THEN, in 1979, as intimated earlier, he made a booboo, pooh-poohing an invitation to audition for a role in Hollywood blockbuster Alien. “Nobody will watch this,” he thought. He has called it the ...

THIS week’s Icon, the actor Bill Paterson, appears to have appeared in almost everything. He has a guid Scots voice, not “och aye the noo”, nor yet inarticulate footballer; not at all elocuted but ...

It’s still early in the year, but already “Project Hail Mary” looks like it could have a strong gravitational pull on Oscar voters. Ryan Gosling is the first name worth circling on any early Oscar ...

Steven Spielberg was interviewed onstage at SXSW on Friday the 13th, 2026, in the sixth floor ballroom of the Hilton in Austin. His appearance was the first at ...

British sociologist Anthony Giddens defines modernity as a shorthand term for modern society or industrial civilisation, ...

From the outdoor stage to the big screen, the greatest actress of all time has led quite the interesting career.

A 1980s horror movie once ranked the greatest ever is still terrifying audiences decades later, thanks to its paranoia, ...