10 legendary directors who aren’t as good as you remember
Not every auteur is a genius.
Author: Liam Gaughan Archives: 05/2026
The “bloody marvellous” director Michael Caine loved every second of working with
He worked with an all-time great.
“Worst day of my life”: the 2016 scene that gave Hannah Waddingham a bad case of chronic claustrophobia
Her onscreen pain wasn’t just acting.
“They thought I was a dangerous person”: The day Jon Bernthal got arrested in character
Method acting went too far.
“I was terrified”: the role Charlize Theron wishes she could do over again
It was her most dangerous film.
“Way too fucking dangerous”: the scenes Heath Ledger wisely refused to shoot
He knew when to let the stuntman take over.
10 blatant paycheque performances that were genuinely great
Sometimes, financially-motivated decisions can end up being creatively fruitful.
10 movie genres that peaked in the 1970s and vanished forever
Nostalgia has brought these genres back.
The 2012 movie George Lucas had to pay for himself: “We don’t even want to bother to see it”
He’d wanted to make it since 1988.
The “unpleasant experience” in 1988 that was still traumatising Bill Murray in 1994
It was a lump of coal.
