Hazy sunshine, factor-50 smiles and Cliff Richard at the wheel: the 20 best summer holiday movies – ranked!
From feelgood romances to heated interactions, here are the films that best capture the seasonal momentXan Brooks (the Guardian)
From feelgood romances to heated interactions, here are the films that best capture the seasonal momentXan Brooks (the Guardian)
From One Night Only to The Invite, a wave of new movies are a raunchy antidote to gen Z celibacyGuardian staff reporter (the Guardian)
So this might be a bit unusual, but my friend Paige is raising money to help her to produce her movie, True After Dark. She calls it a love letter to Los Angeles and a cozy callback to Sleepless in Seattle. You can read all about it here: True After Dark seedandspark.com/fund/true-aft…
I think Paige is on the cusp of being a real creative force in Hollywood, and I'm getting in on the ground floor. Obviously there are bigger emergencies in the world, but funding a young woman's dream is pretty good. Don't feel obliged even to click through unless this strikes your fancy.
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‘What if The Purge was for premarital sex?’ is the odd, gimmicky elevator pitch for this slickly made yet ungainly oddity that can’t quite get past the grimness of its conceitBenjamin Lee (the Guardian)
To mark the two-time Oscar nominee’s recent 50th birthday, we rate his finest screen roles – from hyper-British patricians and seething serpents, to ghastly Yanks, tragic codebreakers and sci-fi scoundrelsPeter Bradshaw (the Guardian)
The latest in our ongoing series of writers celebrating their most rewatched comfort films is a pick for 1996’s revealing and relatable romantic thrillerGuardian staff reporter (the Guardian)
Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway shine in frothy sequel that smartly comments on struggling media industryOwen Myers (the Guardian)
The fashion and magazine industries have had a makeover but this glossy knock-off reunites the old team – and recycles the old plot – with stylePeter Bradshaw (the Guardian)
The 1990s love tragedy starring a young Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes is a tonic and a delightPeter Bradshaw (the Guardian)
After Guardian writers shared their picks for big screen love stories people may not have seen, readers have responded with some alternative optionsGuardian readers (the Guardian)
The maximalist adaptation of the gothic romance shows great interest in production design but very little in characterAdrian Horton (the Guardian)
Emerald Fennell’s take on Emily Brontë is an emotionally hollow, bodice-ripping misfire that misuses Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi but makes the most of Martin ClunesPeter Bradshaw (the Guardian)