‘Tears were running down my face’: why Bridget Jones 4 is the most moving romcom of modern times

Word back from the cinemas is united – and sniffly: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is leaving audiences in surprising puddles. Our writers reveal the moments that made then sob loudest, and why

A Picture to Remember review – memories of a Donetsk happy childhood before the war

Olga Chernykh’s portrait of life in war-torn Ukraine, based on home videos, examines how bonds and memories persist through trauma, loss and distance

K-Family Affairs review – childhood memories act as chronicle of South Korean democracy

Nam Arum’s debut documentary weaves intimate home videos and family stories into an interrogation of the aftermath of Chun Doo-hwan’s dictatorship

Most romcoms don’t dare ask what women in their 30s really want. We Live In Time does

Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield’s bold new film about a woman who falls in love and then gets an ovarian cancer diagnosis tackles messy questions about motherhood most films won’t touch

Jackie Briggs obituary

Other lives: Advocate for parents of LGBTQ+ children, passionate community volunteer and actor

Kieran Culkin on pranks, parenting and why his famous family doesn’t need therapy: ‘Us siblings, we’re already cooked’

He’s been on screen since he was seven – but only prepares for a scene 10 minutes before. Yet somehow the mischievous Succession star is now tipped for an Oscar. How did the chaotic, charismatic actor do it?

Santa slays and jingle hells: here’s why Christmas horror films are the perfect antidote to the season

They can be silly and tasteless – and there’s something suitable for almost any age and audience

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

The Shining, burritos and $5 gifts: readers’ unusual holiday traditions

Their answers are a reminder that the holidays can be whatever you want them to be

‘Kids were second to their drinking and partying’: Stephen Bogart, son of Bogie and Bacall, on his screen icon parents

What’s it like to grow up the son of Hollywood legends? Stephen Bogart, whose parents left him for six months even after his nanny dropped dead, reveals how he finally shook off the past

The Bilbaos review – soulful study of a tough guy boxer dealing with emotional baggage

Pedro Speroni’s documentary follows Iván Bilbao’s return from prison to a family full of troubles and tenderness

‘I couldn’t tell my parents I loved them’: documentary-maker Duncan Cowles on giving silent men a voice

The Scottish film-maker on bringing humour to his look at male emotional repression, being compared to Louis Theroux, and his problems with reality TV

One Mother review – poignant memoir grapples with trauma of foster care

Mickaël Bandela’s documentary reflects on the events that left him in care as a child, and the generational losses that came before

A Long Journey Home review – family pressures reach boiling point in a shocking documentary

It’s almost painful to watch this oppressive autobiographical film, pieced together from footage the director shot in her family’s Chinese home

Home Sweet Home: Where Evil Lives review – fresh take on pregnant-woman-in-peril horror

Unfolding in what looks like a single take, Thomas Sieben sends his protagonist into a house that’s haunted by historical trauma