Steven Spielberg

How Saving Private Ryan changed the war movie

By Sam Moore

Twenty-five years on, Steven Spielberg's World War Two epic completely revolutionised the way Hollywood thought about depicting conflict on screen.

How dyslexia helps some of the biggest filmmakers to think differently

By Louise Conway

Recent studies have shown how people with dyslexia have enhanced abilities in originality, creativity, and reasoning. Could it be that movies can provide the perfect place to focus on the strengths of this different way of thinking?

Kidnapped – first-look review

By Mark Asch

Italian veteran Marco Bellocchio’s adaptation of David Kertzer’s The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara is an occasionally enthralling, yet often staid and repetitive affair.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – first-look review

By David Jenkins

It’s an improvement on the execrable Crystal Skull, but James Mangold’s exhumation of the Spielberg adventure serial is both tame and unnecessary.

The Fabelmans

By Hannah Strong

Steven Spielberg weaves a tale about his childhood love of cinema and the relationship between his parents in this light but lovely mostly true story.

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Tony Kushner: ‘Close Encounters had a huge influence on me’

By Trevor Johnston

The sage of modern American theatre on his transition to becoming Steven Spielberg’s trusty screenwriting wingman.

How The Fabelmans represents a culmination of Spielberg’s cinematic interests

By Sarah Buddery

The filmmaker's homage to his childhood has foundations in a career spent investigating familial dynamics.

The Fabelmans – first-look review

By Mark Asch

This bittersweet rummage through the Spielberg family album sees the maestro deliver a late-career masterwork.

At this year’s Cannes directors will once again be asked: Is cinema a dying art?

By Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

Forty years on from Wim Wenders’ documentary Room 666, this age-old existential question is set to come back around.

Scene Stealers: The fleet-footed opening of West Side Story

By Charles Bramesco

In our series examining the Best Picture contenders of 2022, a salute to the easy lyricism of Spielberg’s musical remake.

West Side Story

By David Jenkins

Steven Spielberg comes a-cropper in this stiff and soulless revamp of the classic Leonard Bernstein barnstormer.

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How Duel paved the foundation for Steven Spielberg’s career

By Mitchell Beaupre

This made-for-TV feature has all the trademarks that would go on to define one of America’s most acclaimed filmmakers.

The rumble is on in the trailer for Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story

By Charles Bramesco

Ansel Elgort and newcomer Rachel Zegler lead the director’s delayed remake of the hot-blooded musical.

Steven Spielberg will get personal with a film looking back on his childhood

By Charles Bramesco

Michelle Williams is in line to star as a character supposedly based on the director’s mother.

The 100 Best Films of the 2000s: 25-1

By Little White Lies

A.I., American Psycho and Bamboozled all make the final part of our list – but what will come out on top?

The real-life tragedy that inspired Jaws’ most famous scene

By James McMahon

Quint’s show-stopping monologue recounts the doomed tale of the USS Indianapolis – but it isn’t entirely accurate.

We need to talk about Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom…

By Saffron Maeve

I loved Steven Spielberg’s film growing up, but its offensive Indian stereotypes make it hard to watch today.

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