Super producer Jane Tranter: 'Women are finally getting the chance in TV'
She brought Spooks, Doctor Who and His Dark Materials to our screens. Now the TV producer has teamed up with Lena Dunham on new banking drama, Industry“We’re not telling the story that usually gets...
View ArticleIndustry review – Lena Dunham directs taut drama you can bank on
Girls star helms the first episode of this thrilling HBO/BBC co-production exploring the life of duelling graduates in a London investment bankThe banking drama Industry (BBC Two) arrived on our...
View ArticleThe week in TV: The Trials of Oscar Pistorius; The Diana Interview; His Dark...
A docuseries on Oscar Pistorius shamefully forgets his victim. Plus, the fallout from the BBC’s royal scoop 25 years onThe Trials of Oscar Pistorius (BBC Two) | iPlayerThe Diana Interview: Revenge of a...
View ArticleIndustry: is the BBC's banking drama This Life for a new generation?
It has everything the classic show had 20 years ago: sex, drugs and a bunch of photogenic newcomers. But, most of all, every single character is obnoxious. So is it destined for greatnessThis article...
View ArticleLena Dunham announces plus-size fashion range: ‘There’s so much judgment’
Girls creator aims to fight idea that bigger women are ‘stupid’ and remove ‘huge barrier to entry’ into the fashion worldAnnouncing her own plus-size fashion range on Monday, the writer and actor Lena...
View ArticleClaudia Weill on 1970s Hollywood sleaze: ‘They’d never seen a woman direct’
Her debut film Girlfriends is required watching if you want to work with Lena Dunham. What made it so groundbreaking? And why did she not make more? As the cult classic returns, Weill looks backClaudia...
View ArticleJonny Greenwood to Lena Dunham: a panel of stars on what success means in 2021
Screenwriters, musicians and comedians reflect on what creative contentment means to themCharlie Brooker: ‘Succession made me furious with envy’Grace Dent on the golden age of soapsModern Toss’s...
View ArticleSundance 2022: films and shows to look out for at this year’s festival
A digital only year of the Utah-based festival promises a new Lena Dunham film, a buzzy thriller about dating and a documentary on Bill CosbyEven in a normal Sundance year, as Hollywood wraps up and...
View ArticleSharp Stick review – Lena Dunham’s comeback is a misjudged experiment
The Girls co-creator’s first feature since 2011 on a 26-year-old’s sexual awakening has flashes of brilliance but is hobbled by infantilizationEver since Hannah Horvath, the unfocused twentysomething...
View ArticleFrom age-gap romances to a homemade Welsh robot: the best of Sundance 2022
Noomi Rapace as a Macedonian witch vies with Cooper Raiff’s latest gem and dapper Bill Nighy in this second virtual edition of the US indie festivalThe uncertainties of the pandemic might have skewered...
View ArticlePlaying to win: are Mattel movies about to take over Hollywood?
The toy company has recruited Lena Dunham, Greta Gerwig and Tom Hanks to help usher in a new slate of films based on kids’ favouritesDeep down, everyone wishes they were Marvel. Armed with nothing but...
View ArticleRewatching Girls, an unlikely character shines through: the grumpy...
Centring one of the series’ few men may seem like an odd choice – but the gruff, frustrated and cynical Ray somehow resonates right nowGirls is streaming on Binge. For more recommendations of what to...
View ArticleGroundbreaking brilliance – or offensive display of white privilege? The...
Lena Dunham’s comedy-drama won rave reviews for its unflinching depiction of millennial life – until its lack of diversity caused outrage. A decade later, we explore the show’s legacy‘Why is everyone...
View ArticleJoe Alwyn on Conversations With Friends and sex scenes: ‘They’re like filming...
He’s about to make you swoon in the new adaptation of the Sally Rooney blockbuster. The actor talks about earning the author’s seal of approval and winning a Grammy alongside Taylor SwiftThe plan was...
View ArticleCatherine Called Birdy review – Lena Dunham’s delightful medieval romp
The Girls creator handles an adaptation of Karen Cushman’s much-loved novel with wit and creativityCatherine Called Birdy, Lena Dunham’s thoroughly enjoyable adaptation of the millennial YA classic by...
View Article‘I stopped being a person I liked’: Lena Dunham on time out, rehab and marriage
After five years out of the limelight, actor and director Lena Dunham is back. She talks about her hit series Girls – that made her both the voice of a generation and a lightning rod for criticism –...
View ArticleCatherine Called Birdy review – the perils of medieval teendom in Lena...
Bella Ramsey, ex-Game of Thrones, is all mischief in Dunham’s inspired adaptation of Karen Cushman’s YA classicLena Dunham, who turned wry solipsism into a career with the HBO series Girls and the...
View ArticleDigested week: Dear, oh dear … I’m almost feeling sorry for Liz Truss | Emma...
PM’s awkward exchange with King leaves me wondering how it would have played out without the forelock-tugging protocolThe spectacle of Brad Pitt imploding is one many of us have been anticipating with...
View ArticleWhat connects The Bear star Ebon Moss-Bachrach and poet Simon Armitage?
By a series of cunning connections involving Lena Dunham and Forward prize winner Caleb Femi, we speed all the way from a Chicago diner to the UK poet laureateSometimes you suddenly start seeing an...
View ArticleFilm: Mark Kermode’s 10 best of 2022
From Hindi crime drama to medieval teen empowerment, Graceland to Bradford to Iran, the year was rich in unforgettable performancesRead the Observer critics’ review of 2022 in full1. AftersunReleased...
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