Dead Souls review – Alex Cox rides into sunset with anti-Trump spaghetti western
The Repo Man director relocates Gogol’s surreal novella to the old west in what he says will be his final film
Oscar nominations 2026: the full list
All the nominees, from Sinners to One Battle After Another, for the 98th Academy Awards, which are due to take place on 15 March
Marcus Gilbert obituary
Actor who starred as Rupert Campbell-Black in the TV series Riders in the 1990s and in the Rambo and Evil Dead film franchises
Hijack to Robbie Williams: the week in rave reviews
Idris Elba battles bad guys on the Berlin underground, while the former Take That star reconsiders his Britpop years. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews
Industry to Blue Velvet: the week in rave reviews
The high-finance melodrama returns, darker than ever, and David Lynch’s nightmare in suburbia gets another outing in the cinema. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews
With Sátántangó and Werckmeister Harmonies, Béla Tarr became the vividly disquieting master of spiritual desolation
The Hungarian director’s films moved slowly like vast gothic aircraft carrier-sized ships across dark seas, giving audiences a feeling of drunkenness and hangover at the same time
Hamnet review – Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley beguile and captivate in audacious Shakespearean tragedy
Chloé Zhao’s film version of Maggie O’Farrell’s myth-making novel powerfully reimagines the agonising loss of a child as the source of Hamlet’s grand stage drama
The Traitors to Dry Cleaning: the week in rave reviews
Claudia Winkleman returns with the regular version of the hit gameshow, while the left-field indie quartet spread their wings. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews
Doomed lovers, high heels and The Odyssey: films to get excited about in 2026
Margot Robbie busts her corset in Wuthering Heights, the Devil Wears Prada sequel goes fashionably to war, and Christopher Nolan brings us a Greek epic. Plus much more in our pick of the best films coming to UK cinemas this year
What happened next: how KPop Demon Hunters became a global phenomenon and outranked Lady Gaga
It’s the Korean fantasy movie that came out of nowhere to become Netflix’s most-watched film ever. And social media mentions of its characters are outranking those of real-life superstars
From the World Cup to the return of Michaela Coel, 2026 promises to excite and bring joy
A very Long Wave-coded book, a landmark Nigerian film and more Black art and culture on its way in the next 12 months
‘It’s no romcom’: why the real Wuthering Heights is too extreme for the screen
The new film adaptation by Saltburn director Emerald Fennell looks set to be provocative – but nowhere near as shocking as Emily Brontë’s original
The Lowdown to The Devil’s Backbone: the week in rave reviews
Ethan Hawke is a triumph in a poignant new comedy-drama, and Guillermo del Toro’s breakout horror flick gets a rerelease. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews
Bowie: The Final Act review – moving and enjoyable tribute to music legend’s last stand
Singer’s final decades can’t really be called his creative golden years but there are touching contributions from his collaborators
‘I’ve waited for this movie my whole life’: Guardian readers’ best films of 2025
From the surreal fairytale The Ice Tower to the revenge western Tornado, our readers share the films that had the biggest impact on them this year