Cary Grant

24 curious facts about the Cannes Film Festival

By Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

Some of the best nuggets of glitz and scandal throughout the history of the most famous international film festival.

The queer-coding of this classic screwball comedy

By James Palmer

Themes of bisexuality and polygamy are subtly veiled in 1940’s My Favorite Wife.

How His Girl Friday redefined the screwball comedy

By Adam Scovell

Howard Hawks’ 1940 film remains one of Hollywood’s finest and most radical comedies.

Why Bringing Up Baby is my favourite classic Hollywood comedy

By Adam Scovell

Howard Hawks’ screwball is one of the first truly great sound comedies.

Six films to watch before you see Phantom Thread

By Elizabeth MacLeod

From Brief Encounter to Rebecca, here are six cinematic classics that reveal the complexities of romance.

Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest and the art of the chase

By Adam Scovell

How the director’s mastery of space and location created the famous crop-duster sequence.

Why I love Ingrid Bergman’s performance in Notorious

By Matthew Anderson

The Swedish star was never better than in this 1946 thriller from Alfred Hitchcock.

How Archibald Leach became Cary Grant

By Stephen Puddicombe

From finding his feat as touring acrobat to earning Hollywood leading man status, the story of this enduring icon is full of intrigue.

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