Odeya Rush gets a decent showcase in John Barr’s undeniably entertaining family drama, unsubtle and faintly ludicrous
February 2023
Cocaine Bear review – larky horror comedy is roaring good fun
Cocaine Bear review – critter-on-drugs thriller struggles to live up to sensational title
July 2022
Hollywood bids farewell to three greats united by mafia films and friendship
TV review
Black Bird review – Ray Liotta is heartbreaking in this posthumous prison drama
June 2022
Martin Scorsese on Ray Liotta in Goodfellas: ‘The new guy never missed a beat’
The great director remembers the actor’s astonishing performance in his gangster classic – and the day the distraught star had to play a euphoric scene right after receiving tragic news
Ray Liotta: Goodfellas actor had boyish radiance to puncture the toughness
The actor, who has died at the age of 67, was rightly best known for his staggering, swaggering turn in Scorsese’s mob classic – but other roles added further grit, humour and heart
Ray Liotta – a life in pictures
The star of Field of Dreams, GoodFellas and Cop Land has died aged 67. Here we look back at some of his best known roles
Ray Liotta, star of Goodfellas and Field of Dreams, dies aged 67
The actor, whose films also include Something Wild and Hannibal, died in his sleep while shooting his latest project in the Dominican Republic
September 2021
Ray Liotta: ‘Why haven’t I worked with Scorsese since Goodfellas? You’d have to ask him. I’d love to’
The Many Saints of Newark review – Sopranos prequel keeps it in the family
July 2021
No Sudden Move review – Steven Soderbergh’s daring heist drama
The director’s nifty new trick has him using the gloss of a crowd-pleasing heist movie to discuss race, industry and politics in 50s America
September 2020
Goodfellas at 30: Martin Scorsese's damning study of masculinity
Pitt! Aniston! Roberts! Freeman! Was this the starriest Zoom ever?
January 2017
Goodfellas review – a brash, menacing hightail through the death of the mob
Scorsese’s 1990 masterpiece zips along with relish, and his acting A-team – De Niro, Pesci, Liotta – are on top form as this brilliant comic nightmare unfolds
July 2016
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Exodus: Our Journey to Europe; Shades of Blue; Man Down; My Worst Job
The BBC’s documentary on the journey to Europe, in part filmed by refugees themselves, was essential viewing
June 2015
Women 'not capable of understanding Goodfellas', says New York Post critic
Kyle Smith’s article on women’s inability to enjoy Martin Scorsese’s classic has sparked anger online