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Posts published by “Guy Lodge”

Roman Holiday at 70: Audrey Hepburn’s star-making role remains luminous

The 1953 romantic comedy may lack heft but the Oscar-winner’s charming lead turn makes it an escape worth taking again When Roman Holiday was released, 70 summers ago, the monarchy was having a fashionable moment. Two months before, the world had watch...

Robert De Niro at 80: his best films

On the eve of the actor’s 80th birthday, delve into his epic back catalogue, which runs the gamut from Taxi Driver and Meet the Parents to Falling in LoveA brief flurry of tabloid interest surged around Robert De Niro a few months ago, after the news t...

Cleopatra at 60: the expensive epic that almost tanked a studio

The notoriously overpriced biopic, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, carried an infamous legacy but is it any good?As I prepared to write on the 60th anniversary of Cleopatra, I asked a few friends and relatives if they had ever seen it. So...

Clapped out: do film festival standing ovations really mean anything?

Coverage of this year’s Cannes premieres has been dominated by how many minutes attendees are on their feet but the results are often meaninglessArt isn’t maths, on that we can all agree: there’s no scientific way to quantify its ambitions or its succe...

How can I decide what to watch on TV and stop scrolling?

Guilty of endlessly checking the menu and flipping channels? Stop and commit to a show that catches your eye, don’t binge and be cautious when sharing your streaming accountWatching television used to be relatively simple: there was a fixed schedule of...

Visibly horrified: the coming out of ***** terror cinema

From Nosferatu to A Nightmare on Elm Street, LGBTQ+ viewers have long detected a ***** undertone in many horror films. Now the genre is bringing its *** subtext to the surfaceAustralian director Jennifer Kent didn’t set out to make a ***** classic when...