movies
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Denial lawyer Anthony Julius on antisemitism and the age of extremesHe became one of the country’s few famous lawyers after representing Princess Diana in her divorce. Now he’s being portrayed on the big screen for his part in the David Irving Holocaust libel trial -
Film-makers alienated by Trump are welcome in London – Sadiq KhanLondon mayor describes plans for British capital to become the ‘world’s most film-friendly city’
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There will be fish: Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Thomas Anderson film in WhitbyShots of cast and crew in North Yorkshire appear to confirm actor is working on new movie – possibly titled Phantom Thread – with There Will Be Blood director -
Ben Affleck drops out of directing The BatmanThe actor will remain as producer and star of the Warner Bros caped crusader movie due to be released next year
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Why we need to stop saying 'this is the movie we need right now'A devastating election result has led film critics to stress the importance of cinema as a political force but is it an overly optimistic notion?
best films of 2016
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The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: the full listThe Guardian film team’s favourite movies released in the US this year
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The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: No 1 MoonlightOur countdown of 2016’s top films concludes as Benjamin Lee salutes a poetic and poignant movie that depicted the life of a gay black man with heart-swelling humanity
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The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: No 2 Toni ErdmannAs our countdown nears its conclusion, Catherine Shoard picks – in joint second place – a German comedy that pokes extravagant fun at work, life and imbalanced family ties
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the priciest ore is a bore in Matthew McConaughey misfireAn allegedly true story emerges as a lackluster riff on American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street with a scrappy turn from an overly disguised lead star
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Asghar Farhadi offers layers of Willy LomanA middle-class couple start to see cracks in the brickwork in the A Separation director’s new drama, a deft spin on Arthur Miller’s play
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women racers roar around the West BankEntertaining doc about a team of car nuts on the speed rally circuit hits plenty of hot-button topics without being preachy
video & audio
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Beauty and the Beast: final trailer features more footage and a duet – videoThe final trailer for the Disney’s live-action adaptation of the 1991 animated classic features new footage as well as Ariana Grande and John Legend’s duet
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Celebrities get political with pro-immigration messages at SAG awards – videoAshton Kutcher opens the Screen Actors Guild ceremony with a pro-immigration message and several actors use their speeches to follow suit
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John Hurt, diverse actor of screen and stage, dies at 77 – video obituaryJohn Hurt, the British actor famed for his wide-ranging roles in films as diverse as Harry Potter, Alien and The Elephant Man, has died at the age of 77
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Joan Collins in the trailer for The Time of Their Lives – videoJoan Collins stars in a British comedy about a former Hollywood sex siren stuck in a retirement home, who heads for France to be at her ex-lover’s funeral
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Among the ghosts of Cambodia’s killing fields: on the set of Angelina Jolie’s new film – podcastCan the Hollywood star’s Khmer-language film – with an all-Cambodian cast and crew – help a nation to confront the horrors of its past?
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Jawbone trailer: exclusive first look at Ray Winstone boxing movie – videoReleased in the UK on 10 March, Thomas Q Napper’s buzzy debut features Johnny Harris as a former youth boxing champion
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Ranking the accents of Tom Hardy: cockney, Welsh, or unintelligible?The English actor displays an impressive range in films such as Locke and Legend – even if the songs of the valleys always seem to creep towards his throat
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Steal a look: what we can learn from Ocean's 8's first official stillThe gender-reversed reboot of Ocean’s 11 shows us all the stars, including Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett and Rihanna, but less of the glamour
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And the real winner is… welcome to the Observer’s alternative OscarsThe nominations for the 2017 Academy Awards are out. Our team of critics make their own shortlists of the films and artists they’d like to see with a statuette
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'A virtual folk memory of wisdom and style'In his staggeringly productive screen career, Hurt’s performances brought depth and texture to everything he was in, from science fiction to Roman epic
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Ang Lee: 'I am Hulk! I am the hidden dragon!'He has won two Oscars but his dad saw him as a failure. Ang Lee talks about his new war movie, the sex in Brokeback Mountain – and why his films possess him
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From House Of Cards to Moonlight, why Mahershala Ali is having a momentHe’s the breakout star of this year’s buzziest films, next as a Miami drug dealer in Barry Jenkins’ tender coming-of-age drama. Will it win him an Oscar?
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Jeff Nichols’ Loving: a romance beyond boundariesJoel Edgerton and Ruth Negga play an interracial couple fighting to stay together. It makes for a luminous historic drama
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Ruth Negga: 'There are films that really mark you. Loving is one of those for me'The Ethiopian-Irish actor has shot to fame thanks to a restrained performance in the interracial marriage drama Loving. And now she has an Oscar nomination…
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Garth Jennings: ‘I was so stressed, awake at 3am thinking: What have I done?’The writer/director of Son of Rambow on surviving his first animation, using his sons as piglets, and the French view of Brexit
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Matthew McConaughey: ‘My agent said no to romcoms. And then there was nothing’The actor reveals how his risk-taking, high-rolling parents inspired his biggest gambles – and why they’ve paid off
regulars
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UK box office reportUK box office reportReturn trip: T2 Trainspotting shoots up UK box-office chartDanny Boyle’s bad boys slug it out with the cute warbling critters of family animation Sing
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Charlie Lyne's home entertainmentCharlie Lyne's home entertainment555: would you pay good money for a hipster sketch series?Vimeo are the next streaming site to do original programming, but their surreal show about a bunch of Hollywood misfits could be worth coughing up for
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Mark Kermode's film of the weekMark Kermode's film of the weekT2 Trainspotting review – still in a class A of their ownDanny Boyle’s long-awaited sequel to the era-defining Trainspotting is a vibrant and welcome reunion
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Guy Lodge on DVDs and downloadsGuy Lodge on DVDs and downloadsBridget Jones’s Baby; Deepwater Horizon; War on Everyone and more – reviewComforts, catastrophes and chills in a week dominated by Renée Zellweger’s return as the klutzy singleton and Mark Walhlberg’s heroics in the Mexican Gulf
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Week in geekWeek in geekBranching out: has Marvel planted the seeds of a solo Groot movie?With Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, the studio continues to find new ways for the tree-like alien to deliver the same three words. But might his own spin-off be a step too far?
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John PattersonJohn PattersonJeff Nichols’ Loving: a romance beyond boundariesJoel Edgerton and Ruth Negga play an interracial couple fighting to stay together. It makes for a luminous historic drama
you may have missed
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Blood, guts and fireballs: the day I took two bullets at Trainspotting's SFX studioA stabbing for T2, a blazing station for Hot Fuzz, a bus blown up for The Foreigner … Artem are the go-to pyromaniacs for British films. Our writer gets sliced up and shot at
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Emmanuelle Riva obituaryActor celebrated for her intellectual performances who achieved early success in Hiroshima Mon Amour
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Nightmares in the dream factory: how Hollywood scams would-be child starsAs awards season heats up, watchdogs warn of fashion and film scams meant to part parents from their savings by exploiting naivety and lust for instant fame
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Begbie’s balcony and Spud’s cafe: classic Trainspotting haunts 20 years onAs T2 Trainspotting is released, we rediscover the original film’s gritty locations in Glasgow
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The best battle scenes ever shot from Apocalypse Now to Hacksaw RidgeThe people behind the cameras, stunts and special effects on six classic war movies explain their creation
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Worth the weight? The actors who made drastic body changes for terrible moviesMatthew McConaughey was the latest to hope a major makeover would help him nab an Oscar, but tepid reviews for Gold have seen him join these unlucky actors
Return trip: T2 Trainspotting shoots up UK box-office chart