Adèle Haenel retires over French film sector’s ‘complacency’ towards sexual predators
Actor says ‘cancelling’ film from her life is way to protest against sector’s ostracism of women who speak up
July 2021
Deerskin review – Quentin Dupieux’s deliciously daft black comedy
A deadpan Jean Dujardin’s obsession with his jacket turns violent in Dupieux’s very silly but inspired film
March 2020
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Portrait of a Lady on Fire review – mesmerised by the female gaze
Céline Sciamma delivers an entrancing and perceptive exploration of power
December 2016
The best original photographs from the Observer
Original Observer photography: December 2016
Observer New Review Q&A
Adèle Haenel: ‘Recycling cliches is a sign that a film lacks courage’
The Unknown Girl review – crime drama with jarring problems
The Unknown Girl review – a rare misfire from the Dardenne brothers
October 2016
TV tonight
Thursday’s best TV: The Fall, Paranoid, The Night Of
In a big night of crime, could Spector be suffering from memory loss? Plus: who is the ‘ghost detective’ in Paranoid? And The Night Of nears its conclusion
July 2016
TV tonight
Monday’s best TV: Eden; The Big Brexit Debate Live
Will it be Utopia or Lord of the Flies for a group left to fend for themselves in the wilderness for a year? Plus, a look forward to the bitter horror of Brexit
May 2016
Luc Dardenne: 'Muslim women are the future of society'
The Unknown Girl review – a marginal, passionless offering from the Dardennes brothers
August 2015
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
Timbuktu, Democrats, Glassland, The Water Diviner, She’s Funny That Way and more – DVD reviews
Two dazzling films about troubled African nations, an emotionally nourishing study of alcoholism – and Russell Crowe’s return to form
June 2015
Les combattants review – outlaw humour meets heartfelt emotion
Les Combattants review – slow-burner of a romance from French talent
