Portrayal of character in Steve Coogan’s film The Lost King is defamatory, judge rules
Coogan, production company Baby Cow and Pathe, the distributors of the 2022 film, will now face a full trial
July 2023
‘A giant among critics’: Derek Malcolm remembered by film-makers
The former film critic of the Guardian, who has died aged 91, was a friend to many of those whose work he admired – and criticised. Here, Stephen Frears, Asif Kapadia, Jeremy Thomas and Stephen Woolley pay tribute
February 2023
How we made
‘Bruce Springsteen was very nervous about his cameo’: Nick Hornby and Stephen Frears on High Fidelity
‘I thought the film was dead. But then one morning my newsagent, a fellow Arsenal fan, gave me a note that said: “Call Stephen Frears.” It was an unconventional approach’
January 2023
Brian Tufano obituary
Cinematographer who brought his imaginative sensibilities to films such as Trainspotting, Billy Elliot and Quadrophenia
October 2022
Mark Kermode's film of the week
The Lost King review – Sally Hawkins saves Richard III dig drama
The team behind Philomena turn the true story of how the infamous king’s remains were found under a Leicester car park into an uneven comedy drama
September 2022
From Nighthawks to Tangerine: Guardian writers on their favourite LGBTQ+ movies
The Lost King review – Frears and Coogan’s Richard III excavation story rewrites its own history
June 2022
How the acclaimed Billy Wilder tried and failed to snub Hollywood
The new film Mr Wilder & Me reveals how a search for funding led the director on an uneasy journey back to the central Europe he fled
May 2022
TV review
State of the Union review – Brendan Gleeson and Patricia Clarkson lift a sticky, slovenly script
At first, this marriage drama about a couple in therapy feels so contrived it’s hard to get through. But outstanding performances turn it into something far more endearing
December 2021
Untrained blind student lands starring role in Netflix second world war epic
Disability rights groups applaud casting of Aria Mia Loberti in All the Light We Cannot See
March 2021
Michael Rosen backs calls for Covid UK public inquiry
Children’s writer who nearly died from virus joins Joan Bakewell and other public figures in demanding investigation
April 2020
Ranked
Every Stephen Frears film – ranked!
The director’s last two projects - Quiz and A Very English Scandal – have been big hits on the small screen. So where should you start with his movies?
March 2020
High Fidelity at 20: the sneakily dark edge of a comedy about bad breakups
Stephen Frears’ smart adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel of stunted growth remains as compelling as ever with one of John Cusack’s best performances
January 2020
2020 culture preview
Sunny reality and cruises in space: TV shows to get excited about in 2020
The Love Islanders are back to lift our winter blues, Phoebe Waller-Bridge returns to the small screen, and there’s evil on the wards
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The 100 best films of the 21st century
TV review
State of the Union review: a brutal, tender and perfectly curated portrayal of marriage
June 2019
Keanu Reeves supports Rome cinema collective attacked by far right
Actors and directors, from Richard Gere to Spike Lee, condemn violence that targeted Cinema America
February 2019
Albert Finney, legendary star of Tom Jones and Miller's Crossing, dies aged 82
Celebrated actor who rose to fame in the ‘kitchen sink’ era before evolving into one of the screen greats of the postwar period, has died
June 2018
Stephen Frears queries reopening of Jeremy Thorpe investigation
Drama director tells Hay festival ‘you have to accept limitations of British justice’
May 2018
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Carry on Brussels; A Very English Scandal; 24 Hours in Police Custody; Humans
A Europe exposé manages to lend some credibility to Farage, while the Jeremy Thorpe drama is a classy indictment of our not-too-distant past
