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May 2026

Queer art, bowler hats and an Annie Hall script: inside Diane Keaton’s archive as treasures go on sale

When I was seven, Jack Nicholson vomited cherry juice on me – it certainly beat doing schoolwork

February 2026

From the Guardian archive
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest reviewed – archive, 1976

Guillermo del Toro’s ‘jazz hands’ at Oscar lunch a recreation of Shining photo, director says

January 2026

‘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

December 2025

Michael Douglas on One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: ‘My half of the producing fee I gave to Dad’

The actor looks back on his first foray as producer as the Oscar-winning drama reaches its 50th anniversary

November 2025

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at 50: the spirit of rebellion lives on

The 1975 drama, one of the only films to ever receive the big five Oscars, remains a touchstone of American cinema with a resonant message of resisting conformity

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

February 2025

Saturday Night Live recap
Saturday Night Live: star-packed 50th special brings laughs and emotion
A parade of ex cast members and celebrity hosts came together for a mammoth anniversary extravaganza celebrating the long-running comedy show

September 2024

‘She’d never done anything like this before’: behind the scenes on Shelley Duvall’s extraordinary final film

Duvall hadn’t acted for more than 20 years when she agreed to appear in Scott Goldberg’s film The Forest Hills. Ahead of its release, three months after her death, the cast and crew tell their story

August 2024

Ranked
Walk on the weird side: Tim Burton’s movies – ranked!
With his new sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice set to open the Venice International Film Festival on 28 August, we look back at the career of every goth’s favourite director

July 2024

Ranked
Shelley Duvall: her 20 greatest films

Robert Towne obituary

June 2024

Chinatown at 50: has there been a greater screenplay since?

The 1974 noir boasts standout acting from Jack Nicholson and director Roman Polanski at peak form but it’s Robert Towne’s deft, intelligent script that takes breath away

May 2024

double quotation markRoger Corman: cinema's pulp genius whose talent to shock was rocket fuel

Peter Bradshaw

Stream team
From meet-cute to marriage breakdown: Streep and Nicholson shine in Nora Ephron’s bittersweet Heartburn

April 2023

Brief letters
Touched by a tragic first world war tale
Brief letters: Shot at dawn | Emergency alerts at evensong | A message to Airstrip One | Ofsted’s ‘inadequate’ | Jack Nicholson in Reds

double quotation markTracking down and snapping retired stars is a gross and uneasy trend

Stuart Heritage
Paparazzi pictures of Jack Nicholson, Gene Hackman and Bridget Fonda have circulated online, feeding into an odd desire to force reclusive actors back into the spotlight

Ranked
Jack Nicholson’s 20 best performances – ranked!
As the legendary actor turns 86 on Saturday, we rate decades of his most celebrated roles – from grinning wrong ’uns to lovable rakes and crazed murderers

December 2022

‘The police came because of the sea of red gore’: unseen photos from the set of The Shining

A collection of unseen photographs from Lee Unkrich’s forthcoming book about the 1980 horror classic The Shining

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