Marvel’s latest blockbuster is an electrifying fusion of convincing characters and breathtaking CGIAlthough it often feels as though barely a month passes without another comic book movie puffed as a new pinnacle of achievement for the superhero genre,…
Original Observer Photography
Michael Rosen, Paloma Faith, St Etienne and ‘champing’ holidays – the best photography commissioned by the Observer in August 2021 Continue reading…
Angelina Jolie: ‘I just want my family to heal’
The actor opens up about why her divorce from Brad Pitt is a human rights issue, escaping Harvey Weinstein and what young activists have taught her• ‘People try to stop us speaking up’ – Jolie meets inspirational young campaignersAngelina Jolie sits at…
‘This is about power’: the truth behind Impeachment: American Crime Story
A new series relives the affair between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky and here, those involved remember and reflect on a national scandalBob Shrum had known Bill Clinton since their student days at Georgetown University in Washington. Working as a p…
The Lost Daughter review – Olivia Colman lights up Elena Ferrante psychodrama
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s accomplished directing debut makes humid, sensual cinema of Ferrante’s novelOlivia Colman gives a powerhouse turn in The Lost Daughter, prickly and combustible as Leda Caruso, a middle-aged languages professor on a working holiday i…
Spencer review – Princess Diana’s disastrous marriage makes a magnificent farce
Kristen Stewart’s entirely compelling Di has no escape from the dress-up game of monarchy in Pablo Larraín’s unreverential movieSandringham, Christmas 1991. Bare trees, frosted fields, dead pheasants on the drive. Inside the grand house the dining tabl…
The Hand of God review – Paolo Sorrentino exposes his childhood trauma
Going back to Naples and the tragedy that changed his life, The Great Beauty director evokes his adolescence with bawdy vigourAt 16, Paolo Sorrentino returned home to find that both his parents were dead, killed by a carbon monoxide leak. On the night …
Mikis Theodorakis obituary
Classical composer famed for his film scores to Zorba the Greek and Serpico, and for his firebrand politicsFor those with only a nodding acquaintance with Greece and Greek music, the name of Mikis Theodorakis, who has died aged 96, still conjures up Zo…
Michael Winterbottom: why British independent cinema resembles an abandoned building site
The director of The Trip and Greed has spoken to 15 successful directors to find out what we can learn from the films that – through industry reluctance and obstruction – were never madeMy motive for writing a book was selfish. I’d been making films fo…
Timothy Spall’s teenage obsessions: ‘For my art A-level I nailed up apples covered in pubic hair’
The actor on studying with the Sex Pistols, being in a Bowie tribute act, the appeal of Roxy Music, the help of teachers and the power of surrealism Continue reading…