Philip Kaufman

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File image of actor Daniel Day-Lewis posing with his Oscar for best actor for his role in ‘Lincoln’, in Hollywood, California, the US. File photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters
Daniel Day-Lewis in surprise retirement from acting

Sir Daniel Day-Lewis is to retire from acting, it has been announced. The surprising news came in a statement to Variety magazine from his representat(...)

Steve Martin and Michael Caine are rival con artists scamming wealthy marks on the French Riviera in 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'. Their one-upmanship makes for one of cinema’s great comic rivalries
2016: The 50 best films on Netflix

A few years ago, we published a guide to the best films available on Netflix. It proved to be one of our most popular stories ever. Since then many n(...)

Leonard Nimoy at one of his photography exhibitions at the Massachusetts Museum of Ccontemporary Art in 2010. Photograph: Matthew Cavanaugh/The New York Times
Actor-director who was more than Spock

Few actors outside soap opera become defined by a single role to the exclusion of all else in their career. But that was the case for Leonard Nimoy, w(...)