The Deer Hunter reviewed: ‘more a romantic melodrama than a realist document’ – archive, 1979
1 March 1979: Derek Malcolm reviews a film about the impact of the Vietnam war on a group of Pennsylvanian steelworkers
February 2023
From the Guardian archive
Derek Jarman’s Jubilee reviewed – archive, 1978
23 February 1978: Britain’s first film to reflect the punk era possesses a fevered and restless imagination – and the images and music to go with it
September 2022
From the Guardian archive
Deliverance reviewed: ‘a finely structured allegory about America’ – archive, 1972
28 September 1972: The great thing about John Boorman’s new film is that it’s a cracking good story
October 2021
From the Guardian archive
Riddle of the sand: David Lynch’s 1984 version of Dune reviewed
As sci-fi epic Dune hits cinemas across the UK, here’s how the Guardian reviewed the first film version 37 years ago
March 2021
From the Guardian archive
Death in Venice: 'a slow, precise, and beautiful film' – archive, 1971
4 March 1971 There are times when Luchino Visconti scarcely seems concerned about moving the story onwards
December 2020
From the Guardian archive
The Railway Children: 'a wonderful piece of family entertainment' – archive, 1970
17 December 1970 The film is thoroughly old fashioned, nostalgic, and redolent of a world that died long ago (if it ever existed at all that is)
May 2020
Rishi Kapoor obituary
Bollywood star and much-loved member of India’s celebrated movie dynasty
April 2020
From the Guardian archive
David Lynch's Blue Velvet reviewed – archive, 1987
9 April 1987 A film that exists both on a level of absolute reality and out-and-out nightmare. Love it or hate it, see it you must, says film critic Derek Malcolm
February 2020
From the Guardian archive
Raging Bull: the punch in Scorsese's ring cycle – archive, 1981
14 February 1985: Derek Malcolm interviews the director of Raging Bull who says the film finishes off what he started to say in Mean Streets
October 2018
Tea and buns with Laurel and Hardy: Derek Malcolm on the day he met his comedy heroes
In 1947, the teenage Derek Malcolm saw the legendary duo perform in London – and was then invited backstage. As the biopic Stan & Ollie premieres, the former Guardian film critic still cherishes the memory
December 2017
Shashi Kapoor obituary
Handsome and charismatic actor who was a Bollywood superstar and a regular performer in Merchant Ivory films
July 2017
Pamela Engel obituary
Barry Norman obituary
May 2017
From the Guardian archive
Stephen King's Misery on the big screen – archive, 1991
9 May 1991: Kathy Bates’ demented devotee in Misery is inspired casting, says Derek Malcolm
December 2016
From the Guardian archive
Steven Spielberg's Jaws review - archive, 1975
The Guardian, 22 December 1975: The Guardian reviews Spielberg’s shark film, a ‘cracking good piece of entertainment’
July 2016
From the Guardian archive
Pink Floyd's The Wall film review – archive
15 July 1982: ‘I found the album inflated, uneven but still quite something and that’s exactly what the film is’
June 2016
From the Guardian archive
Falling Down and Jamón Jamón reviewed – archive
3 June 1993: Joel Schumacher tries for a Taxi Driver of the nineties, while Bigas Luna’s comedy suggests Spain is full of people unable to contain their appetites
March 2016
From the Guardian archive
Busby Berkeley, patron saint of movie camp, is dead - archive
16 March 1976: Derek Malcolm pays tribute to the film director who had an age named after him
December 2015
From the Guardian archive
'Enormous and exhilarating fun': the Guardian's original Star Wars review
From the Guardian archive
Derek Malcolm reviews Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon, 1975
