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.

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.

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 ...

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'.

As a new documentary explores his extraordinarily fertile creative partnership with Ismail Merchant, we sat down with James Ivory to discuss neglected films, homophobia and working with Maggie Smith ...

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 ...