Down but not out: film, theatre, art and more to help deal with failure
From Oscar Isaac’s underperforming folk singer to The Good Place, Guardian critics offer up bittersweet culture for when success eludes you
October 2021
Ranked
Oscar Isaac films – ranked!
As he appears in cinemas in Dune and The Card Counter – and on TV in Scenes from a Marriage – we rate the best roles of the rakish smoothie, from space fighter to folk singer
June 2017
Film blog
Watch the fur fly: why cat films are better than dog films
Films with cats are cool and mysterious. Mutt movies are a soppy wet lick to the face. No surprise then which Hollywood favours
January 2015
Peter Bradshaw’s top 50 films of the demi-decade
Oscar Isaac: the star set for a most interesting year
December 2014
Best films of 2014
Top 10 films of 2014: complete UK chart
The complete list of the Guardian’s top 10 films of the year, as determined by UK release date
July 2014
Film blog
Why do movies about musicians always have the worst music?
Joe Queenan: In the homogeneous world of films about singers, everyone seems oblivious to one thing – the music sucks
June 2014
Film blog
Film festival smackdown: we predict how Venice, Toronto and Telluride will split the 2014 world premieres
The Venice and Toronto film festivals start announcing their lineups soon. So which festival will host which big premieres? Or will sandwich-filler Telluride snaffle the key screenings?
April 2014
Star Wars 7 cast: Isaac, Ridley, Boyega and Gleeson among new names
Newcomers Boyega, Driver, Oscar Isaac and Domhnall Gleeson join veteran names such as Harrison Ford, Peter Mayhew – and Max von Sydow – as cast for JJ Abrams' film finally announced
January 2014
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Inside Llewyn Davis – review
Observer dispatch
Why Inside Llewyn Davis doesn't get inside the Village
This week's new films
Inside Llewyn Davis, August: Osage County, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit: this week's new films
The Guardian film show
The Guardian Film Show: Inside Llewyn Davies, Teenage, August: Osage County and Jack Ryan – video review
Inside Llewyn Davis – review
EXPIRED Enter our Inside Llewyn Davis competition and you could win a Martin acoustic guitar
Ian Jack on Saturday
Inside Llewyn Davis has its pleasures and its flaws, as did the folk movement
Ian Jack
The Coen brothers on losers, likability and Inside Llewyn Davis
Inside Llewyn Davis: follow the cat
Inside Llewyn Davis: the book behind the Coen brothers film
Bright Eyes auditioned for lead in Coen Brothers film
