Carey Mulligan

New trailer available for Baz Luhrmann's Great Gatsby

The 3D film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire

24 May 2012

This December sees the release of Baz Luhrmann's take on F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Renowned for his epic stories of love and tragedy – see Moulin Rouge and Romeo and Juliet – Luhrmann seems like a fitting director to put an original spin on…

Mumford and Sons ready to record

Music Gossip

22 Jan 2012

Mumford and Sons are "getting their heads down" with writing their second album. 'The Cave' band's unexpected success meant they have spent much longer on the road touring than they had originally planned, but they are now excited about recording…

Shame

Steve McQueen's second directorial effort is an unflinching portrayal of sex addiction

5 Jan 2012

(18) 101min Sexual imagery oozes from every blockbuster and frat boy comedy, but serious discussion rather than cheap titillation is a rarity. Cinema actually finds it hard to confront sex, partly because the American censorship board takes such a…

Director Steve McQueen discusses latest film Shame

Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan star in story of sex addiction

5 Jan 2012

‘When I first heard of the notion of sex addicts I laughed,’ says Steve McQueen. ‘Then I did a bit of research. It’s very similar to an alcoholic that drinks a litre of whisky a day.’ The artist and director is talking about his new film Shame, an…

Interview: Carey Mulligan on Drive

Recent work includes roles in Drive, Shame and The Great Gatsby

22 Sep 2011

For a film that she thought no one would see, An Education did a remarkable job of changing Carey Mulligan’s life. The 26-year-old star was immediately snapped up to star in A-list movies such as Never Let Me Go and Wall Street 2. Perhaps sensing burn…

Drive

16 Sep 2011

(18) 100min You should never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly. If only Ryan Gosling’s Hollywood stuntman/ getaway driver had heeded this advice he might not have got mixed up with beautiful mum Irene (Carey Mullighan), her jailbird beau…

Never Let Me Go is an inspiring call to catch love while you can

Kazuo Ishiguro adaptation akin to science fiction in bleak tone and existential theme

2 Feb 2011

(12A) 103min The students of Hailsham boarding school are special: set apart from normal society, they are being prepared for an unspecified purpose. No further details are apparent, to them or us, as this story begins, and to divulge more would take…

Carey Mulligan embarrassed by perks

Celebrity Gossip

30 Jan 2011

Carey Mulligan thinks the free clothes she gets can be wasteful. The 'Never Let Me Go' actress admits she often gives away the items she is sent by designers, and feels sad that she rarely gets to wear beautiful red carpet dresses more than…

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

17 Sep 2010

(12A) 132min There is something comfortingly old school about Oliver Stone’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. It has all the fancy moves, dazzling montage sequences and polish of a classic Hollywood melodrama. This could be one of those…

Carey Mulligan praises 'amazing' Shia

Celebrity Gossip

31 Mar 2010

Carey Mulligan says boyfriend Shia LaBeouf is "amazing". The 24-year-old actress met the Hollywood heartthrob on the set of their new movie 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps' - which also stars Michael Douglas - and admits there was an instant…

Glasgow Film Festival hosts UK premiere of The Greatest - Carey Mulligan interview

17 Feb 2010

In just a few years Brit actress Carey Mulligan has gone from guesting in Doctor Who to winning an Oscar nomination for her role in An Education. As her film, The Greatest, hits the Glasgow Film Festival, she tells James Mottram how she’s learning to…

Fair Lady Carey Mulligan

Celebrity Gossip

5 Feb 2010

Carey Mulligan is set to play Eliza Doolittle in the remake of 'My Fair Lady'. The 24-year-old actress - who has been nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her role in 'An Education' - is believed to be in talks with the producers of the upcoming…

An Education

Lessons in love

16 Oct 2009

Danish director Lone Scherfig is showing something of a liking for making films in Britain. The director of Glasgow-set Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself returns to the UK for this 1960s romantic drama featuring conmen, generation gaps, young love, swinging…

Berlin Film Festival 2009 - selected highlights

1 Mar 2009

List Film contributor and programmer Selina Robertson's selects 10 films making waves at the Berlin Film Festival 2009 The Exploding Girl US indie rising star writer-director Bradley Rust Grey’s delivers a low-key character study of a young girl’s…