From The Idea of You to A Family Affair: the summer of age-gap romances
Anne Hathaway and Nicole Kidman are romancing younger stars in glossy new romcoms, adding texture to the dreaded cliche of the ‘cougar’
June 2024
‘There’s a special sparkle’: A-listers add to film tent’s allure at Glastonbury
Revealed: Otto by Otto review – nuanced portrait of a generational talent
May 2024
Cate Blanchett was pilloried for saying she’s ‘middle class’. Here’s why she’s right on the money – in Australia at least
Van Badham
Cowboycore, Catherine Deneuve and Bella Hadid in vintage Versace: the Cannes red carpet part two
Was Cate Blanchett’s Cannes dress a pro-Palestinian protest – or an optical illusion?
Rumours review – close encounters for Cate Blanchett and the magnificent G7
March 2024
The New Boy review – Cate Blanchett is a fixated nun in striking but slow Australian drama
The New Boy review – Cate Blanchett goes full wimple in the Australian outback
February 2024
Cate Blanchett accused of ‘destroying family holidays’ with Cornwall home
Neighbours complaining of building noise from property in Mawgan Porth, reports say
TV tonight
TV tonight: Martin Compston and pal head to Scandinavia for a Norwegian Fling
The Line of Duty actor and Phil MacHugh go skiing and meet the country’s youngest MP. Plus: The Great Escape: The True Story. Here’s what to watch this evening
Australian arts in focus
Horror film Talk To Me cleans up at 2024 Aacta awards
Film takes home awards for best film and direction – with Deadloch, The New Boy, The Newsreader and Margot Robbie also winning big
December 2023
Observer critics' review of 2023
Film: Wendy Ide’s 10 best of 2023
From struggling mothers to monstrous maestro, the year was notable for superb performances by veterans and newcomers
Best films UK 2023
Cate Blanchett: ‘Tár would have been jealous of Maestro. Fo’ shizz’
The star and director, Todd Field, reflect on the afterlife of their award-winner, which has been named the Guardian’s No 2 film of the year
Best films UK 2023
Best films of 2023 in the UK: No 2 – Tár
A career-best Cate Blanchett embodies the cold center of Todd Field’s audacious character study of a composer grappling with her sins
October 2023
‘Who wasn’t complicit?’ How Martin Scorsese won the trust of the Osage Nation
The director brought in Chief Standing Bear as a consultant on Killers of the Flower Moon. When they met, Scorsese made it clear that the crime drama would not be an insensitive Hollywood portrayal of Native Americans
Joana Mallwitz is the first woman to lead a Berlin orchestra. And, no, she hasn’t seen Tár
Comparisons to Cate Blanchett’s fictional conductor abound. But for Mallwitz that is irrelevant – her work is the thing
The reader interview
Post your questions for Carol and Velvet Underground director Todd Haynes
The influential director’s latest film, May December, is coming to cinemas soon. Here’s your chance to ask him about this and other provocative work, from Carol to I’m Not There
July 2023
Melbourne international film festival 2023: 10 things to see and do, from BlackBerry to new Kelly Reichardt
The New Boy review – Cate Blanchett doesn’t dazzle in Warwick Thornton’s enigmatic film
