From cannabis-smoking teddy bears to sweary felt creatures: why are we so obsessed with filthy puppets?
Foul-mouthed soft toy Ted is about to get his own TV series and hot on its heels is a show where cuddly characters act out celebrity fan fiction. What is it about cuteness gone bad?
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
April 2019
From the outrageous to the intimate: Peter Bradshaw's top five sex scenes
Today’s film-makers seem to be avoiding them – and all too often they are awkward and problematic. But some sex scenes are defining moments in cinema
December 2016
The 50 funniest films… chosen by comedians
From the canonical to the controversial, and in no particular order, we asked 10 standups to pick 50 movies that make them giggle. They made some surprising choices…
May 2016
Shortcuts
Meep meep! Screen stars with only one thing to say
The Angry Birds movie features Sean Penn as a bird who does little but growl – but it’s just the latest in a long line of laconic film and TV roles
January 2016
Reel dictators: why despots love directors
From North Korea kidnapping Shin Sang-ok to Richard Burton being hired by Tito, fame-hungry demagogues have always understood the power of the movies. But, as new comedy Lost in Karastan shows, working with tyrants can be tiring
March 2015
North Korea network
Do North Koreans know their country is the butt of so many jokes?
The country is often mocked for its odd and anachronistic ways, but its citizens are presented with a very different worldview, says NK News
February 2015
The 10 best ...
The 10 best sex scenes
With 50 Shades of Grey about to open in cinemas, Alex Preston chooses the best sex scenes from film, TV and literature
January 2015
Readers suggest the 10 best …
Readers suggest the 10 best workout scenes
Last week we brought you our 10 best workout scenes. Here, we present your thoughts on the scenes that should have made the list
December 2014
The ‘I’m so ronery’ jokes mask the real evil of North Korea
Peter Walker
Peter Walker: The horror of a recent UN report on North Korea punctures the quirky Kim Jong-il and Kim Jong-un representations of Team America and The Interview for good
Team America is latest movie mocking North Korea to be pulled from cinemas
Paramount Pictures recalls 10-year-old movie, scheduled to air in several theaters, which depicts the death of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il
Film blog
The Interview: Sony's retreat signals an unprecedented defeat on American turf
Peter Bradshaw: This is not the first time a Hollywood film has triggered an international incident, but the reaction has struck closer to home than ever before
October 2010
The 25 best comedy films of all time
Team America: World Police: No 4 best comedy film of all time
Trey Parker, 2004
December 2009
100 best films of the noughties
Best films of the noughties No 4: Team America: World Police
Catherine Shoard: Matt Stone and Trey Parker's marionette action-musical took gleeful aim at sacred cows of every stripe, and scored
September 2008
TV pick of the week
Film picks
Paul Howlett on Away from Her, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, and Team America: World Police
August 2007
TV pick of the week
Film picks
Paul Howlett
Paul Howlett: Quills | Team America: World Police | Nil By Mouth
August 2006
Two new films for South Park duo
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the South Park creators who brought us the war on terror send-up Team America: World Police in 2004, are returning to the silver screen with two new feature films.
November 2005
Paramount signs South Park duo
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the brains behind South Park and Team America: World Police have signed a three-year deal with Paramount Pictures.
May 2005
Team America: World Police
Cert 15
January 2005
Team America: World Police
Peter Bradshaw: An explosion of hilarious bad taste and ambiguous political satire ... defiantly funny, tweaking the nose of the polite classes with its mad iconoclasm
