Peter Bradshaw’s Baftas 2026 predictions – who’ll get the gongs, who’ll be the goners?
Will Paul Thomas Anderson’s ICE age conspiracy thriller sweep the board, or will Sinners and Hamnet share some glory? Our critic places his bets
Yellow Letters wins Golden Bear at Berlin film festival dominated by Gaza row
Wim Wenders says German director İlker Çatak’s Turkey-set warning against creeping authoritarianism gave jury ‘chills’
Damian Lewis: ‘Someone put flowers at my feet and I realised it was my stalker’
The actor on bloodcurdling stage experiences, back yard cricket and the best advice he’s ever received
Oscars bellwether, British awards or both? The identity dilemma facing the Baftas
Few UK nominations this year as industry tries to balance attracting global attention and celebrating homegrown projects
Frederick Wiseman obituary
Influential documentary film-maker whose work explored American institutions and French culture
The Guide #231: How the hunt for the next James Bond became the franchise’s best marketing tool
The race to crown a new 007 has become its own long‑running spectacle, turning the search for Bond into an event as big as the films themselves
From Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die to Tracey Emin: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
Sam Rockwell stars in Gore Verbinski’s madcap sci-fi comedy, and the YBA Goat is back with a new exhibition at the Tate Modern
‘An incredible human being’: readers on their memories of Robert Duvall
Fans celebrate unmatched talent on screen, while those who met the actor in person remember his kindness
Psycho Killer review – delayed satanic serial slasher is devilishly dull
The writer of Seven commits the sin of boring us with this bland horror which should have stayed in development hell where it belongs
‘The trick is not being so annoying that people hate you’: is awards-show hosting the toughest gig out there?
From the dire Hathaway and Franco double act to the charming Fey and Poehler combo, the choice of MC is vital to a show’s success. With Alan Cumming set to helm the Baftas on Sunday, here’s what he needs to know
Digested week: Spa days for nerds and other coping mechanisms
Discovering Oxford’s Norrington Room, leaning into Pancake Day sainthood and dreaming of a house just for introverts
The Hunt for Gollum looks like a step too far for the endless Lord of the Rings franchise
As the film-makers behind the seemingly neverending river of Tolkien adaptations seek to wring every last drop of story from Middle-earth, it risks running the whole thing into the ground
In the age of the ‘rough sex defence’, Emerald Fennell’s treatment of Wuthering Heights’ Isabella Linton is grotesque
By portraying the young woman Heathcliff abuses as a sexily willing participant in her own degradation, Fennell’s adaptation betrays the book, and her audience