Ian Mckellen
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Poll-topper: Is this a film you’d watch and rewatch?
- Film
- December 7, 2020, 09:00
Richard Curtis rarely rewatches Four Weddings and a Funeral. “There isn’t a natural circumstance where I say, ‘I’ll tell you what I’ll do for the next(...)

Brexit-fearing Edinburgh festival artists say no thanks to sterling
- Stage
- August 5, 2019, 11:10
Increasing numbers of artists are asking to be paid in dollars and euros instead of sterling because of Brexit uncertainty, the director of the Edinbu(...)

All is True: Kenneth Branagh’s salty take on Shakespeare
- Film
- February 7, 2019, 10:55
There has never before been an oddity quite like this agreeable film. Yes, there have been dramas about the life of Shakespeare. (One of those beat Sa(...)

Rob Brydon: ‘I don’t mind being the butt of the joke’
- Film
- July 6, 2018, 06:10
Days before I meet Rob Brydon, the affable “None-More-Welsh” comedian and actor pops up on Graham Norton’s couch to compare sporting achievements with(...)

For anyone who looks toward their later years with trepidation, Sir Anthony Hopkins (“Tony, please”) is a proper tonic. He is 79, and happier than he (...)

Hollywood’s problem is endless sequels, not remakes
- Film
- February 16, 2018, 06:00
Top archaeologists have just released an analysis of pictograms accompanying Paleolithic cave paintings. They read as follows: “Another remake! Men th(...)

Maisie Williams: ‘I really should get a house in Ireland’
- Film
- January 23, 2018, 05:00
Winter really is coming for Maisie Williams. The final six episodes of Game of Thrones won’t drop until 2019. But the cast of the planet’s biggest TV (...)

‘I’ve great difficulty finding roles that aren’t just dying women’
- Film
- January 12, 2018, 05:00
Kristin Scott Thomas sits down with a little theatrical shiver. The actor may have perfected glacial onscreen manners – think Fiona, the snooty friend(...)

Amazon announces Lord of the Rings TV prequel
- TV, Radio, Web
- November 14, 2017, 14:20
He just keeps on giving, does JRR Tolkein. The latest move in the fantasy epic is towards downsizing, from the big screen to the small, as Amazon plan(...)

How damaged is Kevin Spacey after response to abuse allegations?
- Film
- October 30, 2017, 13:26
To say that Kevin Spacey’s response to allegations of sexual abuse is “problematic” would be to understate the case. He could hardly have made the sit(...)