Anora and The Brutalist lead London film critics’ award nominations

Sean Baker’s and Brady Corbet’s films received seven nominations each from the London Critics’ Circle, while feminist body horror The Substance and Ralph Fiennes’ papal drama Conclave have six

First trailer for James Gunn’s new Superman movie released

The much-anticipated film is being heralded as a significant reset for the DC movie universe, of which Gunn is joint CEO

The 10 best Australian films of 2024: from creepy horror to sublime claymation

Our critic counts down the picks of this year’s bunch – a particularly edgy lot, featuring morbid jokes, profound loss and demonic possessions

‘The full immersive experience’: the rise of cinema with an added twist

While box office continues to play catch up with pre-pandemic numbers, there’s been a notable increase in the popularity of experiential cinema

Best movies of 2024 in the US: No 2 – Nickel Boys

RaMell Ross’s artful and unconventional adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel offers a radically immersive route into a difficult story

‘We’re charged with propaganda, vulgarity and spreading prostitution’: the directors of My Favourite Cake

Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, the makers of our No 2 film of the year, are currently under arrest. They talk about their trial, crossing red lines and why they’re ready to fight

Best films of 2024 in the UK: No 2 – My Favourite Cake

This powerful and important film highlights the brutality of the Iranian regime with a gentle strength of its own

Your Fault review – bizarre and wooden step-sibling romance

Sequel to unaccountably popular Amazon Prime hit finds the same oldsters still out to stop the forbidden young lovers necking in glamorous locations

Can’t-do attitude: why the real horror of Nightbitch is weaponised incompetence

Women around me in the cinema groaned at what Amy Adams’ character had to put up with in the film – and it was nothing to do with dogs

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 review – Jim Carrey supplies laughs and energy for hedgehog threequel

Carrey’s Dr Robotnik is the best thing in elaborate third-instalment shenanigans that are pretty good fan-service fun

Emilia Pérez shows early promise in Oscars race as Academy releases shortlists in 10 categories

Jacques Audiard’s trans gangster musical gets six nods while Anora and Nickel Boys are surprise omissions

Alec Baldwin plans ‘to expose what really happened’ in Rust film set shooting

The actor told a podcast that media reporting of the incident in which cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died had suppressed the truth

The Long Wave: Christmas celebrations across the diaspora

From Nigeria to Trinidad, ’tis the season when our writers share stories of their favourite festive traditions. Plus, how a diaspora influx has led to soaring prices in Ghana

Best movies of 2024 in the US: No 3 – All We Imagine As Light

Payal Kapadia’s remarkable feature debut charts the daily lives of three women in Mumbai in a beautifully shot ode to the city and to the power of human connections

‘To me, to uzi’: why Paul Chuckle as a gangster isn’t such a dramatic career change

The children’s comic’s role in a drama of ‘death, deceit and carnage’ shouldn’t be a stretch for an established master of destruction