Joe Cornish
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Lost reels: 15 directors pick great films you won’t find on UK streaming
Many films – even classics such as Eraserhead and Chungking Express – remain surprisingly unavailable online to UK audiences. We asked film-makers from Martin McDonagh to Charlotte Wells to pick their favourites
‘Damaged a generation of viewers, including me’: Joe Cornish on the most terrifying horror for kids
From blood-soaked children’s parties to spine-tingling spectral nuns, the Attack the Block director picks the traumatic 70s and 80s horror moments he can’t forget – no matter how he tries
TV review
Lockwood and Co review – Joe Cornish’s teen ghosthunters are an absolute delightThe Attack the Block director’s paranormal young adult series is playful, intelligent and full of British charm. He has such a knack for nurturing young talent
The funniest things on the internet
Carl Donnelly: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)Carl doesn’t like the internet, but has accepted there are funny things on it – including a puppet corpsing, Chet Hanks’s Instagram and Brad Pitt speaking patois
‘I felt an immediate thrill’: Joe Cornish’s confessions of a Britten addict
In 2014, the film-maker and broadcaster took a chance on his first opera – Peter Grimes. He expected atonal warbling, but instead got hooked for life on the beauty, drama and strangeness of Britten’s music
‘We were two tortured idiots trying to make TV’: The Adam and Joe Show, 25 years on
Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish built a cult following with their DIY Channel 4 show – but the pressure got to them. They reminisce over Britpop, getting cancelled and patching up their friendship
Adam Buxton: ‘I used to think, "Why isn't Dad more proud of me?" But he was’
The podcaster, comic and radio host has made a career out of his insecurities. But uncovering a family secret has helped him find peaceRead an exclusive extract
Lockdown watch
Joe Cornish: ‘I’d be very interested in directing a Biggleton feature film’A new baby is dictating the viewing in the Cornish household and bringing a new appreciation of TV’s Better Things
The Kid Who Would Be King review – Brexit fun for all the family
Attack the Block director Joe Cornish’s second film swaps sci-fi comedy for Arthurian allegory
The Kid Who Would Be King review – Arthurian legend weaves a spell in the suburbs
A 12-year-old embarks on a thrilling quest after discovering Excalibur on a building site
Joe Cornish: 'Adam and I were very competitive in an unhealthy way'
His new film, The Kid Who Would Be King, is an Arthurian epic aimed squarely at youngsters. But is it just more child’s play or has the Adam and Joe star finally grown up?
How we made
Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish: how we made The Adam and Joe Show‘We walked into a shop with hammers and started smashing it up. We didn’t realise it would scare the owner. Then the police arrived …’
The Guardian profile
John Boyega: from Peckham, to the Death Star, to the Old VicBritish actor who found global fame in the rebooted Star Wars franchise to take lead role on London stage
The ten best things to do this week
The 10 best things to do this weekFrom Rogue One to Heavyweight: your at-a-glance guide to the best in culture across the UK
Film blog
First trailer shows Ant-Man has a big hill to climbAfter all the negative buzz surrounding director Edgar Wright’s exit, the diminutive superhero needs more prerelease muscle than this weedy first look provides, writes Ben Child
Joe Cornish offered director's chair for King Kong prequel Skull Island
Ben Child: In-demand Attack the Block director to decide whether to follow up Peter Jackson's fantasy blockbuster for his second feature film
Paul Rudd in talks to play Marvel superhero Ant-Man
Anchorman 2's Rudd and Joseph Gordon-Levitt said to be frontrunners for lead in the Edgar Wright-directed movie
Star Trek 3 aims to beam up Joe Cornish
Attack the Block director set for the third Star Trek reboot after JJ Abrams drops out to concentrate on Star Wars
Adam Buxton: 'I was called a smarmy, greased-up dwarf'
Adam Buxton's solo show Bug pokes fun at the casual brutality of online discourse, writes Tom Lamont
Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
Mark Kermode's DVD round-upThe myths surrounding folk singer Sixto Rodriguez unwind joyously in Searching for Sugar Man, writes Mark Kermode
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