Like Doctor Strangelove before them, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has clearly learned to stop worrying and love the...

A cantankerous, unpopular teacher, Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti); a bright, abrasive student, Angus (Dominic Sessa); and Mary (Da’Vine Joy...

The British Academy Film Awards are rarely ones to rock the boat, and this year’s nominees are a perfect case in point. With two weeks...

American Fiction is an adaptation of Percival Everett’s 2001 novel Erasure, a satire on the US publishing industry. It's a showcase for...

Composer, conductor, musician, cultural titan, Leonard Bernstein’s baton is a weighty one for any filmmaker to pick up. Big names have...

A decade or so ago, the rumour was that Ken Loach was getting ready to quit. Then began a new parade of Conservative prime ministers in...

Long tipped as an Oscar contender, playwright Celine Song’s autobiographical indie drama "Past Lives" more than lives up to the hype. The...

Best Christmas film ever? The argument rages. Most people opt for 'It's A Wonderful Life' but now there is a new film on the block...

Mission Impossible goes AI in the seventh outing for the TV-series-turned-action-cinema-franchise- Dead Reckoning - a genuinely...

The Golden Globes going gaga for quantum physics can’t have been on many film lovers’ awards season bingo cards, but Christopher Nolan’s...

Who cares about the Golden Globes? Absolutely no one, many commentators will breezily assure you, before going on to discuss them in...

The film director William Friedkin, who has died aged 87, was slightly older than the “movie brats” group (Steven Spielberg, Martin...