Maria review: Angelina Jolie captures the tragic glamour of Maria Callas in a masterly portrayal of the opera star
Pablo Larraín’s film attempts to grasp the real human while wallowing in the gorgeousness of it all
Pablo Larraín
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Angelina Jolie: ‘It’s usually just me alone with my kids. I actually have quite a private life’
To play Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s new film, the star is drawing on her own experience of fame. But she’s far more ordinary than you might think, she says
First Look: As Maria Callas, Angelina Jolie finally has the starring role she deserves
Venice International Film Festival 2024: Angelina Jolie gives a heart-clutchingly sad performance in a hypnotic film from Pablo Larraín
Pablo Larraín on his Pinochet film: ‘It’s a vampire movie. It’s also a farce. It deals with horrific, horrific people’
The Chilean director whose previous films include Jackie, about Jackie Kennedy, and Spencer, about Princess Diana, turns his attention to the dictator who ruled his country for 17 years
Spencer: Kristen Stewart’s casting as a brittle Princess Diana is inspired
She balances trepidation with determination in Pablo Larraín’s spaced-out fantasia
Venice Film Festival: Who will triumph as all eyes turn to the Golden Lion?
Reviews: Paul Mescal and Kristen Stewart among stars featuring in this year’s festival
Stephen King: ‘I was very ill, on different medications, and I thought I was dead’
The novelist has adapted his novel Lisey’s Story as a TV series that's now streaming on Apple TV+
Brexit blow as British barred from playing Prince William in Diana biopic
Casting notice for Kristen Stewart film says UK citizens need not apply for role of her son
Rojo: A South American Colombo in a bravely staccato film
Review: Benjamin Naishtat’s awkward movie demands patience from the viewer
Why remake your own film? ‘One answer: Julianne Moore’
Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Lelio, who won an Oscar for A Fantastic Woman, has remade his 2013 drama Gloria – and this time it’s set in LA
The best in film 2017, according to the Dublin Film Critics Circle
Dunkirk blows away the competition
Gael García Bernal: ‘You can’t separate art from politics’
Impassioned Oscars speech a sharp reminder of actor's political commitment
Neruda review: Gael García Bernal’s latest almost disappears up its own dactyl
Pablo Larraín’s take on Pablo Neruda’s life mixes the real and the surreal, but unfortunately loses touch with its characters
John Hurt: A brilliant actor who ‘never lost his sense of adolescent mischief’
Honorary Irishman was among the cleverest actors of his (or any other) generation
Oscars 2017: Our predictions for this year’s nominations
It’s the time of year when we accurately pick around 83 percent of the main nominations
Oscar nomination for Ruth Negga: ‘I became an actor to hide’
The quiet Irish actor may be on the cusp of mega-stardom but she hasn’t lost sight of her craft
Whatever picture wins the Oscar, it will be seen as a comment on Trump
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