The murder of Once Upon a Time in America: how Hollywood butchered a gangster masterpiece
Released 40 years ago, Sergio Leone’s crime film was a dreamlike, ultra-violent epic – but it was left ‘dead in the water’ by meddling exes
Released 40 years ago, Sergio Leone’s crime film was a dreamlike, ultra-violent epic – but it was left ‘dead in the water’ by meddling exes
Before Benedict Cumberbatch’s Eric, Stewart played a crackpot who sees beasts nobody else can. But how did Harvey come to life?
Before offending Jaws fans in a dress, the ‘sexist and mean’ Oscar winner had turned saying – and doing – the wrong thing into a fine art
The Cannes film Being Maria shows what happened after a Marlon Brando ‘rape scene’ pushed its young star too far – and it’s no love story
The film of Trump’s rise to power has scandalised Cannes, enraged its backers and been called ‘garbage’ by the former president’s team. Why?
The further adventures of John Blackthorne? A Lady Mariko prequel? Or one giant battle? Here’s all that may happen in Shogun seasons 2 and 3
Four decades on, the director’s passion project has finally been screened in Cannes. Is it a misunderstood masterpiece – or career suicide?
The billionaire king of comedy has been booed, called out of touch and accused of making the worst Netflix movie ever. But does he care?
The six email accounts, the violent attacks, the mystery rapist… Separating fact and fiction in Richard Gadd’s Netflix sensation
The New Journalism pioneer ruffled feathers with his 1998 novel. But Netflix’s clumsy adaptation butchers the sharp satire of his book
The actor – who has died, aged 79 – lent gravitas to any role he took on. From King Théoden to David Blunkett, these were his finest moments
From Martha’s stalking to Donny’s abuse and self-loathing, Richard Gadd’s runaway Netflix hit is not a show for the faint-hearted
Anne Hathaway’s tales of ‘making out’ with auditioning actors are part of a grim Hollywood tradition – one that often goes wrong
Guy Ritchie’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is the latest in Hollywood’s most enjoyable sub-genre. But can it match these classics?
The novelist’s short-lived return to his family’s faith was just one of several perverse consequences, which still linger on today
Hollywood has fallen back in love with swords and sandals. But can even Gladiator 2 match the gory glory of Starz’s Spartacus series?
Tabloid scandals, a feud with Bette Davis, nuclear fallout… The Oscar-winner once considered for 007 was no stranger to danger
The children’s classic criticised for its ‘horrendous stereotypes’ was nonetheless made into a film. Then the real trouble began
The teddy bears, the late Queen’s involvement, the Jimmy Savile ‘gag’… Fact-checking the dramatisation of Newsnight’s car-crash interview
Netflix’s Ripley is the latest drama to show our fascination with Patricia Highsmith’s murderer – a creation with whom she was infatuated
Long before its stars’ latest war of words, the 2016 box office bomb united northerners, Trump supporters and audiences in revulsion
How two stars who hated each other, a coke-addled producer and many censor-troubling sex scenes created a controversy that rages to this day
The poison apple; that meeting with Einstein; his appalling diet. What the hit biopic gets right – and wrong – about the American Prometheus
The U-certificate classic is now a PG thanks to a single outmoded word. Yet Poppins author PL Travers was used to such controversy
Aloha – a 2015 Hawaiian romance starring the Oscar hopefuls – should have been a sunny crowd-pleaser. Instead it insulted an entire race
We had such high hopes for Joanna Lumley and Richard E Grant, and we were wrong. Can this year’s host break the Bafta curse?
A Judi Dench turkey, a Tom Ford film nobody remembers, Donkey from Shrek… The Baftas often get it right, but here's when they got it wrong
As Eric Idle’s recent gripes prove, members of the revered comedy troupe have spent more time feuding than working. But is it all a joke?
The Yellowstone star has spent 35 years and millions of his own money making his two-part epic Horizon: An American Saga. Will it pay off?
The Kingsman and Kick-Ass director has a talent for adolescent outrage and action. But will his $200 million Argylle flop make him grow up?
Titan of the Thames revisits the life of Lord Desborough – from hunting bears in the Rockies to organising the 1908 Olympic Games in London
This fascinating show on the Second World War is a reminder that films like The Great Escape are part of a history of airbrushed propaganda