Demon Slayer economics: how the anime juggernaut became a saviour
Once underground art form now props up slumped box office sales and is used by governments to build soft power
Tasmanian zombies, Russell Crowe and Crowded House: 10 Australian films to watch out for in 2026
Rusty plays a vengeful strip club owner, Rebel Wilson’s makes her directorial debut, plus new films starring Olivia Colman, Willem Dafoe and Tom Hiddleston
Megalopolis: the $120m Coppola flop that just won’t go away
A screening tour, a New Year’s re-release, a documentary, an incoming director’s cut … will we ever be rid of this historic misfire?
‘Move fast, break stuff’: how tech bros became Hollywood’s go-to baddie in 2025
From Stanley Tucci’s imperious tech titan to Lex Luthor’s distractingly hot CEO and Elon Musk-esque blowhards, films this year took us inside the billionaire mindset
No Time for Goodbye review – well intentioned drama about the loneliness of the asylum-seeker
Journalist Don Ng’s debut feature raises interesting questions about the asylum experience – but his film is too sentimental and superficial to truly answer them
Packing a punch: the true story behind the first Zimbabwean film to qualify for Oscars
A small boxing academy helping street children in Victoria Falls has inspired an award-winning short featuring Hollywood actor Tongayi Chirisa
‘The most culturally Iranian of all Iranians died so far from Iran’: the towering legacy of Bahram Beyzaie
Beyzaie, who has died aged 87, wove myth, folklore and classical Persian literature into stories that defend against a regime which sought to obliterate them
‘He has come back from the dead’: Chevy Chase spent eight days in a coma during Covid pandemic
In documentary I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not, the actor and his family revealed that doctors told them to ‘prepare yourselves for the worst’
Susie Figgis obituary
Respected casting director who oversaw the choice of the three young leads for the Harry Potter films
‘Pure euphoric escapism’: why Adventureland is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers highlighting their most rewatched comfort films is an ode to the charming 80s-set comedy
Stork of Hope review – Belarusian Holocaust drama paints a flattering portrait of its citizens
Cliche-ridden, excessively sentimental and lacking in historical rigour, this film is an act of nationalist self-soothing
A French Youth review – bullfighters grapple with the horns of valour and acceptance
Jérémie Battaglia’s captivating documentary follows two north African raseteurs battling bulls and systemic racism in southern France
‘They want to destroy my career’: Kiwi Chow on life as a dissenting director in Hong Kong
With his new film rejected by official censors, the award-winning film-maker says he is being punished for his outspoken views
Brigitte Bardot’s image complicated by her controversial politics
Film star turned animal rights activist was anti-immigration and was repeatedly convicted of racial hatred, particularly towards Muslims
Brigitte Bardot, French screen legend, dies aged 91
Emmanuel Macron leads tributes to actor who became an international sex symbol and later embraced animal rights and far-right politics