The Inventor review – Leonardo da Vinci animation explores the great artist’s later life
Stephen Fry donnishly voices the Italian genius in this somewhat storyless family film about his life and explorations
March 2022
Rock’n’role: a dizzying number of actors want to be pop stars, but which ones are worth listening to?
Downton Abbey co-stars Michelle Dockery and Michael Fox have announced their debut EP. With so many film and TV stars trying their hands at pop, our music critic rates actors’ past efforts
January 2022
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Anne; Four Lives; Mandy; Toast of Tinseltown
The Guide newsletter
The Guide #16: how the streaming revolution is hurting TV’s golden age
‘One of the best comic creations of the last 10 years’: Matt Berry is back as Steven Toast
TV tonight
TV tonight: Steven Toast returns to take on Tinseltown
February 2021
It started on stage
Garth Marenghi: how the Edinburgh award winner found his Darkplace
Our series exploring the stage origins of hit comedies continues with the cult hospital horror show that scared up audiences to become a fringe sensation
December 2020
Kitty Empire's artist of the week
Gorillaz: Song Machine Live from Kong review – a genre-straddling success story
Damon Albarnplays master of ceremonies in an impressive night of collaborations
October 2020
From Scream Queens to Spaced's zombie battle: our favourite TV spine-chillers
Real-life mysteries, slasher movie satire and the original Shaun of the Dead ... Guardian writers pick the best terrifying – and occasionally hilarious – TV to watch this Halloween
August 2020
TV review
Squeamish About … review – Matt Berry's harebrained history lesson
TV tonight
TV tonight: from fracking to pigeon-flying clubs, an irreverent look at British culture
June 2020
TV tonight
TV tonight: the undead return to Staten Island
Interview with the vampires: the return of What We Do in the Shadows
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The 50 best comedians of the 21st century
From apocalyptic standup Frankie Boyle to the many hilarious faces of Tina Fey, Steve Coogan, Sharon Horgan and Kristen Wiig, we present the funniest people of the era
July 2019
Nigel Farage furious over TV show assassinating 'Neil Fromage'
The Brexit party leader has slammed Channel 4 for their ‘totally sick’ show Year of the Rabbit, in which a right-wing campaigner gets shot in the head
June 2019
TV review
Year of the Rabbit review – silly and gleefully sweary ... but where were the gags?
Toast star Matt Berry: 'Nobody wants to hear about my psychic wound'
May 2019
TV review
What We Do In the Shadows review – the undead prove dead funny
This seductive blood-sucking comedy about the everyday struggles of a gang of vampire housemates in New York is silly, deadpan and full of killer gags
March 2019
TV review
Road to Brexit review – thanks for trying to joke us through this hell
What We Do in the Shadows review – vampire TV adaptation has bite
