He wanted his father’s killer to be executed. Until his wish was granted

Does the death penalty – ‘a life for a life’ – really help victims’ families achieve closure? A new documentary finds out

Film in Europe is booming, but the gongs and glamour only tell one side of the story

The Berlinale opens today to an industry thriving on EU funds. But where is the money going – and are audiences benefiting too? asks film critic Moritz Pfeifer

Oscars short films 2025 review – from immigration hell to kiss-averse kids and inspirational octogenarians

Fifteen films have been nominated in the categories of live action, animation and documentary – some cliched, some excellent and others truly powerful

Sidelined: The QB and Me review – hot cheerleader meets star quarterback movie is streaming-age bubblegum

Slickly made high-school movie is packed with slow-motion corridor walks and flawless cheer-squad routines – but it’s hard to get caught up in a plot with so few surprises

‘Comedy and art should push up against a line’: Rich Peppiatt on class, controversy and Kneecap

Ex-tabloid reporter shares how an encounter with Hugh Grant and Steve Coogan led to his acclaimed film about an Irish-language rap trio

Audrey Hepburn and Marc Bolan among stars to get London blue plaque

Others to be remembered for their impact on capital’s cultural heritage include Una Marson and Graham Sutherland

From Blitz to Gladiator II: the Oscar-aiming films that missed this season

This year’s nominations were led by smaller, less expected films like The Brutalist, Anora and Emilia Pérez, which left bigger bets in the cold

Captain America: Brave New World review – Harrison Ford juggles green screens, red fists and vanilla plotting

Ford has gravitas as the new president and Anthony Mackie makes a charismatic captain, but this is a tired and uninspired dollop of content from the Marvel Cinematic Universe

The Dead Thing review – sexy state-of-dating thriller opens up the algorithmic death-drive

Office drone Alex meets Kyle on a dating app and he seems perfect. But all is not what it seems in Elric Kane’s clever supernatural foray

To a Land Unknown review – Palestinian refugees seek a better life, whatever it takes

Director Mahdi Fleifel’s tale of displacement, desperation and the lengths one man will go to survive makes for suspenseful, melancholic viewing

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy review – giant laughs for Hugh Grant but weepie sequel is strangely dazed

Renée Zellweger looks as if she’s thinking of something else in weird fourquel that sees our heroine choosing between new suitors Leo Woodall and Chiwetel Ejiofor

The Stepford Wives at 50: a compelling idea in search of a better movie

The 1975 adaptation of Ira Levin’s influential sci-fi thriller has its share of unnerving moments but its brainwashed housewives concept is still in search of a better vehicle

My Husband, the Cyborg review – the raging narcissism behind rich-man body modification

Susanna Cappellaro’s intimate documentary follows her spouse as he gets a body implant, the process serving to demonstrate the self absorption behind it

The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep review – gore flows in bloody animated mer-western

Lovejoyish dude with magical powers wanders into a seaside kingdom where merpeople and regular humans are at loggerheads

How Anora became this year’s surprise Oscar frontrunner

It had seemed like the year of Emilia Pérez or The Brutalist but Sean Baker’s comedy won three major awards over the weekend, turning the best picture race on its head