At the Oscars, a classic story of art rebuking commerce
The party had a euphoric vibe – until two famous guests had a bristling smackdown
Al Pacino
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Four new films to see this week: Project Hail Mary, Dead Man’s Wire, Midwinter Break and La Grazia
Ryan Gosling, Bill Skarsgard, Al Pacino, Lesley Manville, Ciarán Hinds and Toni Servillo feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of March 20th, 2026
Robert Duvall blended grit and humility in a rough‑hewn archetype that is now Hollywood history
Actor had a career that spanned decades but he will forever be connected to his roles in The Godfather and Apocalypse Now
Dracula director Luc Besson: ‘If you want a traditional horror film, watch something else’
The film-maker returns to the swashbuckling, maximalist production values that made him, with features such as Léon: The Professional and The Fifth Element, an auteur superstar
Sally Kirkland: Oscar-nominated actor dies aged 84
Sally Kirkland, star of Anna, JFK and Bruce Almighty, entered hospice care two days before death
Does a Pacino-De Niro bromance ad contain the seeds of a cure for male loneliness?
With their depictions of fun buddy bonding – harking back to a time before technology swallowed communication – Madison Avenue is modelling the sort of friendships that are waning in society
Oscar winning actor Diane Keaton dies aged 79
Her first major film role was opposite Al Pacino in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather
Four new films to see this week: Pavements, Armand, Superman and Modigliani – Three Days on the Wing of Madness
Johnny Depp directs, and Al Pacino, David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan and Pavement appear in a quartet of movies released in the week of July 11th, 2025
Modigliani: Three Days on the Wing of Madness review – Is Johnny Depp’s film a dud or a masterpiece? Prepare for disappointing news
Depp no doubt admires Modigliani’s work, but his real passion here is for the eternally intoxicating fantasy of Parisian bohemia
‘As Johnny Depp says, if Pacino comes to you and says do something it’s better you do it’
Riccardo Scamarcio, star of Modigliani: Three Days on the Wing of Madness, on its unusual genesis
Daredevil: Born Again – this might just be the show to bring Marvel back from the dead
Television: Charlie Cox of Kin fame and Vincent D’Onofrio are almost like a comic book Pacino-De Niro pairing, such is their chemistry
Gene Hackman: Ageless, everyman actor who never gave a bad performance
Hackman was among actors most responsible for changing Hollywood in 1970s, becoming a generation-defining performer
Sonny Boy: A Memoir by Al Pacino – A meandering but not unengaging memoir from Hollywood’s enduring oddball
The star reflects on his ‘difficult’ reputation, his baffling and hilarious money troubles, and how drinking ‘saved his life’
I’m an expert in headlines that start with ‘I’m an expert’. Here’s why they’re everywhere
We’re all just trying to find needles of genuine authority in the haystacks of charlatanism. Aren’t we?
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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