Twelve Days shows the small details of Roger Federer’s seismic exit
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: The Sympathizer; My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom; Eric; Camden – review
May 2024
The seven best shows to stream this week
Eric to Camden: the seven best shows to stream this week
Benedict Cumberbatch is a desperate father whose child disappears in the gripping new drama by Abi Morgan, and Asif Kapadia and Dua Lipa turn to north London with an elegy to a wonderful music scene
November 2023
Lost reels: 15 directors pick great films you won’t find on UK streaming
Many films – even classics such as Eraserhead and Chungking Express – remain surprisingly unavailable online to UK audiences. We asked film-makers from Martin McDonagh to Charlotte Wells to pick their favourites
July 2023
‘A giant among critics’: Derek Malcolm remembered by film-makers
The former film critic of the Guardian, who has died aged 91, was a friend to many of those whose work he admired – and criticised. Here, Stephen Frears, Asif Kapadia, Jeremy Thomas and Stephen Woolley pay tribute
June 2023
Best culture of 2023 so far
The best films of 2023 so far
Cate Blanchett’s unravelling conductor, Spielberg’s semi-memoir and the stop-motion tale of a shell wearing shoes all feature in the pick of the year released in the UK to date
February 2023
Creature review – Asif Kapadia and Akram Khan join up for intriguing dance film
‘Nature will punish you’: Asif Kapadia and Akram Khan on their climate crisis dance film
June 2022
Observer New Review Q&A
Film-maker Asif Kapadia: ‘I am a fan of social media. At least it gives people a voice’
The award-winning documentarian talks about the films that make him cry, being caught up in the Champions League chaos in Paris – and a ‘mad’ new project
May 2022
You ask the questions
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo: ‘I’ve never heard us described as an island of joy before!’
Radio’s odd couple take questions from actors, directors and Observer readers about optimism, the films they disagree on – and biscuits
October 2021
‘You are the dog in space’: inside Asif Kapadia’s new VR short, Laika
With his new animation, the Oscar-winning documentary maker – and former VR cynic – is exploring how the technology might revolutionise the way we experience cinema
September 2021
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 made
May 2021
‘It has stood the test of time’: was 1971 the greatest year in music?
In Asif Kapadia’s new Apple TV+ docuseries, the music of the year, and its cultural and political impact, receives much-deserved attention
November 2020
Director Asif Kapadia: ‘Diego and Maradona were two different people’
Film director recalls the long and rocky road to meeting the mercurial subject of his film
May 2020
The Last Dance: Is the Michael Jordan documentary a dressed-up puff piece?
'It's like losing a brother': Irrfan Khan remembered by Asif Kapadia
April 2020
Lockdown watch
Lockdown watch: Asif Kapadia on setting his kids Hitchcock essays
The Diego Maradona and Amy director gorges on spaghetti western, succumbs to Disney+ ... but steers clear of disaster flicks
December 2019
Top US films 2019
The 50 best films of 2019 in the US: the full list
Our pick of the top films released in the US this year brings a shocking class war, tearjerking breakups, war, glamour, horror and everything in between. Tell us your favourites too
Top UK films 2019
The 50 best films of 2019 in the UK: the full list
Our pick of the year’s top movies released in the UK reveals the end of an era, painful breakups, festive families, horrors both real and imagined, and heroes of many kinds
And the 2019 Braddies go to … Peter Bradshaw's film picks of the year
Ahead of the launch on Tuesday of the Guardian’s films of the year countdown, our critic selects his personal choice of the movies, directors and performances of 2019
