‘Kurt Cobain was a walking paradox’: inside the opera about the star’s final days
It has little plot, the dialogue is mumbled, cereal bowls are a big theme, and a fast-talking cattle auctioneer plays his manager. We meet the team behind the Royal Opera House’s daring new show
September 2021
‘He was easy to spot!’ Gus Van Sant on spying Andy Warhol – and his musical about him
The Oscar-nominated film director has made the jump into musical theatre with a portrait of the high priest of pop art, staged in Europe
March 2021
'Two boys snogging was revolutionary': the greatest gay moments in cinema
From Gus Van Sant to Maryam Keshavarz, Terence Davies to Andrew Haigh, film-makers and writers recall the charged scenes that moved and inspired them – and even helped nudge them out of the closet
November 2020
Gus Van Sant: 'We are living in a wilder time than anything we could imagine'
Gucci's latest collection revealed in series of films by Gus Van Sant
October 2019
Drugstore Cowboy at 30: is this the best film ever made about addiction?
Gus Van Sant’s 1989 indie is filled with rich detail and insight into the life of a drug addict, brought to life by a career-defining Matt Dillon performance
April 2019
Cult cinema hero Udo Kier: ‘I like the film, it’s very brutal'
He has worked with everyone from Andy Warhol to Lars von Trier – as well as gone underage drinking with Rainer Fassbinder and chatted up hustlers with River Phoenix
October 2018
The G2 interview
Beth Ditto: 'I don't think I can act. I'm just really good at talking'
The Gossip frontwoman has started acting, and her first role is a ‘redneck loud woman’ in the new Gus Van Sant film. She talks about the real women behind the southern stereotypes
July 2018
Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio turned down Brokeback Mountain
Gus Van Sant: 'Whatever scene we're filming, we make it as hard as we can'
February 2018
Berlin film festival 2018 roundup
There’s animated doggy fun from Wes Anderson and a bold take on the Anders Breivik massacre, but the Berlinale needs a new script
January 2018
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot review – Van Sant's disability drama misses the mark
Sundance 2018: #MeToo movement set to colour first post-Weinstein festival
December 2017
Film blog
The most exciting films of 2018 by big-name directors
Damien Chazelle heads for space, while Gravity’s Alfonso Cuarón comes back down to Earth – and Terry Gilliam fulfils his Don Quixote fantasy after 28 years
December 2016
'They called me the antichrist': JT LeRoy, Laura Albert and the literary hoax
The subject of the film Author: The JT Leroy Story says she was attacked ‘with the fury of wasps’ after her deception was uncovered
Grungy, grubby and authentic, the clothes in films such as My Own Private Idaho were never meant to look good. But now a new Paris exhibition is celebrating the director’s unlikely influence on the catwalk
June 2016
Charlie Lyne's home entertainment
Le Cinéma Club: celebrating the short stuff
A new VOD service wants to give short films their due
December 2015
Film blog
The film predictions we got right – and wrong – in our 2015 preview
We were correct about the likely quality of new movies by Andrew Haigh and Noah Baumbach – but miles off the mark when we predicted future classics from Cameron Crowe and Gus Van Sant
November 2015
Memento remake: chance to improve the original or instantly forgettable gaffe?
Christopher Nolan’s 2000 non-linear thriller is getting the remake treatment only 15 years since the original was released, but should it be revisited at all? Two Guardian US critics make the case for and against
May 2015
Cannes 2015, week two report: perfect Pixar but Gus goes gooey
The world’s top film showcase, which closes today, really could have been better this year. But highlights of week two included Todd Haynes’s superb Carol, Sorrentino’s intoxicating Youth and mindblowing animation in Inside Out
