Oh, Canada review – Paul Schrader looks north as Richard Gere’s draft dodger reveals all
A dying director who fled from the US to Canada agrees to make a confessional film in Schrader’s fragmented and anticlimactic story
February 2024
Days of Heaven review – Malick’s early masterwork heralds a rarefied visionary
The director’s rereleased 1978 film revealed some of the authorial signatures that would underscore a film-making career punctuated by a two-decade disappearance
August 2022
Down the rabbit hole
What links Jon Bernthal to the Monkees and Richard Gere?
Follow the ‘hot and goofy’ actor down the rabbit hole to find unlikely links to the original American Gigolo
January 2022
Bollywood star cleared of obscenity over 2007 Richard Gere kiss
Case against Shilpa Shetty over incident at Aids awareness event had languished in legal system
November 2021
‘It was mind-boggling’: Richard Gere on the rescue boat at the heart of Salvini trial
Exclusive: the Hollywood actor, who lawyers have listed as a key witness, describes scenes of desperation on the Open Arms vessel
September 2021
Richard Gere may testify in Matteo Salvini trial over rescue ship standoff
Actor helped deliver food to people onboard NGO vessel that was refused entry to Italian port by then minister
November 2020
Hugh Grant's Undoing: how romcom leading men embraced the dark side
No more Mr Nice Guys! With his role in the HBO miniseries, Grant – like Richard Gere and Vince Vaughn – has swapped charm for smarm, reflecting a changing society
March 2020
Pretty Woman at 30: conservatism, materialism and glowing star power
Garry Marshall’s hit romantic comedy might have some questionable sexual politics but Julia Roberts remains a magnetic breakout
October 2019
Pass notes
Richard Gere, Princess Di – and Rocky: how an A-list dinner party almost ended in tears
First look review
The Cotton Club Encore review – Francis Ford Coppola's reworked masterpiece
August 2019
Richard Gere and Matteo Salvini clash over migrant crisis
Row follows US actor urging Italian government to ‘stop demonising asylum seekers’
June 2019
Keanu Reeves supports Rome cinema collective attacked by far right
TV and radio blog
Rob Lowe, bobby on the beat? The US A-listers who ended up on British TV
March 2019
Why I was wrong to doubt the mighty melodrama of MotherFatherSon
When Helen McCrory launched into a monologue about a dead seal I nearly lost hope, but the family saga has won me over with its pure, jaw-dropping emotion
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Cheat; MotherFatherSon; After Life and more – review
Great acting drives ITV’s academic thriller, while Richard Gere is wasted in the BBC’s overdone media mogul drama
Beneath the steely gaze of Richard Gere’s media tycoon, the plot of this dynasty drama twists and flips with demented glee
February 2019
Richard Gere conquered theatre and cinema … can he now score a TV hit?
Writer Tom Rob Smith tells of ‘wooing’ actor for state-of-the-nation BBC series MotherFatherSon
January 2019
2019 arts preview
Partridge, politics and period pomp: the must-see TV shows of 2019
Drama catches on to Brexit, Shane Meadows goes to Ireland, Helen Mirren plays Catherine the Great, and winter comes to Westeros
September 2018
Lost in showbiz
Richard Gere’s baby is well and truly blessed – and it’s all thanks to the Dalai Lama
You want to give your yet-to-be-born child the very best in spiritual enlightenment. Who you gonna call? Plus, how Danny Dyer’s family may become reality-TV royalty
December 2017
The Dinner review – disappointingly distracted drama
An all-star cast can’t list this sorry affair, which might have worked given greater focus
