Sarah Polley set to direct live-action Bambi remake for Disney
Oscar-winning writer and director of Women Talking in discussions with studio to update much-loved animation
March 2023
The story of Oscars 2023: redemption, everywhere and for everything, including Hollywood itself
Leila Latif
The theme of moving on from past trauma seemed to extend to the (slap-free) ceremony itself, says freelance writer Leila Latif
Everything Everywhere All at Once owes its smashing Oscars victory to its amazing resonance
Peter Bradshaw
The Daniels’ alt-reality adventure achieved its smashing success because of its resonant questions how life could be different for any one of us
Best picture Oscar hustings
Why Women Talking should win the best picture Oscar
Let’s be real: its nomination for best movie was the win. But Sarah Polley’s film is predicated on action, a #MeToo film that questions with the aim of moving forward
February 2023
Dress sensitivity: creating the Mennonite costumes for Women Talking
Quita Alfred tells how she designed long, dark dresses that chime incongruously with fashion
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Women Talking review – ensemble drama forefronts female experience of violence
This important film tells the story of a community battered by rape and patriarchal ideas, as a mainly female cast debate the repercussions of brutality
Claire Foy on finding her rage: ‘You’ve got to get your anger out, in order to move on’
The Crown confirmed her as acting royalty, but she always struggled with self-doubt. Now, after a storm about her salary, she is determined to express her feelings – even the difficult ones
November 2022
Breaking the silence: movies grapple with the #MeToo movement
This season sees Oscar-tipped dramas She Said, Women Talking and Tár all confront the difficulties of women dealing with the fallout of sexual assault
September 2022
First look review
Women Talking review – Sarah Polley’s moving Mennonite #MeToo drama
Toronto film festival: The actor turned director brings strong performances from a talky female ensemble, including Claire Foy and Jessie Buckley
June 2022
Sarah Polley: ‘It took me years to see how responsible Terry Gilliam was for my terror’
As a child, the Canadian actor-director starred in the former Python’s The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Here she recalls how she feared for her life on his chaotic film set
May 2022
Sarah Polley on her unflinching memoir: ‘Can you forgive – and should you forgive?’
As a child star, the actor suffered trauma and neglect. Now an acclaimed director, she is confronting the ghosts of her past with a frank new book
April 2022
Oscars 2023: who might be in the running at next year’s ceremony?
With another awards season now over, a look ahead to the next 12 months shows a string of potentially worthy contenders
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000
January 2018
A life in ...
Margaret Atwood: ‘I am not a prophet. Science fiction is really about now’
The TV adaptation of her dystopian classic The Handmaid’s Tale captured the political moment. Ahead of a new series, Atwood talks bestsellers, bonnets and the backlash against her views on #MeToo
November 2017
TV review
Alias Grace review – a blessed adaptation of Margaret Atwood's extraordinary novel
This cerebral true-crime miniseries, brilliantly adapted by Sarah Polley, is just as well done – and just as suited to our times – as The Handmaid’s Tale
June 2016
Sarah Polley adapting Margaret Atwood crime novel for Netflix series
The Canadian actor turned writer and director will adapt Atwood’s 1996 book, Alias Grace, into a miniseries, with American Psycho’s Mary Harron directing
December 2015
Sarah Polley takes on David Gilbert's novel & Sons
The Canadian writer-director is adapting Gilbert’s acclaimed 2012 book about a reclusive novelist and his three sons for Brett Ratner’s film company
March 2015
Director Sarah Polley paired up with Little Women adaptation
Canadian film-maker to helm latest big-screen version of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel about four sisters coming of age in 19th-century New England
June 2014
Sarah Polley to adapt novel from The Fault in Our Stars author John Green
The actor and director of Away From Her will write the screenplay for Looking For Alaska, adapted from the first novel by the hugely successful John Green
May 2014
Ryan Gosling steps out of limelight for directorial debut at Cannes film festival
Star of Only God Forgives is proving himself a contemplative actor who is not afraid to take risks behind the camera
