Joanna Scanlan among actors backing gender equality push in theatre
Women in Theatre Lab will act as incubator for playwriting and acting talent and address gender inequality
November 2023
TV review
Culprits review – Gemma Arterton is fantastic in this uber-slick TV heist
Is there a lack of heist dramas around? No. Is this a confident, stylish series with a brilliant cast? Yep. It’s an exciting, fast-paced watch that puts it at the top of its genre
September 2023
First look review
The Critic review – a devious Ian McKellen anchors uneven thriller
From The Critic to Wicked Little Letters: 10 films to look out for at Toronto film festival 2023
March 2023
Observer New Review Q&A
Gemma Arterton: ‘In real life, I’m quite silly’
The actor on the joy of clowning around in her new comedy, how female solidarity has changed her professional life, and her top choice for a karaoke belter
February 2023
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Funny Woman; Happy Valley; Consent; The Shamima Begum Story
TV review
Funny Woman review – Gemma Arterton is absolutely captivating in this Nick Hornby adaptation
July 2022
The best theatre to stream this month
The best theatre to stream this month: Dancing at Dusk, Maryland and more
Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes international festivals, Gemma Arterton in The Duchess of Malfi and Christopher Plummer in The Tempest
December 2021
The King’s Man review – Ralph Fiennes is stranded in crass no man’s land
The King’s Man review – spy romp origin story is a spectacular splurge of bad taste
June 2021
The week in theatre: Walden; Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me; Queers
Gemma Arterton’s failed astronaut confronts her overachieving sister in Amy Berryman’s debut play; wheelchair user Amy Trigg transfixes with her witty monologue; and gay voices are given new focus by Mark Gatiss
May 2021
Walden review – Gemma Arterton’s sister act reaches for the stars
Reopening culture
Gemma Arterton play resumes in West End after Covid-related cancellation
March 2021
Sonia Friedman unveils season of West End plays for 'bold new world'
Gemma Arterton and Emma Corrin will be among cast in set of dramas confronting urgent issues
January 2021
The week in TV: The Serpent; Black Narcissus; Death to 2020; Doctor Who; Spiral
The story of the charming psychopath who murdered travellers on the 70s hippie trail is the first great drama of the year
December 2020
Gemma Arterton: ‘I feel more in control now’
By playing complex, even unlikable characters, and setting up her own female-led production company, Gemma Arterton is changing the role of women on screen
October 2020
My Zoe review – Julie Delpy clones around to no one's amusement
Delpy mashes family drama with sci-fi thriller in a film hamstrung by its earnest absurdity
August 2020
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Summerland review – wartime wonderment with Gemma Arterton
Gemma Arterton excels as a crotchety loner who takes in a child evacuee
July 2020
Summerland review – Gemma Arterton war drama warms the cockles
Arterton’s cantankerous bluestocking is landed with a tousle-haired evacuee in Jessica Swale’s bucolic picture of 1940s Kent
May 2020
Lockdown culture
Unprecedented review – making gripping drama out of corona crisis
Headlong’s superb series explores lockdown life, with a cast including Alison Steadman, Katherine Parkinson, Lennie James and Gemma Arterton
