Backed by Annie Lennox and Susan Sarandon, Daly had appeared on state-leaning media in China and Russia
April 2024
Susan Sarandon, Olivia Colman and Paul Mescal join star donors of Cinema for Gaza auction
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn gives jam as swathe of film and TV celebrities add support, including Zone of Interest’s Jonathan Glazer and Thor’s Tessa Thompson
February 2024
From The Mandalorian to The White Lotus: the TV stars getting sacked for their politics
Railing against Covid policies, going pro-Russia, taking a stand on Palestine – the age of the career-ending stance is now here. But where will it take us?
November 2023
Notebook
Maybe shipworms will be the next calamari, but all the same, I’ll pass
Kathryn Bromwich
Susan Sarandon dropped by talent agency after remarks at pro-Palestine rally
October 2023
Ranked
Susan Sarandon’s 20 best performances – ranked!
She may, by her own admission, have played ‘a lot of mothers’, but as the actor turns 77, we celebrate more memorable roles, from maverick lawyers and grown-up groupies to campaigning nuns and supernatural cellists
August 2023
Susan Sarandon sues over ‘extensive problems’ with $2m eco dream home
Thelma & Louise star, 76, had planned ‘entirely off-the-grid’ home for her retirement but alleges faulty work by construction firm
May 2023
Thelma and Louise review – punchier, bolder, hotter and sweatier than ever
Callie Khouri’s feminist crime classic is a masterclass in narrative and character development and director Ridley Scott delivers pure action brio
August 2022
AirPods, assemble! How podcasts are shaking up superhero classics
From black Batman to Susan Sarandon, Marvel and DC are pumping out audio dramas that are revolutionising their famous franchises with raucous comedy, psychological thrillers … and far fewer fights in tights
October 2021
Ride the Eagle review – fluffy US indie gets emotionally lost in the woods
Stoner Jake Johnson inherits a dream cabin from estranged mum Susan Sarandon, but her bequest comes with conditions
June 2021
Teenage kicks
Liz Phair’s teenage obsessions: ‘I wanted to be a 6,000-year-old vampire with style’
The singer-songwriter on watching The Hunger 60 times, how EE Cummings inspired her lyrics and discovering magic mushrooms at a Grateful Dead show
May 2021
Thelma & Louise at 30: a groundbreaking road movie that still strikes a nerve
Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis star as female outlaws trapped in a patriarchal world in a film that remains a biting outlier
April 2020
From Aldous Huxley to the Beatles: how LSD has inspired art
As scientist David Nutt campaigns for drug rules to change, we look at artists who said yes to psychedelic culture
September 2019
First look review
Blackbird review – Sarandon and Winslet's lifeless death drama
A terminally ill matriarch gathers her family together before she ends her life in a starry, but flat, drama that lacks insight and compelling conflict
May 2019
Happy Talk review – Susan Sarandon can't save Jesse Eisenberg's trite play
A reliably accomplished performance from the Oscar winner isn’t enough to add weight to an uneven tale with a thudding twist
September 2018
First look review
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan review – Xavier Dolan's wild misfire
The Canadian writer-director’s star-packed English language debut, telling the story of a closeted actor and his friendship with a young boy, is a dubious mess
July 2018
Lost in showbiz
Protest all you like, Susan Sarandon. In effect you work for Trump
It’s time the Thelma and Louise star faced the fact that she’s a MAGA asset who works for the US president
June 2018
Susan Sarandon arrested at anti-Trump protest
The actor was among hundreds of women charged in Washington at a rally against the US president’s immigration policy
January 2018
First thoughts
It’s easy to sneer at Hollywood doing politics but the Golden Globes nailed it
Abi Wilkinson
Instead of simply speaking out themselves, Hollywood celebrities raised the profiles of real-life activists, writes freelance journalist Abi Wilkinson
