At 86 and in lockdown, the actor finds herself in the rare position of not working. Instead, she talks about theatrical ghosts, her friendship with Harvey Weinstein and definitely not being …
He has spent half a century dissecting America's dreams and nightmares. Now the great novelist is imagining what his 'deluged' country will be like three years from todayWhenever he's able t…
Ingmar Bergman saw the sumptuous period drama as his masterpiece, the movie he should be remembered by. We ask: would he enjoy the stage version? At the age of 64, flushed with international…
Until they didn't. The society osteopath Stephen Ward was scapegoated in the Profumo scandal and branded a pimp. Fifty years on, as Andrew Lloyd Webber turns his story into a musical, Xan&nb…
She's famed for playing icy control freaks. But Lindsay Duncan wanted more laughs in her new film Le Week-End. And, really, she'd love to pack it all in and head for India' First look review…
Alan Partridge, Closer, an Oscar nomination … then nothing. As his Strindberg update goes on tour, the writer talks about Coogan, creativity and his days as a posh standupIt's lunchtime in…
'La Binoche' admits to an inner fire that has driven her ascent to French 'royalty' " and in her latest film (about a revered actor) she's virtually playing herself. Would Gérard Depardieu …
Peter O'Toole, star of Lawrence of Arabia, Venus and many more, has died aged 81. Xan Brooks looks back over his career in clipsLawrence of Arabia (1962)Reading on mobile? Click here to watc…
Until they didn't. The society osteopath Stephen Ward was scapegoated in the Profumo scandal and branded a pimp. Fifty years on, as Andrew Lloyd Webber turns his story into a musical, Xan&nb…
She's famed for playing icy control freaks. But Lindsay Duncan wanted more laughs in her new film Le Week-end. And, really, she'd love to pack it all in and head for IndiaHappy news for the …
Bonham Carter to follow in the footsteps of Lindsay Lohan for BBC4 drama about Elizabeth Taylor's final break with Richard Burton during a stage production of Private LivesOne of Hollywood's…
Tomas Alfredson's acclaimed Swedish drama to show at Dundee Rep Theatre, with John Tiffany directingLet the Right One In, Tomas Alfredson's acclaimed Swedish drama about a little girl vampir…
Hailed by John Hurt as the 'best of the bunch', Oldman is a working-class hero acclaimed for his acting and directingGary Oldman returns to London this weekend in the role of prodigal son, t…
With six children, his parents struggled to make ends meet. Now Ralph Fiennes is the toast of Hollywood " and making his directorial debut with Coriolanus. He tells Xan Brooks his story Ralp…
Phyllida Lloyd's film gives us Thatcher without Thatcherism, writes Xan Brooks but Meryl Streep is astonishingWas it a dream or is it a nightmare? In the early years of the 21st century a fr…
The award-winning actor of stage and screen, who became the mainstay of the British costume drama, has died after suffering from cancerAnna Massey, the award-winning British actor who played…
Mathieu Amalric directs and acts in this tale of a burlesque company touring France, and has made a loose, entertaining jauntMathieu Amalric juggles duties as director and star of this loose…