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There’s no denying that Harrison Ford is one of the biggest stars to ever grace the silver screen, but at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards, held last night at the Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport, director James Mangold introduced him as more than that. He called the actor’s legacy, which includes playing Han Solo and Indiana Jones, as well as parts in other blockbusters including Apocalypse Now, Blade Runner, and The Fugitive, that of a “hypergiant star… a star so big, he contains multitudes. A star so unique he…

Image: Walt Disney CompanyWhen you think of Indiana Jones, you basically think of three people: Harrison Ford, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg. Lucas created the character, Harrison plays the character, and Spielberg, up until this year, brought him to life as the director. Stepping back from that, think of all the other non-Indiana Jones things those three have done and that you adore. It’s just mind-boggling: Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Blade Runner, the list goes on and on. Even so, these days, we don’t get to see…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeHarrison Ford and Calista Flockhart were involved in an awkward seating error during the Indiana Jones premiere at Cannes.On Thursday (18 May), Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny had its world premiere at the French film festival, welcoming star Ford alongside wife Flockhart, his co-stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Mads Mikkelsen, and director James Mangold.As Ford entered the venue,…