Puppies, ghosts and euphoric snogging: the 25 best queer films of the century so far
From coming-out fables and dancefloor make-outs to unsimulated sex and a madcap maternal quest, here is a feast of movies about LBGTQ+ lives
Cal review – grieving Helen Mirren superb in compassionate Troubles romance
Mirren won best actress at Cannes in 1984 for her role as Marcella, who forms a relationship with John Lynch’s Cal – a man complicit in her husband’s murder
Deep Cover review – Bryce Dallas Howard leads improv actors into London’s underground
Howard, Orlando Bloom and Nick Mohammed star in an entertaining odd-trio crime caper with turns by Sean Bean and Paddy Considine
My unexpected Pride icon: Fast & Furious is my favourite camp classic
Any film where cast members talk about chosen family and Dwayne ‘the Rock’ Johnson busts a cast off his broken arm by flexing his biceps has a place in the gay canon
‘Prison was the first place we felt sisterhood’: six women return to the ruins of Holloway
In an astonishing new documentary, former inmates go back to the cells that once held them – and reflect on what led them there in the first place. The result is a powerful indictment of our justice system
Stormzy takes first lead acting role as he launches film production company
After music, publishing, sports and philanthropy, rapper expands into film-making with lead role in Big Man, a short film premiering on YouTube
Harris Yulin, character actor and Broadway star, dies at 87
Actor had over 100 credits including Scarface, Training Day, Rush Hour 2, Frasier, Ozark and Clear and Present Danger
‘Absolutely shocking’: Netflix documentary examines how the Titan sub disaster happened
New film Titan: The OceanGate Disaster looks back at the many bad decisions that led to the devastating 2023 tragedy
Harvey Weinstein found guilty on one charge in New York sex crimes retrial
Weinstein found guilty of sexually assaulting Miriam Haley, but acquitted of sexually assaulting Kaja Sokola
Disney and Universal sue AI image creator Midjourney, alleging copyright infringement
Studios accuse AI firm of ‘piracy’ and seek injunction over alleged use of copyrighted characters
Roland Curram obituary
Actor best known for playing the gay companion to Julie Christie’s good-time girl in Darling
‘It’s very easy to make yourself appear like Bono’: Warren Ellis on opening an animal sanctuary in Sumatra
In 2021 the Dirty Three musician co-founded Ellis Park, a refuge in the Indonesian jungle. The decision was a no-brainer – but an ensuing documentary proved a bigger challenge
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life review – witty, well-played French comedy in a Bridget Jones vein
Camille Rutherford is endearing as a writer who wins a place on a Jane Austen retreat, but will she discover love or something more realistic?
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Best films of 2025 in the UK so far
From a dark and death-haunted classic by Mike Leigh to Tom Cruise’s final highwire stunt and Timothée Chalamet’s brilliant embodiment of Dylan we rewind six months of sensational cinema – in order of their UK release date