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
February 2023
The Guardian view on Italy’s failing left: time to rethink and reset
Editorial: As it prepares to elect a new leader, the centre-left Democratic party is suffering an identity crisis
July 2021
Three Floors review – Nanni Moretti melodrama lacks profundity
There are powerhouse performances and queasily effective scenes in this story of a man who suspects his neighbour of abuse, but it’s a soapy shadow of The Son’s Room
June 2021
Cannes makes up for lost time with a thrilling auteur-packed lineup
Peter Bradshaw
After a year off, Leos Carax should have punters at each others’ throats – and Wes Anderson will boost the blood sugar
April 2021
The stage on screen
Nanni Moretti’s I Am Self Sufficient: a joke-filled fringe lampoon
The Italian auteur’s debut feature spoofs experimental theatre with its tale of a group of friends launching a heavy-handed Beckettian show
May 2020
Michel Piccoli - a life in pictures
Michel Piccoli: a fierce, strong performer who became the object of cinephile fan-worship
Peter Bradshaw
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000
March 2019
Prime target: can Paolo Sorrentino's biopic land a blow on Berlusconi?
Italy disgraced former leader has been oddly untouched by two decades of cinematic skewerings. With Loro, the nation’s most gifted film-maker takes aim
September 2015
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Mia Madre review – lights, camera… trauma
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
Man Up; Results; Ruth & Alex; Catch Me Daddy; Spooks: The Greater Good; B for Boy – review
Mia Madre – video review
The Guardian film show
The Guardian film show: 99 Homes, Mia Madre, Life and Just Jim – video
Mia Madre review – warm, witty and seductive drama
Cannes 2015: Nanni Moretti - 'The main character had to be a woman'
My Mother review: Nanni Moretti's meta-movie is his best since The Son's Room
September 2014
How one bohemian quarter of Rome is fighting to save its artistic soul
Student occupation activists, backed by local residents and film-makers, have hatched a new plan for symbolic cinema in the Trastevere district, writes Lizzy Davies
June 2012
Trailer trash
Trailer trash
The truth about Woody Allen, his typewriter and technology is revealed, the Cannes jury process gets a little less secretive and talented British film-maker Amma Asante is set to make a return, writes Jason Solomons
