Paolo Sorrentino: ‘My characters’ struggles are the struggles I have’
Thought we'd reached 'peak TV'? Just wait until you see what 2020 has in store
September 2019
Is this the cultural moment of the ‘hot priest’?
First look review
The New Pope review – enter a seductively camp John Malkovich
May 2017
Goodbye, Jude Law. Now who should play The New Pope?
The announcement of Paolo Sorrentino’s The Young Pope follow-up has arrived without one vital piece of information: exactly who will be taking the lead
April 2017
Stream lover
From Twin Peaks to The Young Pope: the best of film and TV streaming in Australia in April
South Korean horror films, romantic French classics, and timeless Hollywood thrillers are all coming to streaming services in Australia this month
February 2017
That auteur do it: can big name directors continue to thrive on the small screen?
The month in memes
Is Migos’ Bad And Boujee the new mannequin challenge?
December 2016
2016 in TV
The 50 best TV shows of 2016: the full list
Observer critics' review of 2016
Euan Ferguson: best television of 2016
November 2016
Paolo Sorrentino stops work on 'complicated' Berlusconi movie
The director, who won an Oscar for The Great Beauty, has shelved plans for a biopic of the former Italian prime minister, and will instead work on a second series of The Young Pope
October 2016
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: The Young Pope; Black Mirror; The Great British Bake Off – review
Jude Law works wonders as the first American pope, Charlie Brooker is on fine form with his dark visions, while Bake Off bows out in style
Mark Lawson on television
House of cardinals: why is TV so obsessed with Catholicism?
From Tony Soprano’s moral agonies to Lost’s island purgatory, the drama of sin and damnation fits the small screen perfectly. Now The Young Pope takes a startlingly strange look inside the Vatican
Notebook
Give us this day some trash TV. This Young Pope is way too pious
Lucy Mangan
In troubled times we need gorgeous nonsense more than ever. The Jude Law series seems like quality drama. Dammit!
September 2016
Why are there so many papal plots in fiction?
From Dan Brown to Graham Greene, the papacy has long proved fascinating to writers. Mark Lawson examines the mysteries around this powerful figure and the church he leads
Paolo Sorrentino to make movie about Silvio Berlusconi
The Oscar-winning director will follow HBO show The Young Pope with Loro, about the former Italian prime minister and his inner circle
First look review
The Young Pope review: Jude Law's sleek pontiff shines in Sorrentino's Twin Peaks
The first two episodes of the Italian director’s lavish series have premiered in Venice: a heady taster boasting extraordinary visuals, fascinating Vatican machinations – and Diane Keaton in a wimple
