Bill & Ted Face the Music review – sweet adventure into middle age
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are joined by lookalike daughters to party on through time and save the world, with the help of Mozart, Hendrix and Louis Armstrong
September 2015
A Walk in the Woods - video review
The film go for a wander with Robert Redford, playing travel writer and humorist Bill Bryson
January 2012
The Muppets - review
Chirpy songs and knockabout humour abound – but there's a real sense of sadness at the core of this Muppets reboot, writes Henry Barnes
September 2011
First look review
Butter – review
Harvey Weinstein's soft political satire has a good spoonful of laugh-out-loud gags, writes Catherine Shoard
July 2011
Observer New Review Q&A
Kristen Schaal: 'I've just found out I went on a date with Andrew Garfield'
Kristen Schaal tells Tim Lewis about her brief encounter with Spider-Man, her sex book and the perils of Irn-Bru
October 2010
Kristen Schaal: The toast of American comedy
She made her name as a crazed fan in Flight Of The Conchords. Now she is the rising star of the Daily Show – and an unlikely sex guru to boot. John Patterson meets her
August 2009
Live at the Edinburgh Festival
Live at the Edinburgh festival: Kristen Schaal and Barry Cryer
Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler, Tom Basden, Neil Delamere battle it out with Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden - and hear the winner of our standup competition revealed
May 2009
Comedy preview: Kristen Schaal And Kurt Braunohler: Double Down Hearts, London
Bloomsbury Theatre, WC1, Fri
January 2009
The girl can't help it
From Flight of the Conchords to The Daily Show, comedian Kristen Schaal is the face of hip and challenging TV, says James Kettle
August 2008
Edinburgh festival: Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler
Any cows in tonight?
August 2007
The Guardian Live at the Gilded Balloon
The Heckle 07: Birdwatching and doughnuts
The daily comedy podcast from Edinburgh includes a trip to the zoo with Alex Horne, a shopping spree with Kristen Schaal and gags from Des Clarke.
Theatre blog
The Heckle 07: Birdwatching and doughnuts
Today we've got a trip to the zoo with Alex Horne and a shopping spree with Kristen Schaal. Plus gags from Des Clarke and Mark Watson.
Kristen Schaal
Three stars This helium-voiced stand-up's routines are full of sugar, spice and strychnine, says Brian Logan.
