‘I’ve had some hairy experiences’: actor Adeel Akhtar on racism, role models and feeling hopeful
At 30, Adeel Akhtar was all but homeless, now he’s been nominated for this year’s Baftas. Here, he talks about the beauty of ordinary lives
September 2019
'This isn't a paranoid future nightmare': the explosive return of Chris Morris
The satirist’s new film was inspired by the FBI’s attempts to manufacture terrorists. He talks about the problem with white liberals – and his duty to provoke
October 2018
Beyond Bodyguard: can the BBC's Informer finally subvert the Muslim stereotype on TV?
From oppressed wives to crazed jihadists, TV’s Islamophobia is rife. Nabhaan Rizwan stars in the new BBC thriller hoping to change the narrative
May 2018
The Q&A
Adeel Akhtar: ‘My wife says I'm a tired, older version of Riz Ahmed’
The actor on a lucky necklace, a brush with the law and putting on his own play
January 2015
Peter Bradshaw’s top 50 films of the demi-decade
We are now midway through the 2010s. So what trends are emerging in cinema? Peter Bradshaw takes a look – and picks his top 50 films of the demi-decade
December 2010
Guardian First Film award: nominations
Four Lions, Monsters and The Arbor are among the releases in the running for this year's debut film prize
May 2010
Four Lions
Chris Morris returns with a cheerful, scornful black caper about extra-stupid suicide bombers. By Peter Bradshaw
The Guardian Film Show
Film Weekly meets Four Lions actor Riz Ahmed
This week, Jason Solomons meets the star of Chris Morris's 'jihadist comedy', talks Sus with The Long Good Friday scriptwriter Barrie Keeffe and World Cup dreams with One Night in Turin director James Erskine
Trailer trash
Trailer trash: Chris Morris, the Petit Majestic and Eddie Marsan's DIY
The small print on the poster for Chris Morris's film Four Lions deserves close scrutiny, suggests Jason Solomons
April 2010
Trailer park
Film trailer: Four Lions
A group of British jihadists push their abstract dreams of glory to breaking point
February 2010
Four Lions Sundance diary
What happened when the co-writers of Four Lions, Chris Morris's 'jihadist comedy', took the film to Sundance? Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong open their diaries
January 2010
British film satire on suicide bombers launched in US
Chris Morris's Four Lions: exclusive clip from the 'jihadist comedy'
August 2009
Film blog
Chris Morris's 'jihadi comedy' - a first look
Ben Walters: The first official stills from Four Lions, the Brass Eye creator's feature film about would-be suicide bombers, have emerged
