From Twister to Titanic: writers on their favourite disaster movies
Jon Landau obituary
June 2024
‘It always destroys me’: our writers on their saddest movie deaths
Hollywood giant Paramount Global braces for new era as bidders circle
April 2024
Pass notes
The Titanic drug poisoning: is one of the greatest mysteries in film history about to be solved?
While filming the epic movie, 80 people – including James Cameron and Bill Paxton – were hospitalised after their food was spiked with PCP. Who was behind the psychedelic clam chowder?
March 2024
Controversial Titanic floating door prop sells for $718,750
Experience
Experience: I own nearly 3,000 VHS tapes of Titanic
January 2024
Notes on a scandal: how accurate should biopics be?
Lisa Marie Presley was furious at Sofia Coppola’s film and the real inspirations of May December have few kind words for it. We look at the knotty problems film-makers face with ‘true’ stories
December 2023
TV tonight
Christmas Day TV: grab some tissues for the last ever episode of Ghosts
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget to Maestro – the best films to watch on TV until Christmas
August 2023
From Titanic to American Sniper: the biggest lies in fact-based movies
Barbie? Titanic? Jurassic Park? What is the best $1bn movie ever?
June 2023
Why the world remains gripped by Titanic fever
The loss of the Titan submersible highlights the public’s enduring obsession with the 1912 disaster
February 2023
Rare footage of first sight of Titanic wreck released – video
Going out, staying in
From Magic Mike to Paramore: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment
December 2022
James Cameron ‘proves’ Jack couldn’t have survived Titanic sinking
The seven best films to watch on TV this week
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio to Cow: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
August 2022
Plane sinks ship as Top Gun: Maverick overtakes Titanic in US ticket sales
The belated sequel to 1986’s Top Gun moves to seventh in the list of highest domestic grossing movies and is Tom Cruise’s first film to top $1bn globally
July 2022
David Warner: a life in pictures
Veteran British actor David Warner, star of The Omen and Tron, dies aged 80