Armando Iannucci

Avenue 5: Armando Iannucci’s space comedy is terrible

TV review: Imagine Veep if the jokes were bunged in an airlock and blasted into the void

Thu Jan 23 2020 - 16:28

The Personal History of David Copperfield: Armando Iannucci delivers a minor miracle

Review: This is maybe the best Dickens film adaptation since David Lean

Wed Jan 22 2020 - 05:00

Patrick Freyne: The best of TV in 2019 and what to watch this year

Funniest programmes are of the hand-drawn variety like Rick and Morty

Fri Jan 03 2020 - 05:00

JoJo Rabbit: Hitler, the Jews and the boundaries of comedy

Sophisticated film set in Germany during the second World War deploys its laughter expertly and contains a message for our time

Thu Jan 02 2020 - 05:00

Film 2020: The 50 films to watch out for

The best biopics, documentaries, cartoons, features and award favourites of the year

Sat Dec 28 2019 - 05:00

The Day Shall Come: Chris Morris’s film may be the year’s biggest disappointment to date

Review: Morris has turned fascinating stories into the first out-and-out dud of his career

Thu Oct 10 2019 - 05:00

Bronagh Gallagher: ‘I never felt I was with the right man. But that’s how the dice rolled’

The actor on Brexit and Irishness, her Derry childhood, being independent and Quentin Tarantino

Sat Oct 05 2019 - 06:00

Which films are in contention as interminable awards season ramps up?

Donald Clarke runs the rule over the likely winners ahead of this week’s festival trifecta

Fri Aug 30 2019 - 05:00

What will win the 2020 best picture Oscar? Probably one of these

Donald Clarke predicts next year’s best picture nominees. He used to be good at this...

Tue Feb 26 2019 - 11:54

Steve Coogan: Why I’m bringing back Alan Partridge

25 years since Alan Partridge first appeared on screen, his creator explains why a divided nation needs him more than ever

Mon Feb 18 2019 - 08:32

Alan Partridge returns to the BBC in time for Brexit

Presenter’s shambling persona is perfect for our political moment, says Steve Coogan

Thu Feb 14 2019 - 10:03

Seán Moncrieff: Welcome to the death of satire

The likes of Trump and Boris Johnson have made it impossible to satirise politics because politics is now satire

Sat Jan 19 2019 - 06:00

European Film Awards: The gloriously eccentric Euro-Oscars

The big winner, Cold War, will barely scrape an Academy Award nomination

Mon Dec 17 2018 - 10:10

‘Cold War’ the big winner at European Film Awards

Nora Twomey’s ‘The Breadwinner’ misses out on animated feature gong in Seville

Sat Dec 15 2018 - 22:55

Succession: The comedy drama that’s definitely not about the Murdochs

Jesse Armstrong’s new show targets America’s rich and powerful TV barons

Wed Aug 01 2018 - 09:34

Police raid Moscow cinema showing banned Stalin film

Culture ministry ban comes amid renewed popularity of dictator in Russia

Fri Jan 26 2018 - 19:28

Russian release of ‘despicable’ Death of Stalin movie withdrawn

Satire an effort ‘to breed bad blood into social harmony reached in Russian society’ – official

Tue Jan 23 2018 - 17:49

The best in film 2017, according to the Dublin Film Critics Circle

Dunkirk blows away the competition

Thu Dec 14 2017 - 16:38

We need more swearing in children’s books

Swearing is one of life’s most joyous and creative releases – we must teach it early

Fri Oct 27 2017 - 05:00

The Death of Stalin: Mortal panic with a ghastly conclusion

Given the mortal terror, Armando Iannucci’s latest political satire is weirdly light on its feet

Fri Oct 20 2017 - 05:00