From her to her early days as an indie mumblecore darling to the patriarchy and box-office smashing Barbie – we rate Gerwig’s finest work
June 2021
TV tonight
TV tonight: Bristol reckons with its cultural history in Statue Wars
Follow Bristol mayor Marvin Rees in the aftermath of the toppling of Edward Colston’s statue. Plus: Theo returns to Dragons’ Den. Here’s what to watch today
April 2020
Screen bites
I watched 627 minutes of Adam Driver movies because what else am I going to do
SBS On Demand is streaming more than 10 hours of his features. Our isolated film critic took the bait and watched them all
July 2019
'We’ve gone through a lot of trauma': why millennial stories are saving Hollywood
After decades of an older generation portraying the age-group inaccurately, a new wave of auteurs are shaking up the film industry
May 2018
Stream lover
From The Americans to The Handmaid's Tale: what's streaming in Australia in May
South Korean superheroes, Greta Gerwig dancing around New York, and rich teens on crime sprees are all coming to Australian streaming services
September 2016
TV tonight
Friday’s best TV: BBC Proms 2016; Joanna Lumley's Japan; The Strain
Marin Alsop conducts Verdi’s Requiem, Joanna Lumley hangs out with monkeys and Guillermo del Toro’s horror drama returns
January 2015
First look review
Sundance 2015 review: Mistress America – Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig serve a screwball soufflé
If Preston Sturges cracked Twitter gags, he’d likely have made something like this – a delightful trifle which still has all the depth of Greenberg and Frances Ha
September 2014
First look review
While We're Young: Ben Stiller has a hipster replacement in brilliant comedy
Stiller and Naomi Watts play a couple whose marriage alters after they become friends with Adam Driver and Amanda Seyfried
July 2014
Role model
Why I'd like to be … Kate Beckinsale in Cold Comfort Farm
As Flora Poste, she's utterly unfazed by all manner of bucolic tribulation and, drawing on her 'higher common sense', she simply sorts it all out. Who wouldn't want to be so perfectly phlegmatic, says Nicola Davis
June 2014
Film blog
Film festival smackdown: we predict how Venice, Toronto and Telluride will split the 2014 world premieres
Clip joint
Clip joint: running to music
August 2013
Eric Rohmer's influence on 2013 film, from Before Midnight to Frances Ha
Subtle irony, minimal plot – and plenty of couples debating the meaning of love. This summer's cinema has all gone a bit Eric Rohmer. So why do today's directors love the French auteur?
July 2013
Reel review
Frances Ha - video review
The Guardian Film Show
The Guardian Film Show: The Wolverine, Frances Ha, Blackfish and Days of Grace - audio
The Guardian film show
The Guardian Film Show: The Wolverine, Frances Ha, Blackfish and Days of Grace - video review
Film talk
Frances Ha: Greta Gerwig on making the New York-set comedy - video interview
Trailer park
Frances Ha: watch the trailer for Noah Baumbach's new film
Noah Baumbach on Frances Ha: 'I wanted it to feel like a first film'
September 2012
Great Expectations, What Maisie Knew and Frances Ha - Toronto film festival video
A raft of literary adaptations are getting their first screenings at the Toronto film festival, says Catherine Shoard
