Smouldering kisses that linger in the memory – from Bogart and Bacall to Baptiste and Garance
Letters: Readers respond to an article listing the 20 greatest kisses on film, revealing what they believe should be included
April 2020
The top 25 most compelling Hollywood autobiographies – ranked!
Inspiring, addictive and occasionally gasp-worthy – to mark the publication of Woody Allen’s Apropos of Nothing, we arrange the best Tinseltown memoirs in order of excellence
July 2019
From the Observer archive
From the archive: When Melvyn Bragg met Lauren Bacall
The broadcaster is charmed by one of Hollywood’s icons as she arrives in Plymouth to do Tennessee Williams
March 2018
Hubert de Givenchy obituary
Couturier to Audrey Hepburn and Jackie Kennedy
November 2017
How we made
How we made the original Murder on the Orient Express
‘I don’t think the cast of the new film have the same horsepower we had’
September 2017
When Kit met Rose: why we love it when Cupid’s arrow flies out of the screen
David Barnett
From Bogart and Bacall to actors Kit Harington and Rose Leslie, there are few things that intrigue us more, says freelance writer and author David Barnett
July 2017
A brush with greatness
The day Lauren Bacall sat me down on her lap
It’s the late 90s, Manahattan, Christmas time and Sweetpea Slight, a Lauren Bacall superfan, feels a tingle of magic
January 2017
Desert Island Discs: 75 defining moments from 75 years of castaways
The show’s first guest was marooned three quarters of a century ago this month. Here are the moments that made Desert Island Discs a radio classic
September 2016
A brush with greatness
The day Lauren Bacall admired my tights
A golden opportunity to chat with a star of the silver screen… But sadly Rebecca Chance completely fluffed it
February 2016
The 10 best ...
The 10 best Oscars snubs
Ahead of this year’s Academy Awards ceremony, we look at the most infamous Oscars oversights
April 2015
Lauren Bacall's belongings sell for $3.6m at auction that attracted global interest
Lauren Bacall Collection: star's belongings auctioned in New York
February 2015
Lauren Bacall honoured in Oscars ceremony
The Academy pays tribute to star of The Big Sleep, The Mirror Has Two Faces and Dogville
Baftas pay tribute to Robin Williams, Lauren Bacall and more
The legacy of the stars and film-makers who died in 2014, who also include Richard Attenborough and Mike Nichols, has been recognised in a video tribute at this year’s British Academy film awards
Starry, starry night: Oscar winners on Hollywood’s biggest prize
Susan Sarandon thinks it’s the luck of the draw, Juliette Binoche tussled with Lauren Bacall, and someone stood on Ben Kingsley’s head: 14 Oscar winners reveal what really goes on at the Academy Awards
December 2014
Obituaries of 2014
Lauren Bacall remembered by Terry Hands
Director Terry Hands recalls working with the Hollywood star, who ‘seemed impervious to the demands of vanity’, in a UK theatre production in 1995
November 2014
The 100 best novels
The 100 best novels: No 62 – The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (1939)
Raymond Chandler’s hardboiled debut brings to life the seedy LA underworld – and Philip Marlowe, the archetypal fictional detective, writes Robert McCrum
October 2014
Readers suggest the 10 best …
Readers suggest the 10 best female power dressers
Last week we brought you our 10 best female power dressers. Here, we present your thoughts on who should have made the list
August 2014
Peter Lorre: a great screen actor remembered
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
DVD and downloads: Tracks, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Tom at the Farm and more
