Sasquatch Sunset review – brilliant bigfoot oddity is unexpectedly moving
The Zellner brothers follow a family of grunting sasquatches played by Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough in a wonderful one-off
February 2024
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Sasquatch Sunset review – Riley Keough and Jesse Eisenberg suit up for ingenious Bigfoot comedy
Four mythical hairy creatures, communicating in grunts, inhabit what could be a post-apocalyptic world in the Zellner brothers’ witty and unnerving film
January 2024
Sundance film festival roundup – Kristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg, wild provocations and indie grit
First look review
A Real Pain review – Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin lead pat buddy dramedy
July 2023
Sun, sea and flings: our writers on their favorite summertime movies
From Do the Right Thing to Now and Then, Guardian writers pick the film that reminds them most of the warmest months
June 2023
Best culture of 2023 so far
The best TV of 2023 so far
A tantalising new cop drama, a thrilling trip down the rage super highway and wicked fun on the labour ward – here are the year’s telly highlights up to now
February 2023
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Fleishman Is in Trouble; You & Me; The Consultant; The Dangerous Rise of Andrew Tate
TV review
Fleishman Is in Trouble review – Jesse Eisenberg’s endlessly witty divorce drama is almost too good
November 2022
TV review
Fleishman Is in Trouble review – Jesse Eisenberg unravels in a smart comedy series
A hit-and-miss adaptation of Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s 2019 novel brings almost too much to the table in its tale of struggling adult New Yorkers
May 2022
When You Finish Saving the World review – Jesse Eisenberg’s sweet coming-of-age comedy drama
Eisenberg’s directorial debut, starring Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard, is a well acted, ironic yet sentimental portrayal of a tricky mother-son dynamic
January 2022
First look review
When You Finish Saving the World review – Jesse Eisenberg’s patchy directorial debut
The actor turns writer-director for a hit-and-miss comedy drama about a mother and son trying to find meaning in their lives
June 2020
Resistance review – mime star Marcel Marceau's wartime heroics
Jesse Eisenberg plays the legendary performer who helped thousands of Jews escape the Nazis, in a well-meaning but cliche-ridden biopic
March 2020
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Vivarium review – home is where the hell is
Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots are plunged into a suburban nightmare in this unsettling satire on consumerism
February 2020
Vivarium review – the unspeakable horror of settling down in suburbia
Having kids and buying a house become the stuff of nightmares in Lorcan Finnegan’s black comedy, starring Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg
October 2019
Zombieland: Double Tap review – a fan service sequel for fans who barely exist
Next question: rewatching the most awkward movie press tours
July 2019
From Midsommar to martial arts: how movie cults got real
In a spate of new releases, big screen cults have found the human element among the madness and mayhem
June 2019
The Hummingbird Project review – software, stocks, and surprising thrills
Jesse Eisenberg and Salma Hayek turn a story of financial tech into a gripping drama of many parts
The Hummingbird Project review – deeply odd tunnel-digging drama
Jesse Eisenberg plays a stock trader hoping to make millions by linking Kansas and New York underground
Outside the multiplex: the best smaller films to see in the US this summer
From a troubling film about race in America to a shocking documentary about China’s one child policy, this season offers more than just superhero sequels