The Path to Paradise digs deep into a man whose achievements are almost too much for one life — never mind one book
New documentary ‘Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed’ pursues an inner-torment narrative but the evidence is less clear
The novelist’s thrillers have often made fodder for films — now her own story is told in ‘Loving Highsmith’
A BFI season celebrates a master film-maker who drew on European and American culture as well as Japanese traditions
The director revolutionised cinema with New Wave films such as ‘Breathless’
FW Murnau’s daylight horror made its mark with countless genre tropes that stalk the screen to this day
A brooding star who brought a sombre glitter to the side-currents of mainstream Hollywood
After almost 50 years of judging others, former FT film critic Nigel Andrews is preparing for the role of a lifetime — with some trepidation
Oscar-winner was a Hollywood icon who broke racial barriers in the film industry
Nigel Andrews revisits his interviews with Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen and Debbie Reynolds to tell the story of how they created Hollywood’s most enduring musical
Hayao Miyazaki’s animated masterpiece was released 20 years ago. The FT’s former film critic was smitten then — and is now
Hollywood’s queen of mean remains so magnetic, you barely notice her co-star drones — as an upcoming film season reminds us
A season at the BFI Southbank and re-release of ‘Nashville’ offers the chance to rediscover the films of a director who remade cinema
Spellbinding actor who could swagger while standing still shot to fame for a role he claimed to despise
He wrote and inspired some memorable films and is the subject of a new bio-doc — but what is his cinematic legacy?
Nigel Andrews analyses the enduring appeal and influence of the movie that launched the New Wave
Catapulted to fame as the first James Bond, he became one of the UK’s most durable stars
‘Gone with the Wind’ star of cinema’s ‘Golden Age’ who challenged Hollywood’s studio system
‘Long Day’s Journey into Night’ and ‘Gogglebox’ seem like a pre-echo of lockdown living
War films 1917 and the upcoming Painted Bird are the latest entries in a sub-genre driven by relentless adversity and survival
Master of high miserabilism who starred in ‘The Exorcist’ and ‘The Seventh Seal’
The brilliance of the director’s early work reflects western cinema’s genius for refashioning primal stories and pulp fiction
Ever since I was knee-high to Nosferatu, I have loved steps and stairs on screen
For a postwar movie generation Kirk Douglas was the definition of ‘macho’
The versatile Monty Python star who sided with the underdog
