Emilia Perez review – Jacques Audiard’s gangster trans musical barrels along in style
A thoroughly implausible yarn about a Mexican cartel leader who hires a lawyer to arrange his transition is carried along by its cheesy Broadway energy
December 2022
Best films UK 2022
The 50 best films of 2022 in the UK
The No 1 film is a stunning directorial debut, one of the finest cinematic moments of any year – see which other movies you may have missed
June 2022
Best culture of 2022 so far
The best films of 2022 so far
Tilda Swinton aces Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s dreamy fable, director Clio Barnard’s forbidden affair and Catherine Clinch in The Quiet Girl rank in the pick of this year’s films
March 2022
Paris, 13th District review – a compelling portrayal of relationships in the digital age
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Paris, 13th District review – Jacques Audiard’s sexy apartment-block anthology
February 2022
Actor Noémie Merlant: ‘Women have been taught to see ourselves through other people’s desire’
The Portrait of a Lady on Fire star talks about her role in Jacques Audiard’s new dating drama, making a documentary about her own family, and the Hollywood actor who inspires her
June 2021
Cannes makes up for lost time with a thrilling auteur-packed lineup
Peter Bradshaw
After a year off, Leos Carax should have punters at each others’ throats – and Wes Anderson will boost the blood sugar
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000
September 2018
The Sisters Brothers review: Jacques Audiard saddles up for a subtle and funny western
The English-language debut from the French director is an all-American delight, starring Joaquin Phoenix and John C Reilly perfect as sad, squabbling siblings
December 2016
Film blog
The most exciting films of 2017: returning auteurs
In the latest in our 10-part series, the films we are most looking forward to next year by the world’s most singular directors
May 2016
The best original photographs from the Observer
Original Observer photography: April 2016
Comedians, pop stars, artists and a wonderful pensioner feature in this showcase of the best photography commissioned by the Observer
April 2016
Joaquin Phoenix set to play Jesus and a brother called Sisters
Film blog
Why Dheepan's take on immigration isn't helpful
Dheepan review – dirt, debris, squalor… and utterly gripping
Dheepan star Antonythasan Jesuthasan: 'I went through 50% of this experience' – video interview
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Dheepan review – a crime drama packed with epiphanic grandeur
Jacques Audiard: ‘I wanted to give migrants a name, a shape… a violence of their own’
March 2016
Dheepan’s Antonythasan Jesuthasan: from Tamil Tiger to star of a Palme d’Or winner
The lead in Jacques Audiard’s latest film left Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war and arrived in France to work a series of low-paid jobs. His extraordinary story is mirrored in the new work from the director of A Prophet
August 2015
Jacques Audiard to adapt The Sisters Brothers for English-language debut
The Beat That My Heart Skipped director saddles up to direct western starring John C Reilly
May 2015
Jacques Audiard hopes Dheepan's Cannes win will help Europe's migrants
After his Palme d’Or win for the story of a former Tamil Tiger seeking a new life in France, Audiard said that it is ‘important to reflect’ on the current situation
