Paolo Sorrentino
Amanda review – comic crises in the life of an entitled twentysomething
Venice film festival: A wealthy young woman, friendless and lost after studying abroad, sets about recovering an old friendship she thinks she once had
Peter Bradshaw
05, Sep, 2022 @7:00 PM
What links Scarlett Johansson to the football fan with the flare up his bum?
Take a trip down the rabbit hole, passing a porcupine punk rocker, Diego Maradona and a Booker winner
Larry Ryan
22, Jan, 2022 @1:00 PM
How Maradona inspired Paolo Sorrentino’s film about Naples, Hand of God – and inadvertently saved his life
The Italian director’s new, semi-autobiographical film reveals a charming and rarely seen side of his home city
Sophia Seymour
13, Dec, 2021 @7:00 AM
The Hand of God review – Paolo Sorrentino relives his teens in a film of two halves
After a scattershot opening, Sorrentino’s drama about growing up in 1980s Naples blossoms into a drama of real depth
Wendy Ide
05, Dec, 2021 @11:00 AM
Paolo Sorrentino: ‘Let’s say that almost everything is true’
In his new, semi-autobiographical film The Hand of God, the Italian auteur reflects on a tragedy that still haunts him
Steve Rose
03, Dec, 2021 @11:00 AM
The Hand of God review – Paolo Sorrentino tells his own Maradona story
The Italian film-maker may owe his life to the footballer, as this vivid, autobiographical Neapolitan drama reveals
Peter Bradshaw
01, Dec, 2021 @4:00 PM
From Milked to Night Raiders: Ten films to see at the New Zealand film festival
Films from 51 countries, including new offerings from Jane Campion and Paolo Sorrentino, are on the programme
Luke Buckmaster
05, Nov, 2021 @7:00 PM
Venice film festival 2021 roundup – a formidably good year on the Lido
Big name directors at their best feature alongside daring visionaries from the farther realms of art cinema – but to whom will Bong Joon-ho’s jury award the Golden Lion?
Jonathan Romney
11, Sep, 2021 @3:00 PM
The Hand of God review – Paolo Sorrentino exposes his childhood trauma
Going back to Naples and the disaster that changed his life, The Great Beauty director evokes his adolescence with bawdy vigour
Xan Brooks
02, Sep, 2021 @5:15 PM
Kristen Stewart’s Princess Diana biopic to screen at Venice film festival
Spencer, telling the story of Diana and Charles’s bitter divorce, will battle for the Golden Lion alongside the latest by Pedro Almodóvar
Andrew Pulver
26, Jul, 2021 @1:42 PM
Films shot on smartphones herald new age for cinema, say directors
London’s first international festival for movies made on mobiles will celebrate innovation, diversity and access
Vanessa Thorpe Arts and media correspondent
09, May, 2021 @8:00 AM
The week in TV: Homemade; Welcome to Chechnya: The Gay Purge; The Sinner and more
Netflix’s shorts by directors in lockdown was a mostly lucky dip while Storyville exposed the horrors of gay persecution in Chechnya
Barbara Ellen
05, Jul, 2020 @8:30 AM
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