Eleanor the Great review: Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut serves its fine cast poorly
It’s commendable that Johansson gave the lead role to nonagenarian June Squibb but too much feels unearned and wildly inappropriate
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Tilly Norwood, the AI actor with a hint of Meghan Markle
Reaction from industry professionals demonstrates how enormously jumpy everyone is about the threat
Scarlett Johansson has set a box office record. But could the movie star be out of a job?
The Jurassic World and Black Widow star is now the highest-grossing lead actor of all time. She can count herself lucky we remember her name
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Four new films to see this week: Jurassic World Rebirth, The Shrouds, Beat the Lotto and Sudan, Remember Us
Mahershala Ali, Scarlett Johansson, Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger and Stefan Klincewicz feature in these movies released in the week of July 4th, 2025
Jurassic World: Rebirth review – the plot is mid-level dumb but ‘good film’ belongs among its keywords
It’s no masterpiece. The plot is mid-level dumb but ‘good film’ belongs among its keywords
Jurassic World: Rebirth director Gareth Edwards – ‘I think I’ve got the wrong personality for this job’
The self-effacing film-maker has never been an obvious fit for the Hollywood mould. What’s it like at the helm of one of the summer’s biggest titles?
25 films to check out in summer 2025: From Liam Neeson in Naked Gun to Scarlett Johansson in Jurassic World: Rebirth
Amid a summer of remakes and sequels, there are some smaller gems to seek out
Scarlett Johansson: ‘I had a very formidable grandmother who I was incredibly close with’
The actor has taken up directing with her debut Eleanor the Great, about an elderly woman who inadvertently ends up in a support group for Holocaust survivors
Cannes 2025: Clapologists get it wrong, an acidic Israeli satire is too hot to handle, and Scarlett Johansson serves up schmaltz
The French film festival’s 78th edition was strong if rarely spectacular – but still threw up a few surprises
Benicio Del Toro: ‘I do movies that are more than just shooting and killing’
Benicio Del Toro and Michael Cera speak about their roles in Wes Anderson's latest film
The Phoenician Scheme review: Beautiful to look at, but like a museum vase – pretty, pristine and hollow
Wes Anderson’s film, starring Benicio Del Toro and Mia Threapleton, makes little advance on the director’s recent airless productions
Cannes 2025: Will Paul Mescal scoop an award, how will Bono’s film go down, and 10 other questions
The Cannes film festival is back at the centre of the movie world thanks to recent Oscars success
Thunderbolts* star Florence Pugh on getting her way: ‘I was very sassy. I cornered a few people’
Florence Pugh knew what she wanted to do after she joined Marvel’s cast: jump off one of the world’s tallest buildings
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