Film

Nia DaCosta takes the reins in this no-holds-barred exploration of cults, superstition and what happens to humanity when reason collapses

A year after his death, the Twin Peaks director is universally loved. Would this Don of darkness really be happy about that?

There is not a shred of sentimentality in Chloé Zhao’s magnificent adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel. This is where its brilliance lies

From the Beckhams to Eddie Murphy and Charlie Sheen, they promise truth but deliver reputation-laundering dressed up as intimacy

Chloé Zhao’s film is deeply felt and beautifully made – but misses the essence of what made the playwright so great

A new Spielberg, a remake of The Bride of Frankenstein and an exploration of the Moroccan outdoor rave scene are among the films to watch out for this year

The actor, activist and icon didn't care what anyone thought of her. That was both her greatest strength and her fatal flaw

Zendaya and Nolan return, Blade Runner expands and Peaky Blinders concludes. What our editor-at-large is most looking forward to in 2026

The star who began in children's theatre in a Norwegian forest is Oscar-bound with Sentimental Value

The white stuff in big movies isn’t real - sometimes it’s bleached cornflakes, sometimes fire extinguisher foam.. and it used to be asbestos

James Cameron’s CGI sci-fi epics are a box-office phenomenon - but also completely forgettable

The trailer has been released for the film about the world's least happy-looking woman

The president is moving beyond politics – and seeking to claim control of what Americans watch

Forget Die Hard. Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is the perfect Christmas movie

Our writers on their cultural highlights of the year

The president’s social media messages about the murdered director reveal him as a humourless, bitter bigot

The Room in the Tower is his eighth festive special for the BBC: long may he continue

The suave star once tested himself by working with prestige directors. Now he’s phoning it in in fluff like Jay Kelly

In Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, it is Sandler who steals the show with his best performance since Uncut Gems (2019)

I’ll go out of my way to watch stuff I’m sure won’t be my thing, just because finding common ground is pleasant – even if it’s friendly disagreement

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is the most terrifying film ever made. So why did I watch it when I was 11, and why does it still have a hold on me?

Joel Edgerton’s career-best performance underpins a modern classic that owes s substantial debt to Terrence Malick

Linklater’s film takes on thwarted love and the pain of looming obsolescence. It was easily my favourite from this year's London Film Festival

After years of scary AI movies, the tech is now portrayed as heroic – just as the industry’s humans come into its sights

The White Lotus actress is a registered Republican, but that isn’t a reason to troll her – our idea of liberal Hollywood is a myth

Not all cinema has to be art. But this exhibition at the Design Museum proves Wes Anderson's most certainly is

A new documentary series turns the director into a Hollywood saint – and dulls some of his brilliance

The film that’s dividing critics and the public has writer/director James Vanderbilt at the heart of its problems

It may lack the innovation of Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest, but James Vanderbilt’s compelling film still makes for essential watching today

This film is a fine addition to Daniel Day-Lewis’s body of work, one of the greatest in cinema

Starting with Jennifer Lawrence’s Die My Love, a new wave of women-led films is showing what it really means to come undone

Bugonia is their fifth film together, and for some, the magic is wearing thin