating backstory yet is hampered by a miscast Felicity Jones
April 2017
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
Rogue One; Swiss Army Man; The Pass; Frank & Lola and more – review
The force loses its lustre as Rogue One takes itself too seriously, while Daniel Radcliffe excels as a flatulent corpse
March 2017
Rogue One: original ending could have made a happier Star Wars story
Director Gareth Edwards and writer Gary Whitta reveal they first wrote a less bleak ending, in case Disney and Lucasfilm found their preferred one too dark. (Warning: contains spoilers)
January 2017
Saturday Night Live recap
Saturday Night Live: a stream of Trump jokes but more misses than hits
Five of the best… new films
La La Land and A Monster Calls: this week’s best new films in the UK
