John Philip Madden (born 8 April 1949) is an English director of stage, film, television, and radio. He made his feature directorial debut with an adaptation of Ethan Frome (1993), with Liam Neeson, Patricia Arquette, Joan Allen, Tate Donovan, and Katharine Houghton. His other films of the 1990s include Golden Gate (1994), with Matt Dillon, Joan Chen, Bruno Kirby, Teri Polo, Tzi Ma, and Keone Young; Mrs. Brown (1997), with Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer, Antony Sher, Richard Pasco, David Westhead, and Gerard Butler; and Shakespeare in Love (1998), with Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, Ben Affleck, Dench, Simon Callow, Jim Carter, Martin Clunes, Antony Sher, Imelda Staunton, Tom Wilkinson, and Mark Williams – the latter he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director.
Films in the 2000s include Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (2001), with Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz, John Hurt, Christian Bale, David Morrissey, and Irene Papas; Proof (2005), with Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Hope Davis; and Killshot (2004), with Diane Lane, Thomas Jane, Mickey Rourke, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rosario Dawson, and Hal Holbrook.
Films in the 2010s to 2020s include The Debt (2010), with Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain, Ciarán Hinds, Wilkinson, Marton Csokas, and Jesper Christensen; The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), with Dev Patel, Judi Dench, Celia Imrie, Bill Nighy, Ronald Pickup, Maggie Smith, Wilkinson, Penelope Wilton, and Ronald Pickup; the sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015), with returning cast plus David Strathairn and Richard Gere; Miss Sloane (2016), with Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Stuhlbarg, Alison Pill, Jake Lacy, John Lithgow, and Sam Waterston; and Operation Mincemeat (2022), with Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfadyen, James Fleet, Penelope Wilton, Johnny Flynn, Jason Isaacs, Paul Ritter, and Mark Gatiss.
Each review will be linked to the title below.
(*seen originally in theaters)
(**seen rereleased in theaters)
- Poppyland (1985) – TV movie
- The Grown-Ups (1985) – TV movie
- A Wreath of Roses (1987) – TV movie
- The Widowmaker (1990) – TV movie
- Ethan Frome (1993)
- Golden Gate (1994)
- Meat (1994) – TV movie
- Prime Suspect: The Lost Child (1995) – TV movie
- Truth or Dare (1996) – TV movie
- Mrs Brown (1997)
- Shakespeare in Love (1998)
- Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (2001)
- Proof (2005)
- Killshot (2005)
- The Debt (2010)
- The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
- The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
- Miss Sloane (2016)
- Operation Mincemeat (2022)
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