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Ralph Fiennes: 'I get angry easily, but I repress it'

Ralph Fiennes photographed in the chapel of the House of St Barnabas, Soho, London. Photograph: Suki Dhanda for the Observer Ralph Fiennes could have been a diplomat
PUBLISHED: Nov. 18, 2012
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2173 words)

Jake Gyllenhaal: 'End of Watch changed my life'

Jake Gyllenhaal: 'Mike and I will always be close because of the film.' Photograph: New York Times It was Jake Gyllenhaal's first day of work on End of Watch when the murder happened. He was…
PUBLISHED: Nov. 8, 2012
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1869 words)

Skyfall: how James Bond became a poster boy for the new serious

Daniel Craig in Skyfall: a James Bond who's grim and determined. Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar The rapture inspired by Skyfall in critics and public alike might have surprised Bond fans of the…
AUTHOR:David Cox
PUBLISHED: Nov. 1, 2012
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1757 words)

John Goodman: 'Alcohol was becoming life or death. It was time to stop'

John Goodman: 'I wish I could still get fired up.' Photograph: Rex Features John Goodman sits on the couch, immobile as Mount Rushmore, his forearms parked aboard meaty knees. Fishing responses from…
AUTHOR:Xan Brooks
PUBLISHED: Oct. 26, 2012
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1836 words)

Javier Bardem: Sinister? Me?

Javier Bardem: 'I look at myself in the mirror and it's very sinister. Ugh, look at that nose; look at those eyes.' Photograph: Pål Hansen for the Guardian Javier Bardem has a face that was
PUBLISHED: Oct. 12, 2012
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2104 words)

Michelangelo Antonioni: centenary of a forgotten giant

Camera obscura … Michelangelo Antonioni during the filming of L'Avventura (1960). Photograph: John Springer Collection/Corbis This is the centenary year of Michelangelo Antonioni. He was born on 29…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 27, 2012
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2382 words)

Tim Burton: 'The love and life and death stuff was stewing from the start'

Tim Burton in the walled garden of his offices in north London: 'People definitely believe they hear things here at night, but it's a good vibe.' Photograph for the Observer by Richard Saker
AUTHOR:Tim Adams
PUBLISHED: Oct. 7, 2012
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3010 words)

David Bowie: screen oddity

Pretty PoW … Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence. He hasn't performed in public for six years, or released an album in almost a decade, but there is a lot of David Bowie about. His music featured…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 27, 2012
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1520 words)

Shirley MacLaine: the new dame in Downton

Shirley MacLaine – nostalgic for the days when stars knew how to wear their celebrity lightly. Photograph: Patrick Fraser Shirley MacLaine comes to the door in slippers and a tracksuit, clutching a…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 24, 2012
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3289 words)
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