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Call My Agent!’s Laure Calamy: ‘I have too much energy’

The ebullient French star on her hyperactive new film, taking on more serious roles and her love of British cinema

Jonathan Romney

28, May, 2023 @10:00 AM

Berlin film festival 2023 roundup – prestige, politics and ethical starpower

This year’s Berlinale continued the tradition of combining earnestness with red-carpet glamour – featuring Kristen Stewart, Bono and Steven Spielberg, and this time some real crowd pleasers

Jonathan Romney

25, Feb, 2023 @8:00 AM

Saint Omer director Alice Diop: ‘I make films from the margins because that’s my territory, my history’

Raised in a Paris banlieue, the documentary-maker is now in the spotlight thanks to her Venice prize-winning first feature, based on the true story of a woman accused of killing her baby

Jonathan Romney

29, Jan, 2023 @9:00 AM

Envelopes, please! Our film critics reveal their personal Oscars shortlists

Ahead of the official Academy nominations on Tuesday, Observer critics and film writers pick their standout movies, performances, directors and more

Mark Kermode, Wendy Ide, Jonathan Romney and Ellen E Jones

22, Jan, 2023 @9:00 AM

Alcarràs director Carla Simón: ‘I have feelings for Spanish culture and Catalan culture’

Inspired by her own rural upbringing after her parents both died, the Barcelona‑born film‑maker’s latest movie won the top prize in Berlin for its vivid portrayal of Catalonia’s peach farmers

Jonathan Romney

08, Jan, 2023 @1:00 PM

Corsage review – Vicky Krieps mesmerises as a rebellious 19th-century royal

The defiance and despair of glamorous Elisabeth of Austria, trapped in a loveless marriage, has a familiar ring in Marie Kreutzer’s stately psychodrama

Jonathan Romney

01, Jan, 2023 @8:00 AM

Director Luca Guadagnino: ‘I was one of those isolated guys who found solace in horror’

The Call Me By Your Name director on his new film about teenage cannibals falling in love, the view that it’s his most personal work, and why Italy is a very scary farce

Jonathan Romney

13, Nov, 2022 @12:00 PM

Venice film festival 2022 week two roundup – discomfort and joy

A mood of theatricality prevailed at this year’s edition – a bleak but furiously cinematic Marilyn Monroe biopic and a forbiddingly austere French courtroom drama being the most distinctive offerings

Jonathan Romney

10, Sep, 2022 @6:00 AM

Venice film festival 2022 opening roundup – a promisingly juicy start

Call Me By Your name director Luca Guadagnino serves up some fine young cannibals, Cate Blanchett dazzles in a musical tour de force, and Call My Agent!’s Laure Calamy is full of surprises

Jonathan Romney

03, Sep, 2022 @11:00 AM

Film-maker Asif Kapadia: ‘I am a fan of social media. At least it gives people a voice’

The award-winning documentarian talks about the films that make him cry, being caught up in the Champions League chaos in Paris – and a ‘mad’ new project

Jonathan Romney

12, Jun, 2022 @8:30 AM

Berlin film festival 2022 roundup – earnestness, joy, and the best film won

At an unusually quiet, Covid-strict festival, it was a good year for the French, and female directors – and we got to see Jean-Luc Godard do his ironing

Jonathan Romney

19, Feb, 2022 @1:00 PM