Streaming: The Taste of Things and the best films about food
Tran Anh Hung’s simmering gastro-romance is the latest dish in a cinematic feast ranging from The Godfather to The Lunchbox
March 2024
This much I know
Juliette Binoche: ‘Does Steven Spielberg hate me? You’ll have to ask him’
The actor, 60, tells Rich Pelley about crying, praying, being in love, receiving an Oscar and her surprise to find herself appearing in films
February 2024
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Alice & Jack; The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth; The New Look; Bring the Drama – review
Wendy Ide's film of the week
The Taste of Things review –Juliette Binoche stars in deliciously subversive tale of later life love
TV review
The New Look review – the rivalry between Coco Chanel and Christian Dior is absurd to the point of insult
Taste the screen: the enduring appeal of food movies
The seven best shows to stream this week
The New Look to The Vince Staples Show: the seven best shows to stream this week
The Taste of Things director Tran Anh Hung: ‘Cinema needs to be very sensual, very physical’
August 2023
20 greatest Venice film festival Golden Lion winners – ranked!
With the 80th instalment of the festival on the Lido around the corner, we sort through the winners of one of cinema’s most prestigious accolades
June 2023
Paradise Highway review – not even Juliette Binoche can save this stinker
A trucker being blackmailed by a criminal gang has to flee with the 12-year-old girl she was trafficking when the drop-off goes wrong. Cue Morgan Freeman
May 2023
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
The Taste of Things (aka The Pot-au-Feu) review – Juliette Binoche foodie romance is an invitation to drool
Binoche and Benoît Magimel serve this Belle Époque tale of meaningful meals very well, but some may wish for a pinch of salt
March 2023
Three Colours: Blue review – Binoche as charismatic as ever in Kieślowski masterwork
Ranked
Michael Haneke films – ranked!
October 2022
‘For freedom’: French actors cut their hair in support of Iranian women
Celebrities including Juliette Binoche and Marion Cotillard stage protest after death of Mahsa Amini
September 2022
Both Sides of the Blade review – Claire Denis’s love triangle thriller lacks chemistry
‘I fell in love with two men – it was unbearable!’: Juliette Binoche on love triangles and ‘little boy’ Gérard Depardieu
August 2022
The seven best films to watch on TV this week
The Assistant to The Invisible Man: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Julia Garner stars in a disturbing fictionalisation of Weinstein’s crimes, while an exceptional Elisabeth Moss gives us the best version of HG Wells’s sci-fi classic ever
July 2022
Three Colours trilogy: why Kieślowski’s arthouse event films continue to dazzle
Red, White and Blue remain immersive and emotionally astute, as a 4K restoration promises to bring new audiences into the fold
May 2022
Between Two Worlds review – Emmanuel Carrère’s jagged, furious tale of low-paid work
Newcomer Hélène Lambert excels alongside Juliette Binoche in this gritty drama about friendship and lies on the breadline
February 2022
Both Sides of the Blade review – Claire Denis’ many-faced love story
Juliette Binoche completes an intriguing love triangle that highlights the incompatible emotions that coexist in an affair