‘Uncomfortably relatable’: writers on their favourite unlikable movie characters
With debate still swirling over the unlikable nature of Marty Supreme’s careless protagonist, Guardian writers have picked their all-time love-to-hate leads
September 2025
Henry Jaglom, fiercely independent director and friend of Orson Welles, dies aged 87
Known for his actor-centred style, he made films with Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson and his conversations with the Citizen Kane legend became an acclaimed book
Claudia Cardinale obituary
Italian film star best known for The Leopard, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Pink Panther and 8½
AI firm plans to reconstruct lost footage from Orson Welles’ masterpiece The Magnificent Ambersons
Film-making studio Fable has announced it will attempt to recreate the 43 minutes cut from the auteur’s 1942 film using AI
July 2025
Rosebud sled from Citizen Kane sells at auction for £11m
Item donated by a director who was given it during a studio clearout becomes second most valuable piece of movie memorabilia
January 2025
Dame Joan Plowright obituary
Joan Plowright, celebrated star of stage and screen, dies aged 95
October 2023
Keith Baxter obituary
Actor and director who played Prince Hal to Orson Welles’s Falstaff in Chimes at Midnight, and triumphed in Sleuth in the West End and on Broadway
June 2023
The Magnificent Ambersons: rebirth for ruined Orson Welles masterpiece that rivalled Citizen Kane
The studio ‘butchered’ the legendary director’s 1942 film. Now an ambitious project is under way to restore it
May 2023
Return of the king: what can the movies teach us about the coronation?
Icy rejection in Welles’s Chimes at Midnight, Chalamet stripped to the waist, a swaggering Chris Hemsworth – which will Charles channel on Saturday?
March 2023
Pssst! Wanna buy an Oscar? The mysterious case of the missing Academy Awards
An Oscar can only, officially, be sold for $1 – but that hasn’t stopped a small but lucrative black market. Where are all those that have disappeared?
August 2022
Down the rabbit hole
What links The Lord of the Rings to Lenny Henry and the Beatles?
As Middle-earth buffs get ready for the new Rings of Power extravaganza, we follow Tolkien down the rabbit hole and find Orson Welles, Michael Gambon and the Fab Four
July 2022
The Magnificent Ambersons at 80: Orson Welles’ powerful but cursed drama
The multi-hyphenate’s follow-up to Citizen Kane was a nightmare production and a box office disappointment but remains a fascinating film about America
February 2022
Sally Kellerman obituary
Leonard Fenton obituary
January 2022
Macbeth movies have been foul and fair – Joel Coen’s is a stunner
The Tragedy of Macbeth follows in the footsteps of Orson Welles’s bold 1948 film, which showed how imagination can turn Shakespeare’s text into more than just a costume epic
TV tonight
TV tonight: A Discovery of Witches returns for a tantalising third and final series
Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer star once again. Plus: Monty Don goes in search of some Adriatic gardens. Here’s what to watch this evening
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
Streaming: Mubi’s First Films season and other essential director debuts
Red Road, Citizen Kane, Reservoir Dogs… some debut features feel like anything but
May 2021
New Deal For Artists: an unearthed film on how arts funding should work
