The latest news and comment on actress and film maker Lena Dunham
January 2022
First look review
Sharp Stick review – Lena Dunham’s comeback is a misjudged experiment
Sundance 2022: films and shows to look out for at this year’s festival
September 2021
Jonny Greenwood to Lena Dunham: a panel of stars on what cultural success means in 2021
Screenwriters, musicians and comedians reflect on what creative contentment means to them
July 2021
Claudia 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 back
April 2021
Lena 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 world
November 2020
Industry: 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 greatness
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: The Trials of Oscar Pistorius; The Diana Interview; His Dark Materials; Industry
A docuseries on Oscar Pistorius shamefully forgets his victim. Plus, the fallout from the BBC’s royal scoop 25 years on
TV review
Industry review – Lena Dunham directs taut drama you can bank on
Super producer Jane Tranter: 'Women are finally getting the chance in TV'
TV tonight
TV tonight: Industry delves into the bleak world of investment banking
October 2020
Remote controller
Sara Cox: ‘I don't want to be confronted with my own mortality’
The broadcaster and host of the BBC books show Between the Covers discusses her TV loves and hates – and how she would slot into a big-budget Netflix drama
September 2020
Remote controller
Katherine Ryan: 'Cancel the news – we have Twitter and Instagram'
The comedian recounts her love of Catastrophe, Girls and Martin Lawrence – and explains why she never says no to a job
February 2020
Lena Dunham: ‘Caroline Flack’s death hit me with a sickening power’
Lena Dunham
I adored the former Love Island host, and wish we could have shown her a more hopeful reality: that women who err and fail are worthy of love
December 2019
Little Women become fashion influencers 150 years after inception
March sisters’ dress code resonates with ‘civil war chic’ trend visible on both sides of the Atlantic
September 2019
From Rita Ora to Lena Dunham: how a podcast about celebrity became a 'recipe for joy'
Across 350 shows, Who? Weekly hosts Lindsey Weber and Bobby Finger have amassed a loyal fanbase by poking at the rich and fame-less
July 2019
Lena Dunham on Love Island: ‘I'm asking the same question they do – can you love after hurt?’
When the writer and director arrived in Wales to shoot a new drama, she was nursing a broken heart and romantic ideas of British life. Then she discovered the reality soap opera...
April 2019
Names in the news
Anna Sorokin proves we’re all soft touches for glamour scammers
Rebecca Nicholson
There’s a reason why the story of the sham heiress is fascinating – in our phoney world any one of us could be conned
January 2019
Endometriosis study 'sheds light on links to infertility' say scientists
South Korea and US teams say infertility could be linked to deficiency of a protein in womb
December 2018
Lena Dunham has apologised for disbelieving a rape allegation – and made matters worse
Arwa Mahdawi
Hannah Gadsby takes aim at 'good men' who try to commandeer #MeToo
