To go back and see these fine fellows playing legendary wizards, you can stream both the Harry Potter films and all the Lord ...

Critics have stopped by The Critic, the dark and sharp-witted new thriller starring stage and screen icon, Ian McKellen. Read ...

Sir Ian McKellen broke big news about upcoming The Lord of the Rings film, The Hunt for Gollum. Or, more accurately, ‘films’.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with actor Ian McKellen about his starring role as a powerful London theater critic who savages "bad ...

Ian McKellen doesn’t put much stock in trophies. The British actor has been a beloved big-screen presence for 60 years, with acclaimed films such as “Scandal,” “Richard III,” and “Six ...

Simply sign up to the Film myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. “I have a deadline!” cries Ian McKellen in The Critic, a sure-fire way to get the sympathy of a journalist.

Sir Ian McKellen has admitted he’s still never seen one of his most critically-derided films to date. Back in 2019, the six-time Olivier winner joined an all-star cast in the screen adaptation of ...

Ian McKellen has played powerful characters - a wizard in "Lord Of The Rings," a super villain in the "X Men" movies and Shakespeare's King Lear. In his latest movie, McKellen plays a man who's ...

By Elisabeth Vincentelli In Anand Tucker’s new film “The Critic,” Ian McKellen plays Jimmy Erskine, a closeted reviewer in 1930s Britain who covers theater with equal measures of wit and acid.

Sir Ian McKellen has admitted he’s still never seen one of his most critically-derided films to date. Back in 2019, the six-time Olivier winner joined an all-star cast in the screen adaptation o ...