Era of complex and ambitious TV is over, says Sopranos creator
David Chase says 25-year golden period was a ‘blip’ and he is being told to ‘dumb down’ productions
September 2021
The Many Saints of Newark review – Sopranos prequel keeps it in the family
Michael Gandolfini is goosebump-inducing as the young Tony Soprano, amid race riots and antagonism towards rival African American gangs
August 2021
Autumn arts preview 2021
West Side Story, a Sopranos prequel and Bond: the best films to see in autumn 2021
Spielberg revamps Bernstein, young Tony is lured by the mob, Phyllida Lloyd tackles spousal abuse, Top Gun returns – and Daniel Craig calls time on 007 with bangs galore
March 2021
How we made
The Sopranos: David Chase and Vincent Curatola on how they made a TV classic
‘Fox turned down the first draft because I didn’t put any murders in it. People watch mob shows because they like to see murders’
January 2020
2020 culture preview
War epics, airmen and young Sopranos: essential films for 2020
Daniel Craig bows out as Bond, the original Ghostbusters make a slimy return and Dickens gets a razor-sharp reboot – our preview of movie highlights this year
December 2019
The most anticipated movies of 2020
The most exciting movies of 2020 – crime films and thrillers
The Sopranos gets a prequel, Jennifer Lawrence jumps back into action and Jim Broadbent stars as a real-life cabbie who stole a Goya in next year’s buzziest crime capers and thrillers
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
David Chase on why he wrote The Sopranos: 'I needed help. I needed therapy'
As his mobster-in-therapy masterpiece is named the best TV of the century, its creator says he was just thrashing out his own issues with his domineering, suffocating mother
January 2019
Hate the Sopranos finale? You're not a real fan of the series
Lanre Bakare
The Sopranos, glorious pioneer of today’s TV golden age
Dorian Lynskey
March 2018
David Chase to make Sopranos prequel movie The Many Saints of Newark
The Emmy-winning creator of the hit crime drama series will revive the franchise with a 60s-set film featuring some familiar characters
December 2016
Can you imagine a world without Star Wars, Harry Potter or Oasis?
Or how about The Sopranos as a film? From The Apprentice to Seinfeld, our writers have a tinker with pop cultural history
August 2014
TV and radio blog
David Chase finally explains The Sopranos ending – or does he?
News: For a few short hours, it appeared as if Chase had revealed the fate of Tony Soprano – but of course, solving this seven-year-old mystery was never going to be so simple
February 2014
Spoiler alert: Downton Abbey is a waste of America's precious TV binge time
Martin Pengelly
Martin Pengelly: In the opinion of one transplanted Brit, it's a soap opera as inept as any other - and it doesn't live up to the new US standard
June 2013
James Gandolfini remembered by The Sopranos creator David Chase
The Sopranos showrunner discusses his 'soulmate', friend and colleague, who died last week – and Tony Soprano, the 'angry guy' they created together
March 2009
Sopranos creator is back with a drama that's vintage Hollywood
David Chase mini-series A Ribbon of Dreams tells story of fictional film pioneers working with real-life directors and stars
December 2007
TV and radio blog
Sopranos spat
Robert "Tony Soprano was my idea" Baer had better beware: David Chase knows how to pen an ugly ending
Cult show The Sopranos turns into a courtroom drama
A former municipal judge from New Jersey is suing Sopranos creator David Chase because he claims that he helped spawn the original ideas behind the drama. By Ed Pilkington
Sopranos creator tells accuser show was my thing not our thing
Fans of The Sopranos can now emerge from their withdrawal symptoms - a new episode of the cult TV series has just begun, set in a New Jersey courtroom and starring the creator of the show, David Chase.
March 2007
TV and radio blog
The afterlife of The Sopranos
Series creator David Chase has suggested there might be a spin-off show - but are such projects ever much good?
July 2002
End of the road for HBO's The Sopranos
4.45pm: The Sopranos creator David Chase has said the fifth series will be his last, writes John Plunkett.
