On Different Grounds review

Mildred Okwo’s earnest film about the conflicting romantic wishes in a Nigerian family struggles to connect with its promising premise

'A gentle poetry in the everyday': why The Straight Story is my feelgood movie

The latest in our ongoing series of writers picking their most beloved comfort films is a tribute to David Lynch’s gentlest movie

‘Once my tummy stopped shaking, I was absorbed by the scale, spectacle and wonder’: your Steven Spielberg film favourites

We’ve already listed our writers’ all-timers, now Guardian readers get their say on the seminal director’s best blockbusters

The Mandalorian and Grogu has lowest box office opening for a Star Wars film in Disney era

Film starring Pedro Pascal next to ‘Baby Yoda’ took $165m globally on opening weekend, failing to surpass the opening of 2018 flop Solo

Ciao UFO Review

In 1985, four working-class characters are bonded forever by a strange sighting in this sentimental saga that tracks their lives into adulthood.

Cannes spotlight reverts to auteurs as Hollywood retreats from film festival

Absence of big US films heralds renewed focus on international cinema that underpins festival’s reputation

‘The aim was to give Kevin Costner’s version a good kicking’: director John Irvin on his anti-Thatcher Robin Hood

Rush-released in the same year as Prince of Thieves blockbuster, this gritty British movie battled winter weather and chronic illness – and it still holds up

Urban Legend Director Jamie Blanks Dies Aged 54

Australian film-maker behind cult horror films including Valentine and 2008’s Long Weekend was known for his pulpy take on hack’n’slash

The secret lives of six body doubles: ‘They wanted Julia Roberts to have curvier legs’

What is it like to be Michael B Jordan’s twin, Andie MacDowell’s hands or Rachel Weisz’s hair? Some of Hollywood’s best stand-ins reveal all

How to Make a Killing review

Glen Powell tries his best as a desperate serial killer in this update of Kind Hearts and Coronets, but it’s a mere pretender to the original’s throne

Bafta Film Awards 2026: The Full List of Winners

Every prize as it happens from the ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall in London

Yellow Letters wins Berlin Golden Bear at film festival overshadowed by Gaza row

Wim Wenders said German director İlker Çatak’s Turkey-set film tackling creeping authoritarianism gave jury ‘chills’