Sinners becomes first film in history to earn 16 Oscar nominations
Ryan Coogler’s ghost story breaks records as One Battle After Another trails in second with 13 nods and Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value and Frankenstein trail with nine apiece
I got a fine after Cineworld cut its parking time limit
The cinema chain didn’t warn me clearly when I went to see Avatar: Fire and Ash that I needed to register my number plate
Make films shorter if you want them shown in cinemas, says Picturehouse director
Clare Binns says three-hour runtimes deter audiences as she is named Bafta recipient for outstanding British contribution to cinema
Zoe Saldaña becomes highest-grossing actor of all time
Star overtook Scarlett Johansson after success of third Avatar – her films have now made more than $15.46bn worldwide
Forget Big Ben! Try Telford’s Frog Clock: why Hollywood should stop destroying the same old landmarks
As the Gerard Butler film Greenland 2 becomes one more addition to the list of action movies to tamper with the Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty or Golden Gate bridge, isn’t it time they mixed it up a bit?
With Venezuela, Trump has achieved his dream of making his own 80s action movie
Given his rise during the ego joyride of the 1980s, it’s no shock that Trump’s foreign policy is to emulate that decade’s belligerent cinema
Chloé Zhao says ‘feminine consciousness’ incompatible with current Hollywood model
Responding to new reporting finding only nine of the directors behind 2025’s 100 top-grossing US films were women, Hamnet film-maker questions industry’s capacity for inclusivity
UK and Ireland cinema takings on post-pandemic high as A Minecraft Movie tops 2025 box office
Video game spinoff was the highest-grossing film of the year at £56.88m as the sector continued its recovery after Covid
The strangest thing: is the future of cinema … not new movies?
Netflix’s big-screen release of the Stranger Things finale is estimated to have made over $25m at the US box office, the latest example of event cinema proving popular
Narnia! Dune! Charli xcx! The 2026 films Guardian writers are most excited about
From much-anticipated sequels to music mockumentaries to auteur returns, the next 12 months offers up a wide variety of intriguing new movies
How far can James Cameron’s Avatar saga go after its billion-dollar box office triumph?
Cameron warned that Avatars 4 and 5 might end up as novels if third instalment Fire and Ash bombed. But noise about its slow start is beginning to look like a ritual movies in the series must go through before the money pours in
Wuthering Heights, Michael Jackson and the ‘Trump effect’ – will 2026 see the end of the ‘woke’ blockbuster?
The president is scrutinising studio deals, and was rewarded with the promise of a Rush Hour reboot. With Supergirl, Hoppers and a live-action Moana on the way, can Hollywood stand up to Trump?
Susie Figgis obituary
Respected casting director who oversaw the choice of the three young leads for the Harry Potter films
VIP viewing: cinemas bet on luxury bars and beds to usher in a new film era
Sector reinvests in high-end experiences, from front-row beds to premier pods and business class-style seats with built-in wine coolers
From Harry Potter to The Crying Game, Susie Figgis’s explosive enthusiasm made her an irreplaceable casting director
Producer Stephen Woolley pays tribute to Figgis, who has died aged 77, a brilliant professional whose ‘molotov cocktail personality’ enabled her work in British and Hollywood cinema