Sydney film festival 2026: nine of the best movies and one free event
With 248 films to choose from, highlights include The Death of Robin Hood, Leviticus and a ‘psychosexual horror’ starring Hacks’ Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson
As a schoolboy, I was dazzled by the Festival of Britain – but it revealed a divided nation
From the Dome of Discovery to the massive cigar-shaped Skylon, the spectacular cultural showcase was an exhilarating sight in 1951. The Tories demolished those prime exhibits yet, 75 years on, it has a significant legacy
Turangalîla: Infinite Love review – RPO and 1927 Studios bring Messiaen to joyous and vibrant life
Part of the Southbank’s Multitudes festival, this pairing of silent movie and Messiaen was a feast for the eyes and ears
Cannes did camera: how the film festival loves to watch itself
From An Almost Perfect Affair to Mr Bean’s Holiday, there’s nothing the festival enjoys more than seeing itself on screen. The next season of The White Lotus is tapping into that rich tradition – can it capture the Côte d’Azur’s peculiar magic?
Cannes looks beyond Hollywood as US film-makers mostly fail to make the grade
The 79th edition of the influential festival boasts an auteur-heavy lineup – with one, very big, country conspicuous by its almost total absence
Gillian Anderson and Cara Delevingne to hit Cannes as auteur heavyweights dominate festival lineup
The 79th edition of the film festival will see work by Pedro Almodóvar, Hirokazu Kore-eda and László Nemes considered for the coveted Palme d’Or
‘We are a very resilient people’: in the face of Trump’s threats, Cuban cinema comes out fighting
With the island back in Washington’s sights, the Screen Cuba festival is taking UK audiences beyond the blockade
Effi o Blaenau review – Greek myth retelling Iphigenia in Splott becomes blistering Welsh-language film
Leisa Gwenllian is a force of nature as working-class heroine Effi in this big screen version of Gary Owen’s one-woman play
Berlin film festival head to keep job after Gaza free speech row
German government convened a crisis meeting after several prize winners condemned Israel’s actions against Palestinians
If the Berlin film festival ousts its director, there may be no way back
Hosting an audience-friendly festival in a highly political capital city has always been a challenge. If Berlinale’s organisers push out Tricia Tuttle over the latest Gaza row, they may as well give up trying
Yellow Letters wins Golden Bear at Berlin film festival dominated by Gaza row
Wim Wenders says German director İlker Çatak’s Turkey-set warning against creeping authoritarianism gave jury ‘chills’
We Are All Strangers review – two weddings and a baby in marvellously addictive family drama
Anthony Chen offers up a forthright but warm film that navigates romantic crises and Singapore’s infatuation with the rich
Dust review – timely fictionalisation of a tech-bro dotcom bust that blighted rural Belgium
The drama about two startup innovators defeated by their egotistical overreach feels as if it presages these AI times
Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton among those to condemn Berlinale’s ‘silence’ on Gaza
At least 80 film-makers and stars sign open letter after German festival jury president Wim Wenders says they should keep out of politics
The Blood Countess review – Isabelle Huppert reigns supreme in a surreal vampire fantasia
Vienna turns into a playground of camp, cruelty and aristocratic disdain in a blackly comic take on the Báthory legend – with Huppert gloriously suited to the title role