‘A post-menopausal Macbeth’: Joel Coen on tackling Shakespeare with Frances McDormand
The writer-director talks about his new film co-starring Denzel Washington, and reveals how it felt to work without his brother, Ethan, for the first time in nearly 40 years
April 2021
Oscars 2022: who might triumph at next year’s ceremony?
After a year of delays, the next 12 months offers a wealth of big, awards-aiming movies from intimate dramas to historical epics
March 2021
The Little Things review – plodding serial killer thriller
The Little Things review – Denzel Washington killer thriller is a big mess
December 2020
‘Chadwick will be remembered as a hero’: Denzel Washington and Viola Davis on making Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
The late actor’s final film role was in a blazing new adaptation of the August Wilson play. Cast and crew remember camaraderie and competition on an emotional shoot
October 2020
Netflix releases trailer for Chadwick Boseman's final movie
The late actor stars opposite Viola Davis in Oscar-tipped August Wilson adaptation Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
May 2020
Lockdown watch
Ice Cube: 'I listen to my own music more than I watch my own films'
The hip-hop legend has been winding back the clock to Vietnam and Michael Jordan’s heyday while working on a lockdown beard
May 2019
Frank Lucas, the drug lord who inspired American Gangster, dies aged 88
Mobster who climbed ranks of New York crime in 1970s was played by Denzel Washington in acclaimed 2007 movie
March 2019
Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand to star in Joel Coen's Macbeth
The Oscar winners are set to take on roles in a new adaptation of the William Shakespeare tragedy
January 2019
Hello again, Dolly! Stars who return to the same roles – in pictures
Carol Channing, who died earlier this week, played the title role in Hello, Dolly! more than 5,000 times between the 1960s and 90s. Which other stars have reprised the same characters?
December 2018
Broadway in 2018: male playwrights and movies dominate patchy year
Hollywood’s influence continued to curb the rise of original shows and increase the movie-to-stage adaptations while female writers struggled to break through
November 2018
Jovan Adepo on Overlord, fanboy racism and Denzel Washington
The British-born star of Fences, Sorry For Your Loss and JJ Abrams’s blockbuster about US troops fighting Nazis – and zombies – on how Viola Davis helped him to the top
August 2018
Ashton Sanders: ‘Black artists still have to work 10 times harder’
The Equalizer 2 review – B-movie silliness mars Denzel Washington’s returning vigilante
July 2018
The Equalizer 2 review – Denzel Washington can't save dull sequel
An uninteresting follow-up to the 80s TV reboot wastes a star turn from the Oscar-winning actor on a plot that reads like middle-aged male fantasy
May 2018
British theatre stars storm the nominations for 2018 Tony awards
Angels in America and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child are in the running for prizes at New York’s theatre ceremony
April 2018
The Iceman Cometh review – Denzel Washington's mixed return to Broadway
The Oscar-winner takes lead duties in a revival of Eugene O’Neill’s epic downer and while his star power is as bright as ever, the production has problems
March 2018
Oscars 2018: The Shape of Water and Frances McDormand steal the night – as it happened
The biggest night in film had one of the most unpredictable best picture races in years, but top acting prizes all went with the favourites
February 2018
Roman J Israel, Esq review – strange but compelling
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Roman J Israel, Esq review – Denzel Washington lays down the law
