Why Top Gun: Maverick should win the best picture Oscar
The film that even Steven Spielberg has called ‘the saviour of cinema’ deserves credit for reviving the industry – but more than that, it’s a genuinely great blockbuster that truly hits deep
Botox, trifle and a bit of Australia: Oscars gift bags and party menu revealed
Even if nominees don’t win they can walk away with a $126,000 grab bag of wellness-focused luxuries, after enjoying tiny fish and chips
Star Wars films by Kevin Feige and Patty Jenkins shelved
Taika Waititi is looking to direct and act in the first live action Star Wars film since The Rise of Skywalker in 2019, according to a report in Variety
Tim Robbins backs Woody Harrelson’s call to end Covid protocols on set
Shawshank Redemption actor tweeted in support of a recent interview in which Harrelson called on-set Covid protocols ‘nonsense’
This is England … and Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: where to find the UK’s greatest film scenes
From aliens cruising Glasgow to punks rocking Belfast, most regions of the UK have had their big-screen moment. Our critics take us on a tour of some of their favourite locations
My kids often baffle me. But at least we agree on subtitles
Research suggests young people use subtitles more than their elders. I suspect this reflects their love of text – and the vagaries of today’s sound designers, writes Adrian Chiles
Walter Mirisch obituary
Producer whose trust in his film-makers led to a string of popular, Oscar-nominated movies
Cineworld shares plunge after it receives no all-cash offers to save business
Any bankruptcy rescue deal for London-listed group would wipe out shareholders
New Lord of the Rings films in the works at Warner Bros
Announcement comes 20 years after Peter Jackson’s trilogy was released and amid a scramble for franchises at Warner Bros Discovery
‘I’m a film-maker because of him’: Herzog, Swinton, Rushdie and more on Tom Luddy, cinema’s quiet titan
Friends and film-makers including Errol Morris, Laurie Anderson and Adam Curtis on the brilliance of Telluride’s Tom Luddy, who has died aged 79
The return of #BaftasSoWhite, three years after diversity outcry
With no wins for people of colour, actors’ union Equity says pool of nominees is not diverse enough
‘We bow at the altar of Groundhog Day’: concept copycats celebrate its 30th birthday
As the classic Bill Murray time-loop romcom reaches 30, and the imitators that reuse its concept keep on coming – from Palm Springs to Russian Doll – we ask what makes it so timeless
Hits, misses and deals: what can we learn from this year’s Sundance?
A return to in-person premieres for the Utah-based festival saw big money acquisitions and the start of some Oscar campaigns
Michaela Coel says film industry misses out on marginalised communities
I May Destroy You writer and actor is set to take on new mentoring role for upcoming film-makers
Eva Green: ‘corners were cut’ on film at centre of legal battle
Actor tells high court that fatal shooting on Alec Baldwin film set showed what could happen