A Brighter Tomorrow review – Nanni Moretti’s new film is bafflingly awful
In competition at Cannes, the Italian director’s comedy-drama about a failing film-maker is full of non-comedy and anti-drama – a complete waste of time
August 2020
Wonders in the Suburbs review – charming genuine oddity of a film
With a superstar French cast including Emmanuelle Béart, this is a weirdly likable first solo directing credit for Jeanne Balibar
August 2019
An Officer and a Spy review – Polanski's iron-heeled inquest into 1890s antisemitism
Could the controversial director be drawing personal parallels with this solid account of the Dreyfus affair, about a falsely accused French-Jewish army captain?
May 2017
Ismael's Ghosts review – even Marion Cotillard can't save this silly, self-indulgent ragbag
Despite a classy cast, which includes Charlotte Gainsbourg and Mathieu Amalric alongside Cotillard, Arnaud Desplechin’s Cannes opener is a baffling mess
September 2016
The Blue Room – when an illicit affair turns bad
Observer New Review Q&A
Mathieu Amalric: ‘Cinema has a way of transforming itself’
December 2015
The Forbidden Room review – fearsome journey without a compass
The Forbidden Room - video review
March 2015
Film blog
The film that makes me cry: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Peter Bradshaw
In the first of a new series, Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw stifles his sobs to tell us why he finds the Mathieu Amalric drama so upsetting – and why he’s not afraid to say so
February 2015
Wolf Hall: episode-by-episode
Wolf Hall recap: episode five – Cromwell saves Henry's life
John Sutherland: Tensions between the king and Thomas Cromwell mount, the Seymours see their chance at power and Catherine perishes in solitary confinement
June 2014
Venus in Fur review – Polanski's witty take on sexual politics
Polanski's wife gains the whip hand in his smart adaptation of the erotic classic, writes Jonathan Romney
May 2014
Roman Polanski and the man who invented masochism
First look review
Cannes 2014: The Blue Room review - Mathieu Amalric's erotic thriller is at its best beneath the bedclothes
March 2014
Mark Kermode's film of the week
The Grand Budapest Hotel review – Wes Anderson's tightly wound confection
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
The Grand Budapest Hotel review – Wes Anderson's new film is a 'deeply pleasurable immersion'
May 2013
Cannes 2013: Venus in Fur - first look review
Roman Polanski never takes us out of the theatre with his adaptation of David Ives' play about sexual role-play, but he adds an elegance and wit, says Peter Bradshaw
Jimmy P (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian): the trailer for Arnaud Desplechin's new film - video
Watch the trailer for Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian), Arnaud Desplechin's entry to the 2013 Cannes film festival
First look review
Cannes 2013: Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian) - first look review
Benicio Del Toro and Mathieu Amalric get personal, medical and a bit abysmal in Arnaud Desplechin's drama about some real-life post-war mid-west therapy sessions
June 2012
Cosmopolis – review
Robert Pattinson plays a cool billionaire riding in his limo – in a film that fails to takes us very far, writes Peter Bradshaw
May 2012
First look review
Cannes 2012: Cosmopolis – review
David Cronenberg's adaptation of Don DeLillo's novella, starring Robert Pattinson as a billionaire trader, is agonisingly self-conscious, writes Peter Bradshaw
