Film Weekly podcast: Son of Rambow and You, the Living
Jason Solomons goes back to school for the 80s-set British comedy and talks to Roy Andersson, the Swedish director behind You, The LivingRemembering the 1980s is all too easy. It's the stuff of a...
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(Cert 15)When Ingmar Bergman died in July last year, the soul-searching and breast-beating began on the subject of whether there was anyone who could possibly take his place. There isn't. Why should...
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You The Living£18.99, Artificial EyeThe term "moving pictures" applies to the work of Swedish director Roy Andersson more than any other current film-maker. Andersson has developed a style that...
View ArticleInvoluntary – review
This confident Swedish directorial debut is much influenced by the brilliant deadpan satires of Östlund's compatriot Roy Andersson that cut between a number of storylines using long takes and a static...
View ArticleRoy Andersson: ‘I’m trying to show what it’s like to be human’
The Swedish director, whose film A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence premieres at Venice next week, mourns society’s breakdown – and explains why he sees himself as a birdFrom the outside,...
View ArticleA Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence review – Roy Andersson's...
The eccentric Swedish director of Songs from the Second Floor and You, the Living returns with a brilliantly distinctive film that no one else could have made• Roy Andersson interview: ‘I’m trying to...
View ArticleSwedish Pigeon bags Golden Lion: surrealist drama wins Venice film festival 2014
Roy Andersson’s A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence takes top prize at the 71st film festival, while Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence is runner up• Interview: Roy AnderssonWas it a...
View ArticleVenice film festival: thunder clouds and silver linings
A rainy week in Venice was brightened by a brilliant Willem Dafoe, a new Bogdanovich and, best of all, a Swedish gem about a pair of travelling salesmenVisitors to the Venice film festival are advised...
View ArticleA Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence review – a unique...
A new darkness of tone pervades the conclusion to Swedish auteur Roy Andersson’s incredible film about the human condition – what strange humans and what disquieting conditions these really areThe...
View ArticleA Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence director Roy Andersson: 'I...
Swedish director Roy Andersson tells Andrew Pulver how the interruption of a bout of writers' block by a feathered friend inspired his new film, the third in a trilogy of movies about death, loneliness...
View ArticleA Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence - video review
In this excerpt from the Guardian film show, our critics make a return trip to the fascinating, frightening world of director Roy Andersson, who makes stark tableaux of the strangest extremes of human...
View ArticleThe 50 best films of 2015 in the UK – No 9: A Pigeon Sat on a Branch...
Continuing our countdown of the best movies released in the UK this year, we take wing with Roy Andersson’s bizarre, hallucinatory parable that defies description• Tell us your favourite film of the...
View ArticleEurope in 25 films: the critics’ choice
The must-see movies that have defined a century of European cinema, as chosen by the Observer’s film writersBack in 2017, I was asked to contribute a short piece about British cinema to a book entitled...
View ArticleAd Astra and Joker to premiere at Venice film festival
Hollywood heavyweights line up to launch their awards runs at Venice, which is courting criticism for also including Roman Polanski’s new film in competitionBrad Pitt, Scarlett Johansson, Kristen...
View ArticleAbout Endlessness review – a divine comedy with moments of devilish wit
Lost souls and lonely hearts populate Roy Andersson’s deliciously odd follow-up to A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence‘I saw a man who had lost his way,” says the narrator of Roy...
View ArticleBeing a Human Person review – the Monty Pythonesque artistry of Roy Andersson
The Swedish director, known for his brilliant dreamlike visions and gags, is celebrated in this documentary set around his latest film, About EndlessnessThe amazing artistry of 77-year-old Swedish...
View ArticleAbout Endlessness review – mesmerising odyssey to the heart of existence |...
Swedish auteur Roy Andersson’s latest is another masterpiece of the human condition, ranging from the evils of war to the redemptive power of loveMaybe at the age of 78 he feels he’s approaching the...
View ArticleAbout Endlessness review – curious scenes from a singular Swede
Roy Andersson’s latest film, possibly his last, offers more deadpan glimpses into the Swedish director’s surreal and sometimes horrific imaginationThis typically humanist compendium of human frailty...
View ArticleThe 2020 Braddies go to … Peter Bradshaw's film picks of the year
Alongside our countdown of the best films of 2020, our chief film critic selects his favourite movies, directors and performances of the yearAs for everyone and everything else, this has been a...
View ArticleThe 50 best films of 2020 in the UK: the full list
It’s number one time, and it’s a picture from the beginning of the year that nothing else has quite eclipsed for wit, thrills and sheer watchability More on the best culture of 2020Continue reading...
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