Parker Posey and Jason Isaacs among new White Lotus cast
Leslie Bibb and Michelle Monaghan join returning star Natasha Rothwell for the drama’s third season, set in Thailand
October 2023
Is lunch for wimps? In truth, it has never been my favourite meal
Jay Rayner
Mind-Set review – sarkiness, stoicism and squash power weirdly likable lo-fi indie
September 2022
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris review – Lesley Manville is terrific in Mary Poppins-ish fun
Manville is utterly convincing as a wide-eyed chirpy cleaner who comes into money and sets her heart on a Dior dress in this 1950s-set charmer
July 2022
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris review – Lesley Manville charms in light soufflé
The Oscar nominee is on reliably excellent form in a sweet-natured Cinderella tale about a cleaner on a mission to buy a Dior dress
June 2022
Stream team
There are countless Peter Pan adaptations – but this underrated version is the best
Best culture of 2022 so far
The best films of 2022 so far
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
April 2022
The reader interview
Jason Isaacs: ‘Daniel Craig is more comfortable naked than with clothes on’
Streamline review – brooding swimming-prodigy drama makes a bit of a splash
March 2022
The reader interview
Post your questions for Jason Isaacs
What would you ask the former Harry Potter villain, co-star of Operation Mincemeat and self-styled ‘specialist in unattractive characters’?
January 2022
Mass review – impeccably acted school shooter reckoning
The parents of a teen shooter meet the parents of a boy he shot in Fran Kranz’s intelligent, sensitive drama with an unexpected ending
June 2021
Dr Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets review – quirky teenage hero gets life lessons from a pigeon
This coming-of-age comedy tackles family dysfunction sensitively but is unsure how to handle its hero’s mental health
January 2021
First look review
Mass review – excruciating drama deals with school shooting aftermath
Sundance 2021: which films might break out this year?
November 2020
The Q&A
Jason Isaacs: 'I'd like to apologise to anyone who met me before I was 30 - I was a drug addict'
Skyfire review – fiery volcanic action thriller fails to generate much heat
September 2019
Hotel Mumbai review – unflinching but uncertain terror-attack thriller
Starring Dev Patel and Jason Isaccs, this carnage-filled drama based on the real-life 2008 atrocity makes for uneasy viewing
March 2019
TV review
The OA season two review – the psychic octopus is the final straw
Brit Marling’s mystery serial has a cult following who pore over each supernatural dance routine and bizarre plot point. But in truth, this is just an unending stream of WTF? bunkum
May 2018
Bonnie Wright: from Harry Potter to a menopause movie
Playing Ginny Weasley aged nine was Wright’s first job. Now in her late 20s, she talks about directing her Potter peers and her new AS Byatt adaptation
