Daniel Craig: the man with the 007 tattoo
Daniel Craig is currently between Bonds, and heading up a Stieg Larsson adaptation. But, he tells Ryan Gilbey, he's itching to get back on her majesty's secret serviceThe surprise upon meeting Daniel Craig is his gentleness. It isn't that you expect hi...
Andrea Arnold: ‘I don’t do easy rides’
With its unforgiving landscapes and raw emotion, Wuthering Heights is a perfect match for director Andrea Arnold. Just don't call her work bleakAndrea Arnold was recently asked to mount a retrospective of her work for a film festival, a ...
Polly Platt obituary
Versatile production designer, screenwriter and producer of Hollywood filmsPopular legend has it that the new wave of American film-making in the late 1960s and early 1970s was an exclusively masculine phenomenon, a myth bolstered by the hard-living ex...
Ten years of making Harry Potter films, by cast and crew
The actors, producers, directors and crew of the Harry Potter series tell Ryan Gilbey the inside story of the defining film franchise of the last decadeTanya Seghatchian, co-producer/executive producer, Harry Potter 1-4: I started working with David He...
Comic-Con 2010: My favourite bits
The final day had its low-key moments, but overall it's been a rollercoaster. I'm almost sick of fantasy costumes. But not quiteOn its last day, Comic-Con didn't so much shift down a gear or two as pull into a layby, apply the handbrake and kill the en...
Real-life violence rocks the Comic-Con nerds in San Diego
Assault by ballpoint as zombies stalk Hall H and Brian Michael Bendis rises to a new screen challengeIn pictures: Comic-Con comes to CaliforniaThose of us who yearned for more action and excitement at Comic-Con after a drab Friday may have ended yester...
Comic-Con 2010: Kick-ass superhero flicks and those that don’t
Super and the Crimson Bolt, nuggets of facts from Guillermo del Toro, and comic treats from Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg and Eva Mendes, all at the second day of Comic-ConIn pictures: the sights of Comic-Con, day 2The concept, look and tone of Super, a ...
Comic-Con 2010: From Tron to Angelina Jolie (via peanut butter) | Ryan Gilbey
The first dizzy glimpses of Tron are unveiled, authors relate the values of peanut butter confectionery to writing, and Angelina sticks to her script. It's a successful first day at Comic-ConIn pictures: the sights of Comic-Con 2010So there we all were...
Comic-Con 2010: Preview night
Fresh off the plane to San Diego, it's time to pick out the events which are sure to be the highlights of Comic-Con 2010Wednesday night at Comic-Con. Not so fresh from a 12-hour flight to San Diego, I cab it from the airport to the city's Convention Ce...
Robert Harris: ‘There’s some kind of smash coming’
Author Robert Harris – friend of Mandelson, collaborator of Polanski – has often found himself close to news in the making. As his 'Tony Blair' novel reaches the cinema, he says there's more to come
Tony Blair is not on record as having read Robert Harris's 2007 novel The...
