Guadagnino, Almodóvar, Larraín: this year’s Venice film festival already looks exceptional
Peter Bradshaw
From The Idea of You to A Family Affair: the summer of age-gap romances
March 2024
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Mary & George; The Rise and Fall of Boris Johnson; The Gentlemen; Sarah Everard: The Search for Justice – review
Julianne Moore, Jane Fonda and Emma Thompson among stars asking to ‘make nukes history’
‘We had a very dry orgy!’ Tony Curran on mastering Jacobean sex for Mary & George
TV review
Mary & George review – Julianne Moore has ludicrously good fun in 17th-century raunchfest
February 2024
The watcher
Mary & George: epic drama and ruff sex – this is everything you want in a period romp
Julianne Moore uses her gorgeous son as a sexy royal pawn – and it’s a wickedly lewd delight
January 2024
Red-carpet fashion makes a bold comeback at Golden Globes
‘I’m offended’: man whose story inspired May December speaks out on film
December 2023
Smash hit: why Julianne Moore’s mashed potato hatred could be fluffier than it looks
Stuart Heritage
The May December actor has been promoting her loathing of ‘mashed mush’ more passionately than her new movie. Could this left-field tactic win her an Academy Award?
Observer New Review Q&A
Julianne Moore: ‘Like every other woman in the world, I do ceramics’
The star of Todd Haynes’s new film, May December, on giving her character a lisp, surviving the actors’ strike and her plans for Christmas
In Todd Haynes’s May December, icy restraint might leave you too cold
Netflix’s provocative drama, starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, plays on juicy tabloid fascination but there’s something missing
November 2023
The seven best films to watch on TV this week
Beau Is Afraid to Belfast: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
May December review – wildly enjoyable Todd Haynes melodrama
October 2023
The reader interview
Post your questions for Carol and Velvet Underground director Todd Haynes
The influential director’s latest film, May December, is coming to cinemas soon. Here’s your chance to ask him about this and other provocative work, from Carol to I’m Not There
September 2023
Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio
The week in audio: Hooked on Freddie; Case 63; Absolute Radio – review
A real-life dolphin saga has it all; Julianne Moore and Oscar Isaac sizzle in the returning time-travel drama; and happy 15th birthday to a commercial radio gem
May 2023
May December review – Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman potent in Highsmithian drama
May December review – fraught drama starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore promises more than it delivers
February 2023
Sharper review – slick con trick movie nearly pulls off a perfect crime
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Sharper review – classy cast lead delectable caper about fraudsters and the super-rich
