‘John McEnroe was my reference point’: how we made hit Mozart movie Amadeus
‘I was told my laugh wasn’t extreme enough. So I got through an entire bottle of Jack Daniel’s getting its idiot sound right’
February 2021
Jean-Claude Carrière, screenwriter of Cyrano de Bergerac and Belle de Jour, dies aged 89
Hailed as France’s finest screenwriter, Carrière won many awards in a six-decade movie career – and for the stage penned a memorable Mahabharata for Peter Brook
April 2019
Pinch yourself: Aurélia Thierrée perfects the art of the steal on stage
Bells and Spells casts the French star as a kleptomaniac in a performance that leaves the audience guessing
April 2018
Miloš Forman obituary
Oscar-winning director of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Amadeus
Film blog
Miloš Forman: the director who brought the spirit of anti-Soviet rebellion to Hollywood
The Czech film-maker forged a brilliant career after overcoming the obstacles of both postwar communism in his homeland and Hollywood to where he escaped
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest director Miloš Forman dies aged 86
Film-maker became key figure of the Czech new wave before emigrating to the US and establishing a successful career in Hollywood
March 2018
What is the best Oscar-winning film of all time?
Casablanca? The Godfather? Moonlight? Or something else? Our chief critic picks the greatest of 10 all-time classics to win best picture – and reveals the reader’s champion
November 2017
Howard Jacobson's diary
Milos Forman's Taking Off hasn't aged nearly as badly as I have
Howard Jacobson
It’s natural to feel that a work of art you particularly love is yours, especially when enthusing about it to novices
September 2017
Czech actor Jan Tříska dies, aged 80, after fall from Prague bridge
Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond review – a delirious peek behind the Carrey-Kaufman curtain
April 2017
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest review – an extraordinary performance, beautifully contained
How we made
Michael Douglas: how we made One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
December 2015
Haskell Wexler, the genius cinematographer committed to the left
Haskell Wexler obituary
July 2015
EL Doctorow obituary
One of the most celebrated American novelists best known for his historical fiction whose books Ragtime and Billy Bathgate were turned into films
April 2015
Miroslav Ondricek obituary
Czech cinematographer renowned for his work on such classic films as Amadeus, Ragtime and O Lucky Man!
March 2015
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
DVDs and downloads: Paddington, The Drop, The Homesman and more
A 21st-century Paddington is a triumph, Tom Hardy is outstanding in The Drop, and Hilary Swank rides high on the prairie
September 2014
Hollywood vs the novel: how film can bring new life to a well-loved story
When books are made into films the rewards can be lucrative, though the writer must let go
May 2014
Ken Loach: 'What I've always tried to do is capture the truth of the moment'
Ken Loach talks to Mark Kermode about his long career and answers questions from readers and cultural figures including Paul Mason, Lynne Ramsay and Nicholas Hytner
March 2014
Vera Chytilová obituary
Film director who suffered censorship in her native Czechoslovakia for her 'anti-communist' films
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