The 50 best films of 2020 in the UK: the full list
Best culture 2020
The 2020 Braddies go to … Peter Bradshaw's film picks of the year
November 2020
Mark Kermode's film of the week
About Endlessness review – curious scenes from a singular Swede
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
About Endlessness review – mesmerising odyssey to the heart of existence
October 2020
Being a Human Person review – the Monty Pythonesque artistry of Roy Andersson
The Swedish director, known for his brilliant dreamlike visions and gags, is celebrated in this documentary set around his latest film, About Endlessness
September 2019
First look review
About Endlessness review – a divine comedy with moments of devilish wit
Lost souls and lonely hearts populate Roy Andersson’s deliciously odd follow-up to A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
July 2019
Ad Astra and Joker to premiere at Venice film festival
Hollywood heavyweights line up to launch their awards runs at Venice, which is courting criticism for also including Roman Polanski’s new film in competition
February 2019
Observer European film
Europe in 25 films: the critics’ choice
The must-see movies that have defined a century of European cinema, as chosen by the Observer’s film writers
December 2015
The 50 best films of 2015 in the UK
The 50 best films of 2015 in the UK – No 9: A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Continuing our countdown of the best movies released in the UK this year, we take wing with Roy Andersson’s bizarre, hallucinatory parable that defies description
April 2015
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence - video review
Our film critics enter the fascinating, frightening world of director Roy Andersson, who makes stark tableaux of the strangest extremes of human behaviour
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence director Roy Andersson: 'I feel friendly to pigeons' – video interview
The Swedish director introduces the final part of his trilogy about death, loneliness and the funny-odd extremes of human behaviour
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence review – a unique hallucinatory trilogy
A new darkness of tone pervades the conclusion to Swedish auteur Roy Andersson’s incredible film about the human condition
September 2014
Venice film festival: thunder clouds and silver linings
A rainy week was brightened by a brilliant Willem Dafoe, a new Bogdanovich and a Swedish gem about two travelling salesmen, writes Xan Brooks
Swedish Pigeon bags Golden Lion: surrealist drama wins Venice film festival 2014
Roy Andersson’s A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence takes top prize at the 71st film festival, while Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence is runner up
First look review
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence review – Roy Andersson's glorious metaphysical burlesque
Xan Brooks: The eccentric Swedish director of Songs from the Second Floor and You, the Living returns with a brilliantly distinctive film that no one else could have made
August 2014
Roy Andersson: ‘I’m trying to show what it’s like to be human’
Jonna Dagliden: The Swedish director, whose film A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence premieres at Venice next week, mourns society’s breakdown – and explains why he sees himself as a bird
October 2010
Involuntary – review
Ruben Östlund's directorial debut Involuntary harks back to the satire of fellow Swede Roy Andersson, writes Philip French
July 2008
DVD preview: You The Living
Swedish director Roy Andersson develops a style that involves short tableaux played out with incredible precision in front of an immobile camera
