As actor, director and stunt co-ordinator, Sammo Hung is one of the legendary figures of Hong Kong action cinema. Here the 72-year-old reflects on the era of practical, physical action and his long ...

Winner of the Werner Herzog Film Prize, this graceful drama from Harley Chamandy possesses a vivid sense of place and strong lead performance from Vincent Leclerc as a grieving music producer.

2024 marks the deserved ascendency of Sharon D. Clarke, who has previously commanded attention for supporting roles in Doctor Who and Mr Loverman (see below) and is a recognised star in theatreland.

Intrigue in the Alps, an airport thriller set on Christmas Eve, and Daniel Craig in Mexico City. What are you watching this weekend?

British actors Ann Ogbomo and Cherrelle Skeete co-founded the film and TV-focused campaign Hair and Make-Up Equality Now, a call to action to rectify industry failures to implement culturally ...

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 ...

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 ...

A quantum physicist turns sleuth when a series of gruesome murders occur at an academic alpine summit in Timm Kröger’s heavily stylised sci-fi noir.

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.

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.

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 ...

In our Autumn 1983 issue, we heard from novelist and screenwriter Ian McEwan on The Ploughman’s Lunch, his and Eyre’s exploration of the 'fake present'.