"He accomplished nothing short of reinventing the visual language of the entire genre, constantly disorienting the audience through a labyrinth of camera effects and tricks of design while jabbing them with shocks..." — Scott Tobias Stanley Kubrick July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999

"I'm a storyteller, I'm an actor, an entertainer..." Rachel Weisz #botd has received many awards, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award.

Anna Magnani #botd was the first Italian and first non-native English speaking actress to win an Academy Award.

"I said to myself, I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me, ideas so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn’t occurred to me to put them down. I decided to start anew..." Georgia O’Keeffe November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986

"It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old. They grow old because they stop pursuing dreams..." Gabriel García Márquez #botd

"When a film is created, it is created in a language which is not only about words, but also the way that very language encodes our perception of the world, our understanding of it." Andrzej Wajda #botd

The American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery #botd was known for his unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and for his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a distinctive sound...

Lewis Gilbert #botd — A versatile, modest director who never sought the limelight. He always said he wanted his films to speak for him, and several have become part of British cinema history. Carve Her Name with Pride, 1958 Educating Rita, 1983

"I never enjoyed my films more than when I worked with William Powell. He was a brilliant actor, a delightful companion, a great friend..." — Myrna Loy William Powell July 29, 1892 – March 5, 1984

Elaine Paige #botd first won critical acclaim playing Eva Perón in Evita, the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, which opened at the Prince Edward Theatre in London in June 1978.

Born in Palermo #otd in 1935, winner of numerous awards and known throughout the world for her photos of the mafia, Letizia Battaglia provided one of the most acute visual testimonies to Italian life and society, in particular that of Sicily.

Ennio Flaiano #botd is best known for his work with Federico Fellini, for whom he co-wrote ten screenplays, including La Strada, Nights of Cabiria, La Dolce Vita, and 8½. For Michelangelo Antonioni, he co-wrote La Notte with Tonino Guerra.

Heitor Villa-Lobos #botd — The Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist is frequently described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music..."

"History is the only true teacher..." Rosa Luxemburg #botd

Formula One 2026 Team-by-team guide to the cars and drivers... www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...

The 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist has been announced. The shortlist will be revealed on April 22, and the winner on June 11 at the charity’s annual summer party in Bedford Square Gardens, London.

"Rock n' roll was my art school. For many people from working-class backgrounds, rock wasn't a chosen thing, it was the only thing, the only avenue of creativity available for them..." Chris Rea #botd

Miles Davis, René Urtreger and Barney Wilen #botd, during the soundtrack recording for Louis Malle's Ascenseur pour l'échafaud at Le Poste Parisien Studio, December 4-5, 1957.

"A journey neither begins in the instant we set out, nor ends when we have reached our doorstep once again. It starts much earlier and is really never over..." Ryszard Kapuściński #botd

TOWN February 1966 (photo by Brian Duffy) • TIME April 15, 1966 • Newsweek April 25, 1966 • 4th New York Film Festival poster by Roy Lichtenstein, September 1966

The Rijksmuseum has revealed this painting to be an early work by Rembrandt. The 17th-century Dutch master’s Vision of Zacharias in the Temple is to go on display this week...

The prominent guitarist Carlos Montoya is credited with helping transform flamenco into a separate music style, beyond being a traditional dance accompaniment... Carlos Montoya December 13, 1903 – March 3, 1993

Hergé (Georges Remi) May 22, 1907 – March 3, 1983

“There are two basic types of films; the mise-en-scene film, which is the camera recording performance or incidents, but making little editorial comment, and the montage film, which is all done with the camera. Mad Max is montage..." George Miller #botd

Jean Harlow #botd — Her popularity rivalled and then surpassed that of MGM's top leading ladies Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo and Norma Shearer. She died at the age of 26 of kidney failure while filming Saratoga with Clark Gable, which was completed using body doubles.

The Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist, and engineer, who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone... Alexander Graham Bell #botd

After months of wet weather and dark nights here in England, spring is finally upon us, officially bringing the winter season to a close...

France's celebrated singer-songwriter, lover of Jane Birkin and Brigitte Bardot, and friend to countless taxi drivers and policemen... Serge Gainsbourg April 2, 1928 – March 2, 1991

“I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my thoughts the result of my dreams...” D. H. Lawrence September 11, 1885 – March 2, 1930

"Titles are important; I have them before I have books that belong to them. I have last chapters in my mind before I see first chapters, too..." John Irving #botd

“The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is still the best account, fictional or non-fictional, in print or on film, of the genesis of the 1960's hipster subculture...” — Jack Shafer Tom Wolfe #botd

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold dir. Martin Ritt #botd "He understood le Carré’s vision and was the right director to bring it to the screen. He proved himself able to tackle contemporary themes without melodrama, or preaching..." — Michael Sragow

Kurt Weill #botd — One of the most versatile and influential composers of the musical theatre in the twentieth century. "I have never acknowledged the difference between serious music and light music. There is only good music and bad music."

Vegetarians have a substantially lower risk of five types of cancer (multiple myeloma as well as pancreatic, prostate, breast and kidney), according to a landmark study on the role of diet published in the British Journal of Cancer.

“A director of elegance and distinction, whose films were singular, instantly recognisable through recurring themes and preoccupations. His style was complex, often dominated by tracking shots and multilayered sound...” — Brian Baxter Alain Resnais June 3, 1922 – March 1, 2014

"The gift of being an actor, is that you are forced to see the world with different eyes..." — Javier Bardem #botd

Filming 'Céline et Julie vont en bateau', Juliet Berto and Dominique Labourier with director Jacques Rivette #botd. "Working with Rivette was a most remarkable experience in that we were totally responsible for creating the characters of Céline and Julie..." — Dominique Labourier

"I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me..." His impassioned prize-winning first novel 'Invisible Man', published in 1952, explores the state of African American life at the cusp of the civil rights movement. Ralph Ellison #botd

"The marvellous thing about David Niven #botd was his endless and genuine merriness and lightness of heart..." — Anthony Quayle

"He packed about six lives and careers into one. I worked happily with him on everything from Mozart, Brahms and Mahler, to songs by Jerome Kern and Harold Arlen. His skills were off-the-charts..." — Sylvia McNair André Previn April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019

After studying at the Conservatoire de Paris, her distinguished acting career encompassed the Comédie-Française, many acclaimed stage productions, and a wide range of strong-minded characters in over 120 films... Annie Girardot October 25, 1931 – February 28, 2011

"Brian Jones #botd was perhaps more of a Rolling Stone than any of the others — not just a guitarist, but an embodiment of the music itself..." — Greil Marcus

"Few living architects are as lauded as Frank Gehry #botd, the master of the curvilinear and fragmented form, conjuring daring feats of architecture instilled with such dynamism they appear poised to uproot and dance though the world’s cities..." — Jackie Daly

"I thought I'd begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare. But then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine." Spike Milligan April 16, 1918 – February 27, 2002

Elizabeth Taylor #botd 📷 Sid Avery, 1955

Joanne Woodward #botd and Paul Newman at the Governor's Ball following the 1958 Academy Awards, at which she won the Best Actress Oscar for The Three Faces of Eve.

“A city becomes a world when one loves one of its inhabitants...” Lawrence Durrell #botd The Alexandria Quartet

"Time is the only critic without ambition..." John Steinbeck #botd

Their friendship and musical partnership spans four decades. As the legendary Hungarian composer turns 100, cellist Steven Isserlis celebrates a musician of boundless imagination, humour, and his vivid way with words... Steven Isserlis | www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...

George Harrison #botd — lead guitarist of the Beatles, he played a significant role in shaping the band's musical direction, and later established a successful solo career, particularly through his interest in non-Western musical influences...