The Guardian Film Show: The Dallas Buyers Club, The Invisible Woman and Lift...
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View ArticleThe Guardian Film Show: The Dallas Buyers Club, The Invisible Woman and Lift...
Catherine Shoard and Henry Barnes join Xan Brooks for our weekly round-up of the big cinema releases. This week the team watch Matthew McConaughey take the law into his own hands as Aids activist Ron...
View ArticleMatthew McConaughey: from prince of the romcom to Oscar contender
Actor known for swashbuckling, wisecracking roles has muscled in on Hollywood's top table with role in Dallas Buyers ClubWith the Academy Awards taking place on 2 March, a once almost unthinkable name...
View ArticleDallas Buyers Club, The Invisible Woman, RoboCop: this week's new films
Dallas Buyers Club | The Invisible Woman | RoboCop | Mr Peabody & Sherman | The Patrol | Lift To The ScaffoldWhat McConaughey loses in body mass he gains in compassion in this drawn-from-real-life...
View ArticleDallas Buyers Club review | Mark Kermode
Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto deliver Oscar-worthy performances in the unlikely story of a redneck with Aids and a transgender activistTerrific performances by Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto...
View ArticleThe Dallas Buyers Club: don't buy this history
Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto are just what the doctor ordered, but this drama's message about sexuality and Aids is all bad medicineThe Dallas Buyers Club (2013)Director: Jean-Marc...
View ArticleCorrections and clarifications
Young deaths in custody | King Priam | Forest Gate | Dallas Buyers Club | Olympics | Megawatt | King William's College Quiz Two articles focusing on the deaths in custody of young people between the...
View ArticleOscar favourites: even Leonardo wilts beside renaissance man McConaughey |...
Dallas Buyers Club is the latest extraordinary performance from a man once stuck in romcom purgatory. Best actor has to be hisEach week before the Oscars, which take place on 2 March, Guardian film...
View ArticleA drug expert on Dallas Buyers Club
Dallas Buyers Club succeeds at showing how hard it is to establish the effectiveness of a new drug, says consultant physician and clinical toxicologist David WoodI had no idea, before seeing this film,...
View ArticleWhy Dallas Buyers Club should win best picture at the 2014 Oscars video
In each video in this series one of our critics makes the case for an Oscar contender. Today Henry Barnes tips his stetson to Dallas Buyers Club, in which Matthew McConaughey plays a rodeo cowboy who...
View ArticleMatthew McConaughey: best actor Oscars glory beckons for slimline star
Matthew McConaughey is being hailed for his role as an HIV sufferer in Dallas Buyers Club and for his part in HBO's acclaimed series True Detective. He has escaped his romcom image and is tipped to...
View ArticleThe real legacy of the real Dallas Buyers Club is that it didnt really have one
The man I met the man behind Matthew McConaugheys Oscar-favorite performance was a great man. But he was no cowboy, and he wasnt as influential as the real heroes of the underground AIDS drug movementI...
View ArticleJared Leto wins best supporting actor Oscar
Overwhelming favourite wins Academy award for transgender role in Dallas Buyers ClubHow the night unfoldedFull list of winnersJared Leto has won the best supporting actor Oscar at the 86th Academy...
View ArticleMatthew McConaughey wins best actor Oscar for Dallas Buyers Club
Matthew McConaughey has won the best actor Oscar for his role as a dying cowboy in Dallas Buyers ClubHow the night unfoldedFull list of winnersMatthew McConaughey has won the best actor Oscar for his...
View ArticleOscars 2014: the Academy loses its way over Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón
I'm mystified as to why Alfonso Cuarón won the best director prize, but at least Gravity, and fellow winners 12 Years a Slave and Dallas Buyers Club, should stand the test of time How the night...
View ArticleOscar-winner Jared Leto has not seen Dallas Buyers Club
Leto, who won a best supporting actor award for his role as Rayon in the Aids drama, has not yet watched his work Leto: 'I road-tested my character' Russian Oscars broadcast stopped after Jared Leto...
View ArticleJared Leto on Thirty Seconds to Mars, losing weight for Dallas Buyers Club...
The actor was so happy making music with his band that he thought he'd never make a film again Oscar-winner Jared Leto has not seen Dallas Buyers ClubHi Jared! You've always struck me as a fairly...
View ArticleJared Leto considered wearing drag to the Oscars
Leto, who won the best supporting actor award for his portrayal of a transgender woman in Dallas Buyers Club, says the experience changed his views on the Academy Awards, and on female groomingJared...
View ArticleThe Hunger Games catches fire at the MTV movie awards
Catching Fire wins film of the year, with best actor gongs for Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson MTV movie awards debut new clips from this year's blockbustersThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire was...
View ArticleFilm festival smackdown: we predict how Venice, Toronto and Telluride will...
The Venice and Toronto film festivals start announcing their lineups soon. So which festival will host which big premieres? Or will sandwich-filler Telluride snaffle the key screenings?Now that Cannes...
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