King and Country review – Joseph Losey’s brutal reflection on the futility of war
Tom Courtenay is unforgettable as a first world war private on trial for desertion. But it is Dirk Bogarde, dripping with distaste for his defendant who delivers a horrific coup de grâce
July 2022
The Railway Children Return review – family classic sequel stays on track
The reader interview
Tom Courtenay: ‘I told Daniel Craig I turned down Bond because of the gym work’
June 2022
The reader interview
Post your questions for Tom Courtenay
Ahead of the release of The Railway Children Return, here’s your chance to ask the legendary actor about his extraordinary career. Leave your questions in the comments – all aboard!
September 2021
Made in Manchester: the Royal Exchange theatre at 45 – in pictures
The Royal Exchange in Manchester opened its doors on on 15 September 1976. Here’s a look back at some of the mighty productions staged in its atmospheric in-the-round space
September 2020
Sir Ronald Harwood – a life in pictures
Sir Ronald Harwood, the playwright and screenwriter best known for The Dresser and his Oscar-winning script for The Pianist, has died aged 85
July 2020
Summerland review – Gemma Arterton war drama warms the cockles
Arterton’s cantankerous bluestocking is landed with a tousle-haired evacuee in Jessica Swale’s bucolic picture of 1940s Kent
September 2019
First look review
The Aeronauts review – charming balloon adventure way up where the air is clear
Theory of Everything stars Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones reunite for a sweet tale of daredevil balloonists in Victorian England
February 2019
Film blog
Albert Finney: a career in clips from Tom Jones to Miller's Crossing
King of kitchen sink - Albert Finney: a life in pictures
September 2018
King of Thieves review – old lags and old jokes
A cast of heavyweights fails to animate James Marsh’s staid retelling of the 2015 Hatton Garden heist
King of Thieves review – Hatton Garden crew commit daylight robbery
Michael Caine leads an all-star cast who forfeit their dignity in a caper beset by creaking parts, bad jokes and tedious storytelling
After the Hatton Garden heist: 'The actors will profit more than the criminals'
When a gang of pensioners looted millions from a jewellery vault in 2015, it seemed straight out of a film – and now it’s the subject of several. What happened next for the ‘Bad Grandpas’?
August 2018
Letter: Braham Murray was passionate and optimistic
Tom Courtenay writes: The first time I worked with Braham Murray changed my life
April 2018
Tom Courtenay: 'I've done my best work since I was diagnosed with prostate cancer'
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society review – an outbreak of world war twee
May 2017
British screenwriters speak out on 'pathetic' treatment by Hollywood
Oscar-winner Ronald Harwood and twice-nominated William Nicholson urge industry to give writers credit they deserve
December 2016
From the Guardian archive
Art review – Finney, Stott and Courtenay are a blistering trio
The first night review, published on 16 October 1996, for Yasmina Reza’s play at Wyndham’s theatre, London
March 2016
David Coulthard defends Top Gear over Cenotaph stunt
Former Formula 1 racer says it is likely American drivers of car did not realise actions could be seen as disrespectful
February 2016
Dad's Army - video review
The film team review the big-screen adaptation of the much-loved 60s sitcom about a bumbling Home Guard squad
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