The Father, Titane and Quo Vadis, Aida? lead European film awards nominations
Four nods each for the Oscar-winning dementia drama, the Palme d’Or-winning body-horror thriller and the shocking film about Srebrenica
September 2021
‘Anthony Hopkins committed within five minutes’: how I wrote The Father with Florian Zeller
After Christopher Hampton saw Zeller’s dementia drama on stage in Paris, neither language, finance nor another film adaptation could thwart their collaboration on the screenplay
August 2021
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
Streaming: The Father and other films about dementia
Florian Zeller’s heart-rending film The Father is the latest in a spate of recent works tackling the condition and its effects on the family
July 2021
On my radar
On my radar: Laurent Garnier’s cultural highlights
The French DJ on the TV series Staged, a post-apocalyptic dance show and group therapy for convicts in California
June 2021
Mark Kermode's film of the week
The Father review – Hopkins a wordy Oscar winner
Academy winner Anthony Hopkins tackles the script’s verbosity with aplomb but this study of dementia remains somewhat stagey
May 2021
Reopening culture
From Black Widow to unseen Beatles footage: what films to see as cinemas reopen
Are they having a laugh? How The Father’s posters get the film so wrong
Baftas 2021: Nomadland wins big as Promising Young Woman and Anthony Hopkins surprise
Diverse nominees translate into fairly traditional winners, with Emerald Fennell’s directorial debut taking best British film and Hopkins becoming oldest ever male acting winner
Anthony Hopkins’ 20 best film performances – ranked!
Anthony Hopkins has been nominated for a Bafta and an Oscar for his role in The Father. But how does it compare with his performances as Hannibal Lecter, CS Lewis, Odin and an ageing Zorro?
March 2021
‘It’s wild!’ Carey Mulligan and Emerald Fennell on making Oscars history
