Ten Australian accents by foreign actors, from worst to best – sorted
Jude Law, Elisabeth Moss, Benedict Cumberbatch and Kate Winslet give their all. But who nails it – and who fails dismally?
December 2021
2021 in TV
Kate Winslet: ‘I feel way cooler as a fortysomething actress than I ever imagined’
The star of one of 2021’s biggest TV hits, Mare of Easttown, talks about weepy reunions with Leonardo DiCaprio, bingeing Ted Lasso and middle-aged women taking over our screens
February 2021
Brief letters
Moved to tears by a frontline doctor
Brief letters: The Covid frontline | Ageism | Elton John | Matt Hancock and Contagion | Cricket
Film blog
Matt Hancock's vaccine rollout was inspired by Contagion. Here's what he should watch next
It’s understandable – if troubling – when politicians are watching disaster movies for tips on dealing with a global catastrophe. Anybody got a number for The Rock?
How Matt Hancock's obsession with Matt Damon film drove UK's vaccine strategy
Contagion has been credited as offering an accurate examination of how a global pandemic might play out
July 2020
I feel fine: fans of world-ending films 'coping better with pandemic'
Researchers say apocalyptic movies prepare people for Covid-19 and make them more resilient
March 2020
'They can cost £63k': how the hazmat suit came to represent disease, danger – and hope
On the one hand faceless and frightening, on the other a symbol of heroic resistance to deadly viruses, here’s how the hazmat suit became a symbol of our times
Exposure therapy: why we're obsessed with watching virus movies
Streaming numbers for Contagion and Outbreak have been huge, suggesting people are choosing exposure over escapism
Publishers report sales boom in novels about fictional epidemics
Camus’ The Plague and Dean Koontz’s prescient The Eyes of Darkness enter bestsellers lists
February 2020
'I’ve been in this movie': Gwyneth Paltrow takes coronavirus precautions
Actor shares photo of herself en route to Europe with reference to her part in Steven Soderbergh film
January 2020
When old films go viral: how coronavirus gave Contagion an unexpected afterlife
Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 thriller about the spread of a deadly virus has been back in the iTunes Top 10 – so is this epidemic another thing we can blame on Gwyneth Paltrow?
March 2012
Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
Steven Soderbergh isn't afraid to kill off his big-name stars in the fast-moving Contagion, writes Mark Kermode
October 2011
Contagion – review
Contagion film is not far from the truth, warns virus scientist
This week's new films
This week's new films
Contagion – review
Research notes
How Kate Winslet is helping in the fight against disease
Observer New Review Q&A
Steven Soderbergh: 'I need a break to recalibrate'
Contagion is the latest change in Steven Soderbergh's chameleon career
