Culture | The Guardian US5d ago
Mother Mary review – Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel are lost in ludicrous pop star drama https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/14/mother-mary-movie-review-anne-hathaway #AnneHathaway #DramaFilms #MichaelaCoel #Film #HorrorFilms #Culture #Thrillers #FkaTwigs #CharliXcx #JackAntonoff #Music
Mother Mary review – Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel are lost in ludicrous pop star drama

Music from Charli xcx can’t save David Lowery’s dour chamber piece, despite some flashes of dazzling style

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Culture | The Guardian US6d ago
Post your questions for Sam Neill https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/apr/13/post-your-questions-for-sam-neill-reader-interview #Film #Culture #SamNeill #DramaFilms #JurassicPark
Post your questions for Sam Neill

From dinosaur-hunting in Jurassic Park to high-seas terror in Dead Calm, Sam Neill looks back on a remarkable career – and is ready for your questions

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Culture | The Guardian USApr 9
Outcome review – Keanu Reeves sends himself up in Jonah Hill’s Hollywood satire https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/09/outcome-review-keanu-reeves-sends-himself-up-in-jonah-hills-hollywood-satire #Film #ComedyFilms #DramaFilms #KeanuReeves #JonahHill #CameronDiaz #MartinScorsese #Culture #Comedy
Outcome review – Keanu Reeves sends himself up in Jonah Hill’s Hollywood satire

Hill writes and directs in-joke and insider-laden spoof about a nice-guy mega-star actor hiding a drug addiction, whose career is threatened when he’s blackmailed over a compromising video

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Culture | The Guardian USApr 6
The Drama: sex, secrets and that gobsmacking twist – discuss with spoilers https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/06/the-drama-movie-spoilers-zendaya-robert-pattinson #Film #Zendaya #RobertPattinson #Culture #DramaFilms #UsGunControl
The Drama: sex, secrets and that gobsmacking twist – discuss with spoilers

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson’s dark dramedy is a stylish acting showcase, but does it do justice to its weighty themes?

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 30
‘Nostalgic glint of adventure’: why The Beach is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/30/my-feelgood-movie-the-beach-leonardo-dicaprio-danny-boyle #LeonardoDicaprio #TildaSwinton #DannyBoyle #AlexGarland #Thrillers #DramaFilms #Film #Culture
‘Nostalgic glint of adventure’: why The Beach is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers paying tribute to their comfort films is a journey back to 2000 when Danny Boyle transported us to paradise

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 11
Reminders of Him review – contrived Colleen Hoover romance has its charms https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/11/reminders-of-him-review-colleen-hoover-movie #RomanceFilms #Film #Culture #DramaFilms
Reminders of Him review – contrived Colleen Hoover romance has its charms

The third big screen adaptation of the BookTok-loved author’s novels is ludicrously plotted yet slickly made and easily consumed

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 6
‘Our bond is private. Some things have to stay between us’: Paolo Sorrentino and Toni Servillo on smoking, cinema and secrets https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/06/paolo-sorrentino-toni-servillo-interview-la-grazia #Film #PaoloSorrentino #Culture #DramaFilms #Italy #Europe #TheGreatBeauty #IlDivo
‘Our bond is private. Some things have to stay between us’: Paolo Sorrentino and Toni Servillo on smoking, cinema and secrets

A drama about a president at the end of his career, La Grazia is the director’s finest film since The Great Beauty. As he reunites with his longtime collaborator, the pair discuss ageing, loyalty and the mysterious energy that has bound them for more than two decades

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 4
The Bride! review – Jessie Buckley is electrifying as frizzy-haired, black-tongued monster’s wife https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/04/the-bride-review-jessie-buckley-christian-bale-frankenstein #Film #DramaFilms #HorrorFilms #JessieBuckley #ChristianBale #MaggieGyllenhaal #AnnetteBening #MaryShelley #FilmAdaptations #Books #Culture #PenlopeCruz
The Bride! review – Jessie Buckley is electrifying as frizzy-haired, black-tongued monster’s wife

The actor has a blast as bride to Christian Bale’s lonely creature in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s darkly comic and gleefully bizarre reimagining of the 1935 film

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 4
And the least likable character is … how Oscar season became dominated by difficult people https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/04/likable-characters-oscars-movies #Oscars2026 #Oscars #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #Film #TimotheChalamet #RoseByrne #StellanSkarsgrd #OneBattleAfterAnother #MartySupreme #EmmaStone #DramaFilms #Sinners #MichaelBJordan #BenicioDelToro #KateHudson #TeyanaTaylor #JessieBuckley #SeanPenn
And the least likable character is … how Oscar season became dominated by difficult people

From Marty Supreme to One Battle After Another, this awards run has been populated by a harder-to-love group of spiky characters

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 2
Why The Secret Agent should win the best picture Oscar https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/02/why-the-secret-agent-should-win-the-best-picture-oscar #Film #Oscars2026 #WorldCinema #Brazil #Culture #DramaFilms #Thrillers
Why The Secret Agent should win the best picture Oscar

Kicking off this year’s series in which our writers advocate for one Academy Award nominee, our chief critic on why the Brazilian drama-thriller is the most audacious and fully realised film in the race

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