Olivia Colman

Ron’s Gone Wrong review – a cheeky tech spin on ET

A lonely boy and a sparky bot team up for in a tender film that dials up the charm but swerves the big-tech questions

Peter Bradshaw

09, Oct, 2021 @3:30 PM

Emmys 2021: Ted Lasso and The Crown triumph

The big night for TV saw triumphs for Brits – including Olivia Colman, Kate Winslet and Michaela Coel – yet a diversity problem remains

Adrian Horton

20, Sep, 2021 @4:23 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 Lost Daughter review – Olivia Colman lights up Elena Ferrante psychodrama

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s accomplished directing debut makes humid, sensual cinema of Elena Ferrante’s novel

Xan Brooks

03, Sep, 2021 @8:00 PM

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain review – Cumberbatch’s cat artist drowns in quirk

Benedict Cumberbatch’s portrayal of eccentric Edwardian artist famed for his cute cats is brimful of star cameos but gets lost in mannered performances

Peter Bradshaw

03, Sep, 2021 @6:15 AM

First image revealed of Imelda Staunton as the Queen in The Crown

Actor best known for Vera Drake takes over from Olivia Colman for fifth series about the UK royal family

Georgina Quach

30, Jul, 2021 @4:39 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

Mothering Sunday review – Josh O’Connor doomed romance overdoes the ennui

This adaptation of the Graham Swift novel look and sounds lush, but the pace is so languorous your emotions never have a chance to get going

Peter Bradshaw

10, Jul, 2021 @7:53 AM

Irish teenager Charlie Reid lands major film role with Olivia Colman

Fourteen-year-old from County Kildare to play opposite Oscar winner in feelgood film Joyride

Dalya Alberge

20, Jun, 2021 @3:00 PM

The Father review – Hopkins a wordy Oscar winner

Academy winner Anthony Hopkins tackles the script’s verbosity with aplomb but this study of dementia remains somewhat stagey

Mark Kermode Observer film critic

13, Jun, 2021 @7:00 AM

The Father review – Anthony Hopkins superb in unbearably heartbreaking film

Hopkins gives a moving, Oscar-winning turn as a man with dementia in a film full of intelligent performances, disorienting time slips and powerful theatrical effects

Peter Bradshaw

10, Jun, 2021 @10:00 AM