Romaine Hart: inspiring figure who led the reinvigoration of cinema culture in the UK
Hart gave me my first break in the industry and stood out as a beacon of hope for those who followed
Chaplin, Elvis and Batman return: 25 films to look out for in 2022
Baz Luhrmann takes on the King with Tom Hanks, Jim Broadbent steals a masterpiece and Jessica Chastain plays an eccentric televangelist … all in 2022’s must-see movies
Gritt review – intriguing, subversive drama about the perils of creativity
Itonje Søimer Guttormsen’s feature debut traces the story of a troubled young woman on the outside of outsider art
The 50 best films of 2021 in the US: the full list
Our countdown of the best films released in the US during 2021 reaches No 1 with Jane Campion’s menacing western about two warring brothers
The 50 best films of 2021 in the UK
Our countdown of the best films released in the UK during 2021 reaches No 1 with Jane Campion’s menacing western about two warring brothers
The 50 best films of 2021 in the US, No 3: Petite Maman
Céline Sciamma’s latest drama is a heartbreaking but beautiful ghost story told with a masterful, realist calm
The 50 best films of 2021 in the UK, No 3: Petite Maman
Céline Sciamma’s beautiful fairytale about a girl who meets her mother as a child in the woods is an artistic masterstroke
The 50 best films of 2021 in the US, No 4: Drive My Car
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi adapts a Haruki Murakami short story into a highly moving meditation on life and art
The 50 best films of 2021 in the UK, No 4: Drive My Car
A tender, meditative drama that marks Ryusuke Hamaguchi a new master of Japanese cinema
Lola and the Sea review – trans woman goes on road trip with angry dad
Mya Bollaers is superb as a trans woman forced to travel with her bigoted father in a film that can’t quite escape its own cliches
Lamb review – sheep thrills in Iceland
Noomi Rapace stars in this creepy story of a couple raising a strange ovine addition to their household
The 50 best films of 2021 in the UK, No 8: Azor
An eerie, unsettling drama-thriller from director Andreas Fontana sees a Swiss banker navigate Argentina’s dirty war
Lamb review – Noomi Rapace outstanding in wild horror-comedy of Icelandic loneliness
This outrageous story of a bereaved couple’s surrogate child ropes in a wild bestiary of creatures great and digital
The 50 best films of 2021 in the US, No 9: Azor
An unnervingly subtle and dreamlike conspiracy thriller set in the strange world of the super-wealthy at the time of the dirty war in Argentina
Hope review – sensitive study of the grief that lies behind a cancer diagnosis
Stellan Skarsgård plays a man whose attention has been more focused on his career than his family wrestles with accepting his wife’s terminal illness