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Kenneth Lonergan

August 2022

  • Leslie Grace as Batgirl in the cancelled DC Comics film.

    The Batgirl you’ll never see: why some films disappear for ever

    She cost a cool $90m but the comic book heroine won’t even be streamed. Why do some productions deserve such an extreme fate?

September 2019

  • From left: Moonlight, The Handmaiden, There Will Be Blood, Under the Skin

    Best culture of the 21st century
    The 100 best films of the 21st century

  • The Death of Mr Lazarescu – chosen by Pawel Pawlikowski and Mike Leigh

    Best culture of the 21st century
    The directors’ cut: film-makers choose the best movies of the century so far

May 2019

  • Matthew Broderick, Elizabeth McGovern in Starry Messenger by Marc Brenner

    The Starry Messenger review – Broderick and McGovern face up to cosmic failures

    Kenneth Lonergan’s tale of astronomy and midlife misery makes fine use of an A-list cast but never truly explodes into life

October 2018

  • Lucas Hedges and Elaine May in The Waverly Gallery by Kenneth Lonergan, directed by Lila Neugebauer.

    The Waverly Gallery review – Elaine May dazzles in devastating dementia drama

    Kenneth Lonergan’s personal play about a gallery owner losing her memory is a beautifully acted, quietly crushing tragedy

March 2018

  • Chris Evans and Bel Powley in Lobby Hero.

    Lobby Hero review – Chris Evans hits Broadway in tight, timely drama

    A stylish production of Kenneth Lonergan’s 2001 play is brimming with smart dialogue and fine performances

February 2018

  • Best of 2017 … (clockwise from top left) Get Out, Personal Shopper, Moonlight, The Lego Batman Movie, The Handmaiden

    Best films
    The best films of 2017 so far

    La La Land and The Love Witch wove magic, Moonlight and Lion wrung out tears, while Get Out and Lady Macbeth got nasty. Plus, there were striking debuts, returns to form by seasoned directors and reunions for the Trainspotting rogues

January 2018

  • The BAFTA and BFI Screenwriters’ Lecture Series, London, Britain - 07 Oct 2016<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jamie Simonds/BAFTA/REX/Shutterstock (6649960u) Kenneth Lonergan The BAFTA and BFI Screenwriters’ Lecture Series, London, Britain - 07 Oct 2016

    Oscar winner Kenneth Lonergan on director's cuts, Scorsese and studio battles

    The writer-director behind Manchester by the Sea and You Can Count On Me talks about his struggles with the much-delayed 2011 drama Margaret

December 2017

  • A shattering portrait of grief ... Casey Affleck and Kyle Chandler in Manchester by the Sea.

    Top UK films 2017
    The 50 top films of 2017 in the UK: No 10 Manchester by the Sea

    As our countdown enters the final stages, Cath Clarke champions a harrowing, beautifully acted film where tragedy has no easy resolution

March 2017

  • Casey Affleck and director Kenneth Lonergan at the Independent Spirit Awards in California in February.

    Manchester by the Sea director defends Casey Affleck over sexual harassment allegations

    Kenneth Lonergan, who won best original screenplay Oscar for the film, has accused a student newspaper of ‘flat-out slander’ over claims against the actor

February 2017

  • Press Room - 89th Academy Awards<br>epa05817816 Viola Davis, winner of the award for Actress in a Supporting Role for 'Fences,' poses in the press room during the 89th annual Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, USA, 26 February 2017. The Oscars are presented for outstanding individual or collective efforts in 24 categories in filmmaking. EPA/PAUL BUCK

    Oscar winners 2017: the full list

  • ‘Opposing without hatred’... Viola Davis and Mark Rylance.

    The best quotes from the 2017 Oscars

  • Winners’ circle … clockwise from top left, La La Land, The Salesman, Fences and Manchester By the Sea.

    'And the Oscar will go to' … who shall win the 2017 Academy Awards, and why

  • Devastatingly good … Casey Affleck and Lucas Hedges in Manchester By the Sea.

    Best picture Oscar hustings
    Why Manchester By the Sea should win the best picture Oscar

January 2017

  • LIBRARY IMAGE OF NOCTURNAL ANIMALS<br>Jake Gyllenhaal & Michael Shannon
Film: Nocturnal Animals (USA 2016)

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02 September 2016
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    Film blog
    Nocturnal Animals snub is failure of nerve as La La Land steamrolls Oscars

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Nate Parker
The Birth of a Nation - 2016

    The usual suspects – and Nate Parker – up for Directors Guild of America awards

  • Kyle Chandler and Casey Affleck in Manchester By the Sea.

    Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
    Manchester By the Sea review – a minor-key masterpiece

  • Manchester By the Sea.

    Manchester by the Sea: how Matt Damon and brutal honesty helped make 2017's most affecting film

  • Mark Kermode's film of the week
    Manchester By the Sea review – tremendous heart and soul

  • Film talk
    Michelle Williams on Manchester by the Sea: 'Closure only comes when we die' – video

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