movies
-
Welcome to Skull Island: on set with Tom Hiddleston and the biggest King Kong everThe director and cast of Kong: Skull Island, including Brie Larson and Samuel L Jackson, discuss filming opposite an 85ft ape – while using as little green screen as possible -
Keanu Reeves: 'I don't know, man. John Wick is fun' – video interviewThe star and director of the sequel to the hit film about a hitman upset by the death of his puppy discuss whether cinema needs to show the consequences of violence
-
Why Manchester By the Sea should win the best picture OscarKenneth Lonergan’s haunting family drama stands out from the pack thanks to its subtlety, complexity and bravery in tackling the big issues -
My favorite best picture Oscar winner: Annie HallContinuing our series of Guardian writers’ all-time Academy picks, Jordan Hoffman explains why Woody Allen’s film deserved to triumph over Star Wars
-
Agnieszka Holland: Pokot reflects divided nature of Polish societyRenowned director says she did not intend to create a political film, but that the plot mirrors her country’s male authoritarianism
best films of 2016
-
The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: the full listThe Guardian film team’s favourite movies released in the US this year
-
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
-
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
-
submissive sequel offers little light relief but lots of washingEL James’s panting couple are back – but director Sam Taylor-Johnson is not – in this daft yet dull S&M soap
-
funny, exciting and packed with gagsThis sophisticated pop culture adventure set in a world of Lego bricks just might rescue DC Comics’ battered reputation
-
Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo in fine romanceA strange, shameful chapter of history is dusted off by Amma Assante to make this earnestly stirring Empire drama
video & audio
-
Denzel Washington: 'We're not here because of #OscarsSoWhite' – video interviewThe star and director of Fences, adapted from the late August Wilson’s Pulitzer prize-winning play, discusses the impact of the diversity debate on his film
-
Emma Stone gets political in best actress Baftas speech – videoEmma Stone accepts the award for best actress at the 2017 Bafta Awards at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday
-
From diversity to Donald Trump – Baftas 2017 video highlightsHighlights from the 2017 Bafta Awards, which took place at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday night
-
Ken Loach slams ‘brutally callous’ government at 2017 Baftas – videoDirector Ken Loach accepts the Bafta award for Best British Film for his portrayal of life in the British welfare system
-
Annette Bening: 'We can all learn a lot from Jimmy Carter' – video interviewThe star of Mike Mills’s Oscar-nominated 20th Century Women speaks of her admiration for the former president
-
Academy Award nominees pose for group photo at Oscars lunch – videoThe Academy Award nominees class of 2016 pose for a photograph on Monday during the Oscars luncheon in Beverly Hills, California
-
SS-GB review – London is falling in chilling alt-history of second world warThe BBC’s five-part miniseries, adapted from Len Deighton’s novel, holds up handsomely on the big screen, favouring film noir style over pulp content
-
Why the £160,000 ‘Oscars goodie bag’ could come with a five-figure debtThe bundle of luxury goods given to Academy Award nominees is an unofficial cash-in – and could mean a hefty tax bill for its recipients
-
#OscarsSoWorthy: should the biggest blockbuster bag best picture instead?James Cameron has called the Oscars biased, but should box-office smash hits like his really be rewarded with prizes?
-
Ken Loach's passion and the La La Land wobble: the Baftas 2017 verdictThe gongs were scattered wide, but what united this year’s Bafta film winners was the remarkable quality of their commitment
-
Celia Imrie on Victoria Wood, writing novels – and being caught in the Nice terror attackThe star talks about her novels for neglected women, missing her ‘dear pal’ Victoria Wood – and how it was a miracle she survived the lorry attack in Nice
-
Alice Lowe: 'It wasn’t part of the plan to direct while pregnant'Jobless and expecting, the comedy actor channelled her frustrations into her directorial debut, delivering a funny, gory and subversive horror film
-
John Waters: ‘A new kind of anarchy is going to happen next’The Hairspray director is famed for his boundary-trashing B-movies but he hopes Trump’s presidency will inspire the next wave of punk-rock film-makers
-
Kirk Douglas: ‘I never thought I’d live to 100. That’s shocked me’He uses a walker, and a stroke has affected his speech, but the old charm is still there as the actor recalls his old Hollywood friends Burt Lancaster and John Wayne – and how he was never really a tough guy
-
Lily Gladstone: ‘I lived in the reservations until I was 11’The Native American actor and breakout star of Certain Women on stereotyped casting, her famous forebears and horseback riding with Kristen Stewart
-
Mel Brooks: ‘Donald Trump doesn't scare me. He's a song-and-dance man'One of America’s great comics for the past 60 years, the maker of films Blazing Saddles and The Producers talks about why he can’t take the president seriously – and the White House sidekicks that are no laughing matter
regulars
-
UK box office reportUK box office reportLego Batman stacks up ahead of Fifty Shades Darker at UK box officeThe erotic sequel is blocked out – just – by the family comedy, counting preview traffic, while La La Land and Lion each see an encouraging Bafta-winning boost
-
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
-
Mark Kermode's film of the weekMark Kermode's film of the weekPrevenge review – audacious horror from a mother of inventionWriter-director Alice Lowe stars as an expectant mother urged into a killing spree by her unborn baby
-
Guy Lodge on DVDs and downloadsGuy Lodge on DVDs and downloadsCameraperson; Trolls; We Are the Flesh; Blood Father; Cover Girl; The Demons – reviewKirsten Johnson’s remarkable debut is an intimate look at life behind the lens, while Trolls charms, briefly, thanks to its Glee-style songs
-
Week in geekWeek in geekIn space, no one can hear you steal: is new sci-fi film Life just an Alien remake?Hollywood has caught the sci-fi bug again. But can the forthcoming space thriller improve on Ridley Scott’s 1979 horror, or will it be just another Inseminoid?
-
John PattersonJohn Patterson#OscarsSoWorthy: should the biggest blockbuster bag best picture instead?James Cameron has called the Oscars biased, but should box-office smash hits like his really be rewarded with prizes?
you may have missed
-
Return to Montauk review – beached affair takes time to connectPast lovers Nina Hoss and Stellan Skarsgård border on the unlovable in this slow-paced drama, but Volker Schlöndorff’s film rewards patience for its final twist
-
Harrison Ford’s been flying his plane again – we’ve got a bad feeling about thisThe actor has had another airborne incident, this time almost landing on top of a Boeing 737 at a California airport after mistaking a taxiway for the runway
-
The Other Side of Hope review – Syrian refugee story honours Aki Kaurismäki's legacyThe Finnish screenwriter employs his usual sensitivity to highlight the experiences of two men who flee their homes and form an unlikely friendship
-
Absolute Power at 20: what we can learn from a thriller about an evil presidentThe Clint Eastwood political potboiler is a fascinatingly terrible film built from hair-brained anti-Clinton conspiracy theories, but what role does it play today?
-
My Baftas adventure: Dev Patel, liquid diabetes and clapping injuriesAll the stars were at the awards ceremony. And so was our columnist, stuffing his face with weird food and applauding everything from duff skits to political point-scoring
-
The Lost City of Z review: Charlie Hunnam slow-burns down the Amazon, leaving Sienna Miller at homeJames Gray’s introspective tale of adventurer Percival Fawcett’s obsession with a lost Amazonian city is a twist on the familiar Conrad jungle narrative
From 21 Jump Street to Baywatch and CHiPs: how Hollywood remade the remake