Twisters is the blockbuster that almost has it all. But where’s the big kiss?
Adrian Horton
The hit tornado sequel has two hot actors – Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones – avoid a climactic smooch. Is Steven Spielberg to blame?
June 2024
Best culture of 2024 so far
The best TV of 2024 in the UK so far
Gremlins at 40: Joe Dante’s untamed classic is a love letter to chaos
May 2024
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom at 40: Spielberg’s hit-and-miss relic
Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point review – charming hometown family study is extended party
March 2024
Steven Spielberg denounces antisemitism and makes first comments on Gaza
Schindler’s List director says in speech marking 30th anniversary of the USC Shoah Foundation that he is alarmed that ‘we may … once again have to fight for the very right to be Jewish’
January 2024
‘If you weren’t scared, something was wrong’: the real heroes of Spielberg’s new war drama
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Masters of the Air; Miners’ Strike 1984; Expats; David & Jay’s Touring Toolshed – review
TV review
Masters of the Air review – Spielberg and Hanks’s Band of Brothers follow-up is absolutely classic TV
‘They fought flak, frostbite – and the Nazis’: Spielberg, Hanks and the heroes of Masters of the Air
The watcher
Masters of the Air: Hanks and Spielberg’s spectacular war story is the first must-watch show of 2024
British and Irish actors stage reverse takeover in Spielberg’s Masters of the Air
‘I had to stop therapy. I needed the pain’: Fantasia Barrino on trauma, triumph and filming The Color Purple
December 2023
Schindler’s List at 30: Spielberg’s Holocaust drama is as essential as ever
‘It will always be less hellish than the reality’: why cinema keeps returning to the Holocaust
October 2023
The seven best films to watch on TV this week
The Fabelmans to Minority Report: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Steven Spielberg brings us his most personal movie yet, and Tom Cruise is terrific as the man forced to go on the run … for a murder he didn’t yet commit
August 2023
Jurassic Park review – Steven Spielberg’s meaty dino-fest is as delicious as ever
The classic movie’s unforgettable performances and CGI effects remain glorious 30 years after its original release
July 2023
From the Guardian archive
‘You laugh as you’re choking’: a selection of Derek Malcolm’s seminal film reviews
Henry Thomas on life after ET: ‘We got a lot of weird visitors – some people were fanatical’
June 2023
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny review - Harrison Ford cracks the whip in taut sequel
There’s still much to dig about the octogenarian archeologist as he teams up with Phoebe Waller-Bridge to re-defeat the Nazis
