The Kingmaker review – a damning portrait of Imelda Marcos
Lauren Greenfield’s documentary finds the former Philippines first lady to be a truly dangerous force
Culture highlights of the week
What to see this week in the UK
From Star Wars to Ari Lennox, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days
The Kingmaker review – exquisitely horrible portrait of Imelda Marcos
The former first lady of the Philippines is revealed as a monstrous, loathsome, absurdly queenly figure in Lauren Greenfield’s superb documentary
November 2019
'She's an unreliable narrator': Lauren Greenfield on her Imelda Marcos documentary
In her staggering film about the controversial former Philippine first lady, the acclaimed Queen of Versailles film-maker faces her most difficult subject yet
July 2018
Generation Wealth review – decline of the American empire
Generation Wealth: how the doc fails to capture Trump's America
Generation Wealth review – how rich is too rich?
Generation wealth: how the modern world fell in love with money
January 2018
First look review
Generation Wealth review – moneyed elite get skewered in mixed documentary
Latest film from Queen of Versailles director Lauren Greenfield is at its best when examining consumer capitalism but suffers from an uneven tone
May 2017
Earth's wealthiest people – in pictures
America’s biggest house, a golfing Versace addict in China, the must-have sweater for Russian it-girls … Lauren Greenfield’s photobook Generation Wealth documents 25 years of rampant global materialism
January 2013
TV review
Storyville: The Queen of Versailles; Great British Menu – TV review
The couple who built their own Palace of Versailles: a mesmerising tale of hubris, writes John Crace
September 2012
The Queen of Versailles – review
Observer New Review Q&A
Lauren Greenfield: 'It's everything the British love to hate about Americans'
March 2010
My best shot
Photographer Lauren Greenfield's best shot
Lauren Greenfield: These Minnesota girls are on their way to a party. To be in their clique, you had to be blond, thin and blue-eyed
