The 10 best Australian films of 2025
Spanning shark mayhem, Nicolas Cage and porridge-making, here are film critic Luke Buckmaster’s 10 favourite Australian movies of the year
James Ransone obituary
American actor known for playing Ziggy in the TV crime drama series The Wire and his many roles in modern horror films
John Antrobus obituary
Playwright and screenwriter who teamed up with Spike Milligan to work on The Goon Show and The Bed-Sitting Room
‘That’s a rare find!’ The casting genius who plucked this year’s biggest TV star out of 600 auditions
From Peaky Blinders to Sherwood, Shaheen Baig has cast some of the best shows on screen. But she struck gold with Owen Cooper for Adolescence – and won an Emmy. How does she spot such game-changing talent?
Rob and Michele Reiner died minutes after attack, says death certificate, as children announce memorial
Two of the couple’s children have said they are planning a memorial service for their parents, as further details are released about their cause of death earlier this month
Dancing! Fighting! Impregnating! The best movie moments of 2025
From Sinners to F1 to Highest 2 Lowest, Guardian writers pick the scenes that stuck with them the most this year
Bowie: The Final Act review – moving and enjoyable tribute to music legend’s last stand
Singer’s final decades can’t really be called his creative golden years but there are touching contributions from his collaborators
Avengers: Doomsday – first official trailer for new Marvel film released online
Steve Rogers is back … in the 90-second trailer that is now online for all to see
Anaconda review – Jack Black and Paul Rudd charm in unusual meta-comedy remake
The 1997 creature feature gets a self-referential redo that works best when it allows its two stars to lean into silliness
The Apartment: Billy Wilder’s Christmas classic is the blueprint for romcoms everywhere
The 1960 film about a downtrodden insurance worker and his burgeoning crush is full of staccato repartee and unforgettable jokes. It’s barely aged a day
Timothée Chalamet’s unhinged Marty Supreme promo tour is fun – but what really sells a film in 2025?
The actor has been doing it all to sell his 50s-set ping-pong epic but, as a year of A-list flops shows, there’s no formula for guaranteed success
‘I’ve waited for this movie my whole life’: Guardian readers’ best films of 2025
From the surreal fairytale The Ice Tower to the revenge western Tornado, our readers share the films that had the biggest impact on them this year
My weirdest Christmas: I sat on a desk chair watching the strangest film I’ve ever seen
Away from our families, my flatmate and I hung out in his bedroom, Christmas lunch on our laps, watching a poorly written, jarringly inappropriate movie
The Devil’s Backbone review – rich, rousing ghost story is early gothic gem from Guillermo del Toro
Executed with trademark technical flair and empathy, this part-horror, part-fairytale set in a haunted orphanage from 2001 is one of the director’s best
Chris Rea obituary
Singer, songwriter and guitarist best known for his enduring hit Driving Home for Christmas