Wolves, wizards and white mares... As animated epic The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim goes on release, we enter into some of the cinema’s most vivid fantasy realms.

Historic injustices, present-day conflicts and an ecologically depleted future – the subjects of this year’s documentaries offered little to feel cheerful about, but the sheer number of fine films was ...

Animated film has never been more popular, as the glut of sequels at the multiplex will testify. Meanwhile, smaller-scale independent productions continue to startle and seduce with their originality.

In an era of short attention spans and flash-in-the-pan careers, this year has stood out for the amount of work produced by filmmaking veterans. But anyone looking for evidence to confirm a general ...

Kelly Reichardt, Bong Joon Ho and Lynne Ramsay are all back in harness, and fans of Richard Linklater, Josh O’Connor, Tatiana Maslany and Jessie Buckley can look forward to double helpings in 2025.

Timothée Chalamet’s commitment is admirable and director James Mangold’s choice to focus to Dylan’s 1960s rise to fame pays off, but this film struggles to balance the conventional notes of a music ...

Grail quests, apparitions in the woods and the unearthing of buried secrets. What are you watching this weekend?

Best director went to Rungano Nyoni for her second feature, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, with best screenplay handed to Sandhya Suri for her thriller Santosh. Santosh, which was also backed by the BFI ...

Covid lockdown, a group of out-of-work actors staged a blunder-filled production of Hamlet inside the world of Grand Theft Auto. Now they’ve levelled up with an endearing documentary about the process ...

Whichever side of the debate your snowflake falls, yuletide action doesn’t end with Die Hard. As the nights draw in and the festive season steps into gear, here are 10 more Christmas action greats for ...

As his new film Queer comes to cinemas, we backtrack through Luca Guadagnino’s cinema of hormonal longing and desire.

This delicate, dreamlike tale of loneliness and fellowship, following the lives of three women in Mumbai, is the unforgettable winner of this year’s poll. Here, the director shares her delight at ...