Bo Burnham’s Inside is a masterpiece – even these outtakes are hilarious
Much of the leftover material from Burnham’s twisted Netflix special sparkles as brightly as the original
April 2022
Cultural prescription
High anxiety: film, music, games and art for the paranoid
From Dalí’s eerie streetscape to the fearful little crewmates in Among Us, our critics recommend culture for the irrationally threatened
October 2021
The seven best films to watch on TV this week
Eighth Grade to Don’t Look Now: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
From Bo Burnham’s astute and moving depiction of adolescence to Nicholas Roeg’s iconoclastic horror, here’s what to stream and watch on British screens
September 2021
The music essay
Collapsed laughing: how the gap between music and comedy has disappeared
Comedy and music have always co-existed – but with artists from Dry Cleaning to Bo Burnham cleverly blurring the two, it’s hard to tell where the jokes begin and end
July 2021
Song of the summer 2021: our writers pick their favourite tracks
From Olivia Rodrigo to Leon Bridges to Bo Burnham, Guardian critics recommend their most played songs of the season
June 2021
An Inside job: lockdown has finally been turned into the stuff of irresistible art
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
How Bo Burnham’s Netflix special Inside set the bar for quarantine art
May 2021
Lockdown culture
Bo Burnham: Inside review – this is a claustrophobic masterpiece
With electro-pop social commentary, bleak humour and sock-puppet debates, the comic delivers an astonishing lockdown creation
Bo Burnham’s first feature film is a note-perfect tale of a shy teenager’s struggle with our internet-obsessed culture
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Eighth Grade review – the exquisite agony of growing up
Elsie Fisher is magnificent as a vulnerable teenager facing trouble at school and at home in Bo Burnham’s gripping drama
Steve Rose on film
Video killed the Hollywood star: will vloggers take over the film world?
Eighth Grade director Bo Burnham was discovered via social media, the latest in a new cohort entering the industry
January 2019
2019 arts preview
Royals, rogues and Rudolf Nureyev: the best films of 2019
Christian Bale plays Dick Cheney, Nicole Kidman goes undercover, Olivia Colman is Queen Anne and Timothée Chalamet gets addicted to meth
December 2018
Top US films 2018
The 50 best films of 2018 in the US: No 4 – Eighth Grade
YouTuber turned comedian Bo Burnham makes his directorial debut with a piercingly honest study of teenage anxiety in the social media era
November 2017
Open mic
Don't wait for the punchline: Jordan Brookes and comedy's rule breakers
Shows that delight in flouting conventions, like Brookes’s Body of Work, make us question our expectations of standup – including whether it should all be funny
October 2015
Bo Burnham's Make Happy review – YouTube sensation's growing pains
The former teen star’s theatrical shtick is nothing new but his mix of music, wit and experimental comedy creates a freshness rarely seen on stage
September 2015
Fall arts preview 2015
Amy Schumer and Bo Burnham among standout standups in live fall comedy
From the established shtick of Dave Chappelle to internet stars and unknown quantities, this autumn there’s an abundance of laughs to be had
November 2013
This week's new live comedy
Liam Williams | Andrew Maxwell | Bo Burnham
August 2013
Bo Burnham – Edinburgh festival 2013 review
Liam Williams – Edinburgh festival 2013 review
June 2011
Bo Burnham - review
There is no slack in this half-new show from the 20-year-old American who electrified last year's Edinburgh fringe, writes Brian Logan