Murray Bartlett: ‘Filming The White Lotus in lockdown felt like a TV summer camp’
The Australian actor on creating his character Armond, the magic of Tales of the City and that meme-inspiring suitcase scene
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century
Where’s Mad Men? How did The Sopranos do? Does The Crown triumph? Can anyone remember Lost? And will Downton Abbey even figure? Find out here – and have your say
May 2018
Lean on Pete director Andrew Haigh: 'I'm quite scared of horses, actually'
Britain’s leading young director made his name laying bare the internal workings of romantic relationships. So what drew him to an intimate story about a boy and an old nag set in the wilds of Oregon?
April 2017
Did Ellen's coming out episode really change TV for LGBT characters?
It’s 20 years on from the landmark network TV moment that saw Ellen DeGeneres tell 42 million viewers that she’s gay, but progress remains slow
November 2016
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
Independence Day: Resurgence; Looking: The Complete Series and the Movie; Chevalier; The Wait and more – review
Roland Emmerich’s second stab at an alien invasion has even more action than the original, while Juliette Binoche proves she’s cinema’s greatest mourner
July 2016
Looking the Movie: a fitting sendoff for HBO's slowburning show
Andrew Haigh on Looking: 'Melancholy exists in most people's lives'
June 2016
Looking: trailer for the HBO movie is a bittersweet delight
Feature-length special looks to tie up loose ends from the show centered on a group of gay friends, while serving as a reminder for how strong the series was
February 2016
Gay men deserve three-dimensional role models, not TV’s stereotypes
Andrew McMillan
No more Mr Nice Gay: how TV representation changed from Will & Grace to Empire
December 2015
TV and radio blog
Quick cancellation or long goodbye: what's the best way to end a TV show?
The Leftovers will end after its third season giving fans time to bid it adieu, but is that better than the unexpected cancellations of Looking and Hannibal?
May 2015
Your next box set
Looking box set review – a thoroughly modern drama that’s much more than a gay Girls
Patrick, Augustin and Dom belong to a generation with new freedoms – and it’s shown to be both thrilling and terrifying in this smart, richly impressive series
April 2015
Gay audiences are still short-changed by Hollywood, Glaad survey suggests
Last year saw a marginal improvement in film but shows such as Looking and Orange is the New Black have led the way on the small screen
January 2015
Looking season two: TV's only gay show is growing towards greatness
Episode one of the second season of the San Francisco-set dramedy strikes delicate balance to offer a more rounded view of modern gay lifestyles
December 2014
Best TV of 2014
The best TV shows of 2014
Guardian TV: The complete top 30 countdown of Guardian critics’ best TV shows of 2014. At number one, it’s Happy Valley
March 2014
Looking: episode by episode
Looking recap, episode eight: looking at a naked Russell Tovey
Looking: episode by episode
Looking recap, episode seven: Mommie dearest
February 2014
With Looking, RuPaul and Modern Family, is LGBT life now mainstream?
Our guest panel of Nancy Goldstein, Richard Lawson and Nick Mattos discuss whether a ‘post-gay’ culture exists
Andrew Collins: telly addict
Babylon, Line of Duty, Midsomer Murders, Danny Baker's Rockin' Decades and The Life of Rock with Brian Pern: TV review – video
Telly addict Andrew Collins reviews the week's TV highlights
Looking: episode by episode
Looking recap, episode five: 'You have an incredibly nice penis'
Dominic Rushe: We speak to actor and comedian Michael Hartney about great dates, Friends, sex – and how much we hate Agustín
