72 stories by "Peter Bradshaw"
The quality of the acting can't salvage a self-conscious family drama about a lonely 11-year-oldSince its debut in the Critics' Week section of last year's Cannes film festival, Rufus Norris…
In an excerpt from this week's Guardian Film Show Xan Brooks and Catherine Shoard aim their muskets at Tom Hooper's adaptation of the hugely popular musical, while Peter Bradshaw mans the ba…
Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw and Catherine Shoard review Les Misérables, Gangster Squad, What Richard Did and Jiro Dreams of SushiXan BrooksPeter BradshawCatherine ShoardHenry BarnesElliot Sm…
Tom Hooper's film is a colossal effort " after 158 minutes, you really have experienced something. It's just not clear whatLike a diabolically potent combination of Lionel Bart and Leni Rief…
At the prompting of Guardian readers, film critic Peter Bradshaw revisits Richard Brooks's 1958 adaptation, which delivers a homosexual hero paralysed with self-hatred Continue reading...
At the prompting of Guardian readers, film critic Peter Bradshaw revisits Richard Brooks's 1958 adaptation, which delivers a homosexual hero paralysed with self-hatredI haven't seen Sarah Es…
Set in a fantasy theatre world, Tom Stoppard and Joe Wright's bold adaptation " starring Keira Knightley and Jude Law " sacrifices the novel's poignancy for creative flairIn Tolstoy, the the…
Graham Linehan's stage adaptation of The Ladykillers succeeds where the Coen brothers failed: it's actually funny, says Peter BradshawGraham Linehan's new stage-adaptation of the classic 195…
People have been walking out of the RSC's risqué new production of Marat/Sade. Are critics ever tempted to follow them? Guardian reviewers reveal the times they just couldn't take any moreA…
Terrence Malick's 1978 masterpiece is a fantastically rewarding experience, and it contains ideas and themes that would re-emerge in The Tree of LifeThis was the film that Terrence Malick ma…
This adaptation of Kevin Sampson's 90s-novel about the Britpop era could have been great, but it's let down by shoddy dialogue and leaden pacingKevin Sampson has adapted his own 1999 novel a…
This gripping thriller, part of the BFI's Bogarde retrospective, daringly smashed through 1961's homosexual taboos, but has weathered best as a study of blackmail and paranoiaAs part of a re…
Jean Renoir's 1955 film, now on re-release, shows a palette and compositional sense that appear to be influenced by his fatherThe world of the Moulin Rouge and the cancan conjured up in Jean…
The BBC's new drama The Hour, starring Dominic West and Romola Garai as hacks on a 1950s news show, is oddly familiarIt features an intense, difficult, principled reporter (Ben Whishaw), who…
The autobiography of Pete Postlethwaite, once called 'the best actor in the world' by Steven SpielbergIn the year or so leading up to his death from cancer this year, Pete Postlethwaite had …
From an illicit Pixies gig to a Mesopotamian ziggurat, Guardian critics recall their biggest moment of inspiration in their respective fieldsPop: Alexis PetridisCan any gig you see as a crit…
O2 Arena, LondonThe great master of observational comedy is back. This was Jerry Seinfeld's first show in the UK in 12 years, and he arrived in the midst of a live comedy boom in full swing:…
A resurgence in the popularity of the ukulele could rekindle our bizarre affection for the oddball singer-comedianBritain has apparently gone mad for ukuleles. An extraordinary resurgence in…
The origins of cinema, a prize-winning book reveals, are closely linked to the conjurors and spiritualists of the early 20th centuryOver the past few months, I have been on a judging panel w…
A heartfelt 3D tribute by Wim Wenders to Pina Bausch, the late modern ballet choreographer. By Peter BradshawWim Wenders's deeply intelligent 3D tribute to the work of the modern dance chore…
Natalie Portman excels in this gripping ballet psychodrama from Darren Aronofsky. Peter Bradshaw applauds a film about fear, love and hatredFantastically deranged at all times, Darren Arono…
Clever and funny, Chris Rock's film about the hairstyles of African-American women makes the cut Continue reading...
