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Marcia Lucas obituary

Film editor who won an Oscar for her work on Star Wars, which she nevertheless referred to as ‘a kids’ movie’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3

The Waterboys’ Mike Scott on his new Dennis Hopper album: ‘He wasn’t just a guy who took lots of drugs and did weird things’

INTERVIEW: The Scottish singer-songwriter has long found inspiration in other musicians, including the curmudgeonly Van Morrison who had one snarky song dedicated to him back in 2020. Scott speaks with Jim Farber about the wild life and times of his latest subject Dennis Hopper

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2025

On my radar: Peter Biskind’s cultural highlights

The film historian and cultural critic on his love of Gentleman Jack, why blueberries from Maine are superior, and how Tana French’s crime novels transcend genre

The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2024

‘A recipe for blandness’: critic Peter Biskind on why quality television is in chronic decline

The author of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls has turned his gaze from Hollywood to prestige television, arguing that a golden age of TV that began with The Sopranos has been ruined by corporate greed

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2023

William Friedkin obituary

American director behind two of the great film cult classics of the 1970s: The French Connection and The Exorcist

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2023

Badlands at 50: Why it’s still a killer film

Terrence Malick’s debut was shot half a century ago, but, says Geoffrey Macnab, it remains such a disarming film because it’s light-spirited and playful when you least expect it

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022

The Guide #50: Cinemas were due a post-pandemic rebound – but this summer, there’s simply nothing on

In this week’s newsletter: while films like Elvis and Nope have done reasonably well, the box office bounty we were promised hasn’t appeared – why?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2022

Bob Rafelson obituary

Screenwriter, director and co-creator of the Monkees who had a 1970 hit with his film Five Easy Pieces

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2022

Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence by Ken Auletta – review

This detailed account of the film producer’s downfall is the ghastly story of a man who felt free to trample on others

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2022