Forrest Gump review – Tom Hanks’ chocolate box hero still gets under your skin
Robert Zemeckis’s re-released fantasy is entirely ridiculous, hokey-sentimental and politically naive, but it’s superbly paced and expertly acted
February 2023
80 for Brady review – screen queens go wild in charming but slight comedy
Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, Sally Field and Lily Tomlin make for soothing company in a silly but good-natured film about NFL fans
March 2022
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty review – over-stretched basketball drama
Adam McKay and John C Reilly join forces for a look back at the rise of the Lakers but strong performances can’t quite paper over a messy structure
December 2021
10 Quick Questions
From Marilyn to Shakespeare: how well do you know history’s most bungled quotes?
The internet is full of wonky attributions and made-up catchphrases, from real life and pop culture. Can you tell your Attenborough from your Armstrong?
April 2020
TV tonight
TV tonight: Jason Segel's virtual reality quest
Along with Eve Lindley, they play four intertwined Philadelphians in Dispatches from Elsewhere. Plus: more from The Repair Shop. Here’s what to watch this evening
November 2019
Jump the shark
How an endless parade of tragedies broke Brothers and Sisters’ bond
By season four, loss and illness riddled the family drama. But one character’s unfortunate encounter with a truck took things too far
June 2019
Books that made me
Harlan Coben: 'I cry a lot when I write – I need to cry more when I’m reading'
The thriller author on the book that explains why writers are ‘plain nuts’, and the William Goldman novel that started him on his career path
April 2019
The week in theatre: All My Sons; Ghosts; The Play That Goes Wrong – review
All My Sons review – Sally Field and Bill Pullman deliver a Miller for our times
May 2017
Why are traditional plays struggling to attract crowds on Broadway?
Theatre blog
Tony awards 2017: big stars dominate nominations while surprising snubs sting
Alexis Soloski
April 2017
Sally Field: 'I never felt that I had very many choices. Ever'
The actor, who is on Broadway in The Glass Menagerie, talks about being typecast and struggling to find roles while balancing life as a parent
March 2017
The Glass Menagerie review – Sally Field returns to Broadway in style
The Oscar winner makes an indelible impression in an unusual and effective take on Tennessee Williams’ American classic
July 2016
Box office analysis: US
Ignored by youth-obsessed Hollywood, older audiences flock to indie films
In a summer stuffed with blockbusters aimed at young audience, arthouse films appeal to an older demographic because the stars reflect the audiences
June 2016
Sally Field returns to Broadway in The Glass Menagerie
The Emmy and Oscar-winning actor says the Tennessee Williams role is one of just ‘a handful of great female roles’ in theatre
March 2016
Sally Field: Thank God for African American men in diversity debate
Hollywood star says female actors, such as Jennifer Lawrence, are only being listened to over gender pay gap because black male actors are broadening the discussion
November 2015
Getting on: how the Manic Pixie Dream Grans conquered Hollywood
Lily Tomlin’s fierce lesbian poet, Blythe Danner’s spunky widow, Sally Field’s kooky nan ... Move over Zooey Deschanel, granny wants a piece of the action
March 2015
The film that makes me cry: Steel Magnolias
This salon-centred tale is an unexpectedly complex study in the power of female friendship and the perspective-enhancing powers of a new hairdo
