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‘Everything is trying to kill you’: harrowing Ukraine film gets standing ovation at Sundance

Oscar-winning film-maker behind 20 Days in Mariupol returns to festival with bruising, on-the-ground look at ongoing conflict

Twinless review – dark, inventive comedy takes an unexpected path

James Sweeney’s tightrope-mastering mix of genres and tones is an incredibly effective feat, veering from funny to creepy to devastatingly sad

Ryan Gosling for Star Wars? It may be the end of the franchise as we know it

Chronically handsome and brooding he may be, but the actor’s casting in a new film has inverted the traditional Star Wars formula by bringing in an established star. Will it work?

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga to Star Trek: Section 31 – the seven best films to watch on TV this week

More thrilling petrolhead action in the Mad Max prequel starring Anya Taylor-Joy, plus Michelle Yeoh’s space spin-off is deliciously arch

‘Her face is a marvel!’: Vanessa Redgrave’s 20 best films – ranked!

With an oeuvre ranging from swooning Merchant Ivory serenity to bravura blasphemy, we rate the acting dynasty doyenne’s finest films as she approaches her 88th birthday

Irish-language cinema has bright future despite Oscars snub, says Kneecap director

Comedy film loosely based on lives of Belfast hip-hop trio missed out on nominations for best international feature and original song

Flight Risk review – Mel Gibson serves up white-knuckle fun in airplane suspense thriller

Game performances from Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace lift this silly but diverting action movie set almost entirely on a small aircraft

Nosferatu’s Robert Eggers to direct sequel to 1986’s Labyrinth

Director of recent horror remake set to revisit Jim Henson’s beloved classic starring Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie

Oscars groupthink pushes Emilia Pérez, the weakest nominee, to a record-breaking lead

The Brutalist is the next most favoured choice, with its mesmeric drama, currently neck-and-neck with the sugary charm of Wicked

Tell us: who is your pick to win at the Oscars 2025?

Now the Oscars 2024 nominees have been announced, we would like to hear about your personal favourite

Sundance 2025: the 10 films not to miss at this year’s festival

From a Jennifer Lopez musical to an Ayo Edebiri horror to a provocative prison documentary, this year’s Utah-based festival has plenty to be excited about

Iranian Oscar nominee Mohammad Rasoulof: ‘After my arrest, I told myself: don’t hold back’

His new film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, is up for an Academy award – but the film-maker had to direct it from his sofa. Even under sentence of arrest and flogging, he won’t be silenced, he says

Oscar nominations 2025: the full list

All the nominees, from The Brutalist to Wicked by way of Anora and Conclave, for the 97th Academy Awards, which are due to take place on 2 March

Oscars nominations 2025: Emilia Pérez breaks record with 13 as The Brutalist and Wicked both trail with 10

Jacques Audiard’s transgender musical has beaten the record for the most nominations by a film not in the English language, and taken three more than its next rivals – Wicked and The Brutalist – in this year’s competition

Long-delayed DiCaprio/Scorsese serial killer film Devil in the White City back on track

The actor and director have wanted to film the true story of murders at the 1893 World’s Fair for more than a decade, and reports suggest it is back in pre-production

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