Drive-Away Dolls review – Ethan Coen’s lesbian road trip is a cheerfully nonsensical caper
Geraldine Viswanathan lends a quiet seriousness to her role that anchors this otherwise flimsy, silly story
April 2022
Funny Girl review – Beanie Feldstein struggles in Broadway revival
The actor brings pathos (and celebrity) as the vaudeville legend Fanny Brice in the much-hyped musical revival – but not the singing chops
January 2022
The Humans review – no-frills update of a Tony-winning play
Stephen Karam directs his own stage production, and while the cast and setting excel, it lacks a touch of cinematic flair
December 2021
Amy Schumer: ‘If you can just keep your family speaking to each other, that’s a win. Sometimes it’s not doable’
The Humans review – Thanksgiving family drama turns apocalyptic
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Santa Inc; And Just Like That…; David Baddiel: Social Media, Anger and Us; Impeachment: American Crime Story
Top US films 2021
The 50 best films of 2021 in the US, No 8: The Humans
October 2021
TV review
Impeachment: American Crime Story review – Clinton-Lewinsky drama is a salacious sensation
Starring Sarah Paulson and Beanie Feldstein, Ryan Murphy’s 10-part series on the infamous White House affair is propulsive, addictive and shot through with comedy
September 2021
First look review
The Humans review – masterly family drama transfers from stage to screen
Stephen Karam’s Tony-winning play makes the leap to film with ease, an intimate – at times uncomfortably so – look at a family at Thanksgiving
TV review
Impeachment: American Crime Story review – addictive Monica and Bill drama
Ryan Murphy’s compulsive, if flawed, re-enactment of the 90s scandal is stolen by Sarah Paulson as an uncanny Linda Tripp
‘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 scandal
September 2020
Stream team
Booksmart: heartwarming, nostalgic and viscerally funny love letter to teen movies
A high-school comedy that celebrates female friendships? It shouldn’t feel revolutionary but even in 2020 it’s a treat
July 2020
Mark Kermode's film of the week
How to Build a Girl review – enjoyably rough-and-ready
Wobbly Wolverhampton accent and all, American actor Beanie Feldstein carries this hard-to-resist adaptation of a coming-of-age bestseller
November 2019
Hollywood's gender divide laid bare by analysis of this season's Oscar contenders
Delta airline will restore LGBTQ scenes to Booksmart and Rocketman
September 2019
How to Build a Girl review – Caitlin Moran memoir becomes funny and generous film
What a boster! Why I’m thrilled to see the Black Country on the big screen
Adrian Chiles
May 2019
Steve Rose on film
You can’t sit with us: does Booksmart spell the end of high school stereotypes?
Olivia Wilde’s new film provides a hierarchy without the misfits, jocks and nerds that once occupied teen stories
Booksmart review – fast, funny and feminist
A dorky schoolgirl duo try out partying when they discover that studying doesn’t pay quite enough
Booksmart star Beanie Feldstein: ‘Everyone said we didn’t belong in LA’
She was Lady Bird’s best friend and her brother Jonah Hill got a tattoo in her honour – meet the sparky star of this summer’s wildest high school comedy
