Groundhog Day review – repeat production makes for guaranteed entertainment
My home is cosy and comfortable, and there’s a kettle. Why would I want a night out?
Rich Pelley
April 2023
Tim Minchin: ‘Politics affects my mental health … I feel gaslit’
He’s the anarchic comedian behind the musicals Matilda and Groundhog Day. He talks about dashed Hollywood hopes, the dangers of modernising Roald Dahl and feeling out of step with his progressive fanbase
February 2023
Canadian groundhog Fred la Marmotte found dead before planned prediction
Status of spring undetermined in northern Quebec after rodent prognosticator discovered dead in burrow during festivities
‘We bow at the altar of Groundhog Day’: concept copycats celebrate its 30th birthday
As the classic Bill Murray time-loop romcom reaches 30, and the imitators that reuse its concept keep on coming – from Palm Springs to Russian Doll – we ask what makes it so timeless
The Conversation
I watched Groundhog Day every day for a year. Here’s what I learned
Adam Daniel for the Conversation
In the 1993 film, Bill Murray’s character is stuck living the same day over and over. In lockdown, I decided to experiment on myself and watch the same film over and over
September 2022
Ranked
Bill Murray’s 20 best performances – ranked!
As the actor swigs with Zac Efron and Russell Crowe in new comedy The Greatest Beer Run Ever – and celebrates his 72nd birthday – we rate Murray’s finest work
June 2022
It’s Groundhog Day … again! Why TV can’t get enough of time-loops
The Guardian view on time-loop fiction: when the past is imperfect
May 2022
Eternal death and Adolf Hitler: an ode to Life After Life, the year’s most underrated TV show
Once more with feeling: why time loop stories keep coming back
April 2021
Palm Springs review – Groundhog Day with wedding bells on
This sharp time-loop romcom juggles fun and fatalism and resonates powerfully in the age of lockdown
July 2020
Lockdown culture
'The world is in a state of turmoil': why time-loop movies resonate in 2020
From the repetitiveness of lockdown to the grim familiarity of George Floyd’s death, this summer has added dark layers to one of film’s favourite formats
February 2019
Over and over: why is Hollywood still obsessed with Groundhog Day?
Groundhog Day 2019: Punxsutawney Phil's big day - in pictures
February 2018
Brief letters
Emeritus professors going off at a tangent
Copyright law failed me in Groundhog Day case
Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of winter
Film blog
Plus ça change: why it's clear that we're living in Groundhog Day
Stuart Heritage
August 2017
Bill Murray goes to see Groundhog Day – again
The star of the 1993 classic movie went to see the Broadway musical version on Tuesday and then returned Wednesday for another show
