Paolo Sorrentino

Cannes Film Festival 2024: the full line-up

By David Jenkins

Yorgos Lanthimos, David Cronenberg and Francis Ford Coppola roll out for France's premiere film jamboree.

The Hand of God

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Paolo Sorrentino bares his soul in this autobiographical coming-of-age story about teenage obsessions.

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Audrey Diwan’s L’Événement wins the Golden Lion at Venice 2021

By David Jenkins

The searing French takes home the top prize, plus all the other winners from this year’s awards ceremony.

The Hand of God – first-look review

By David Jenkins

Paolo Sorrentino gets personal in this hit-and-miss tale of a world-famous footballer and a filmmaker’s creative birth.

Paolo Sorrentino revisits his childhood in The Hand of God trailer

By Charles Bramesco

In his upcoming work of loose autobiography for Netflix, a young man has a brush with greatness in ’80s Napoli.

Jennifer Lawrence will play a Hollywood power agent for Paolo Sorrentino

By Charles Bramesco

The real-life Sue Mengers’ client list included Barbra Streisand, Cher and Michael Caine.

Jane Campion, Paul Schrader head up Venice Film Festival 2021 line-up

By David Jenkins

They’ll be joined by big names and exciting new talent, including Pedro Almodóvar, Ana Lily Amirpour and Pablo Larraín.

Loro

By Josh Slater-Williams

Toni Servillo is Silvio Berlusconi in this partially fictionalised biopic from Paolo Sorrentino.

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Loro is a fascinating, flawed look at an ageing demagogue

By Jamie Mackay

Paolo Sorrentino’s portrait of Silvio Berlusconi asks us to sympathise with the devil.

25 films we’d like to see at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival

By Little White Lies

Claire Denis, Yorgos Lanthimos and Terrence Malick could be competing for this year’s Palme d’Or.

Paolo Sorrentino’s The Young Pope provides a test for millennial atheists

By Jamie Mackay

The director’s Jude Law-starring drama shows the seductive power of religion in uncertain times.

The Young Pope – first look review

By Ed Gibbs

Paolo Sorrentino transitions to the small screen (with a Jude Law assist) and comes up trumps.

Michael Caine: Every Bloody Thing

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The British screen icon reflects on his remarkable career ahead of his starring role in Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth.

This Must Be the Place

By Tom Seymour

Paulo Sorrentino and Sean Penn unite for a dark road movie handled with lightness and ease.

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Il Divo

By Paul Fairclough

Visually overwhelming and intellectually exhilarating – just don’t expect to understand Italian politics.

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The Consequences of Love

By David Jenkins

At times frustratingly slow, The Consequences of Love could be criticised for its meandering lack of action.

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