Hooper: the film that turned the stuntman into a movie star
Made by stuntman-turned-director Hal Needham and starring Burt Reynolds, this 1978 comedy gives the unsung profession its flowers – finally
Jay Duplass: ‘Rocky is my favourite movie of all time. I’ve seen that film probably 20 times’
The film-maker and actor, who cut his teeth making indie comedies with his brother Mark, on the secret to movie-making success, his top tip for happiness – and why he loved Bad Santa
Devil Wears Prada 2 to Spider-Man 4: is the Hollywood hype machine starting too early?
Campaigns kick off for films a year away, with suit reveals, cast announcements and early ticketing causing fatigue
Bambi: A Tale of Life in the Woods review – chilled-out, heartwarming baby deer drama
Actual wildlife footage with voiceover, rather than over-the-top CGI ‘live action’, gives charm to this family-friendly adaptation of the classic novel
Unmoored review – Scandi thriller delves into hidden truths of a toxic marriage
Atmospheric but unresolved drama pits a seedy academic against his ill-used wife, uneasily staying by him as he faces a rape charge
Wolf Children review – Mamoru Hosoda’s tender werewolf fable is a minor masterpiece
Childhood, single motherhood and the call of the wild converge in Hosoda’s most emotionally resonant film – a beautifully drawn tale of love, loss and letting go
Super Charlie review – superhero baby yarn channels resentment of older kids at new arrivals
An adaptation of Swedish author Camilla Läckberg’s series explores an important theme but doesn’t compare to Pixar in fun or heart
Ray Brooks obituary
Star of Cathy Come Home and The Knack who later appeared in EastEnders and was the voice of Mr Benn
Future Council follows eight children fighting for the climate. But should kids be saddled with such a burden?
This new documentary sees children voice their fears about the future of the planet – but its director argues ‘they’re not here to save the world’
Malqueridas review – blurry phone footage takes us inside Chile’s prisons with incarcerated mothers
Video shot by inmates opens the doors on the often painful realities of having children in the country’s jails
That Alien, Sound review – super-kooky indie comedy puts sound-wave ET in woman’s body
Brando Topp’s debut feature follows a disembodied alien inhabiting a young woman’s body in a surreal exploration of music, identity and disconnection
The Ode Islands review – a nightmarish head trip unlike anything on the fringe
Visual artist Ornagh conjures a psychedelic, mixed-reality vision preoccupied with identity, sexuality and body image
‘Nothing else quite like it’: why DEBS is my feelgood movie
The next pick in our series of writers highlighting their favourite comfort watches is a box office dud from the 2000s that became a queer cult classic
Dawn Dusk review – handbag designer deals with grief over murdered sister and dead friend
Not long out of high school, Chelli is finding her way through awful grief for her best friend, and for her sister, but this documentary loses sight of its subject
‘Our director is a madman’: a century on, Gloria Swanson’s disastrous film Queen Kelly is finished
The Hollywood icon played a convent girl falling for a prince in this bizarre film directed by Erich von Stroheim. Decades after it was abandoned, Queen Kelly will now be shown at the Venice film festival