King Conan is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s chance for a late-period masterpiece, like Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven

If the long-mooted third instalment of the 80s sword and sorcery series finally gets off the ground, it could be Arnie’s chance to go from ageing action hero to cinematic totem

From Björk’s swan dress to Céline’s back-to-front tux: the most iconic Oscar red carpet looks

Ridiculed, ‘memed’ and consigned to worst-dressed lists, seven standout Oscar outfits from over the years

Oscars 2026: how to watch, nominations, what to read and predictions

Get ready for drama and glamour at Hollywood’s annual end-of-season party. Here is your guide on where to watch and what to expect

‘Wouldn’t life be easier if I were white?’: inside a provocative race-swap body horror

In director Amy Wang’s debut movie Slanted, a mysterious procedure allows people of colour to become white, speaking to her own difficult feelings as a teen

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man to The Son – the seven best films to watch on TV this week

The smash-hit period drama gets the Hollywood treatment as Cillian Murphy’s Tommy Shelby strides into 1940’s wartime Birmingham, while Hugh Jackman and Zen McGrath try to repair their fractured relationship

Why Marty Supreme should win the best picture Oscar

Despite being set in the 50s, the film masterfully reflects modern-day anxieties, disconnection and obsession with nostalgia, all while reigniting interest in an unsung sport

A new wave of defiance: the Turkish film-makers standing up to autocracy

İlker Çatak’s Yellow Letters and Emin Alper’s Salvation both won headline honours at the Berlin film festival and show dissenting cinema is thriving in the face of Erdoğan’s repression

Snoop Dogg, pigsty fights and the wrong kind of snow: Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan on making the Peaky Blinders movie

The actors and creator Steven Knight discuss the Shelbys’ big-screen swan song, how fans propelled the show to success, and that undercut

Every Brilliant Thing review – Daniel Radcliffe sells tricky Broadway transfer

The hit one-man show about depression suffers from plain and often corny writing yet is saved by an exuberant turn from the Tony-winning Harry Potter star

KPop Demon Hunters sequel confirmed at Netflix: ‘This is only the beginning’

The streamer’s biggest film of all time, also nominated for two Oscars, is getting a follow-up

‘On YouTube, we can reach 2.5bn people at once’: Oscars head Bill Kramer on TV, AI and 4am starts

The Academy CEO on his decidedly non-Hollywood beginnings, bonding with Robert Redford – and a formative watch of All That Jazz

‘Casting is a very easy thing for others to take credit for’: Richard E Grant on cinema’s invisible moguls

Often forgotten heroes of film, casting directors will be honoured at the Oscars for the first time. Why has it taken so long?

Hollywood’s idea of beauty once meant polished and slim, not altered and gaunt. This new look is unsettling

When movie stars are no longer people we aspire to look like, does it spell the end of Hollywood’s cultural power?

Jane Lapotaire obituary

Stage and screen actor hailed for her work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and for her TV role as Marie Curie

The Straight Story review – David Lynch’s 1999 midwest heartwarmer is an outlier well worth the trip

The true story of Alvin Straight driving 200 miles on a rider-mower to visit his ailing brother has a directness and empathy