The Creator review – a truly original man-v-machine sci-fi spectacular
This visually striking action thriller from Monsters director Gareth Edwards, which takes a sympathetic view of artificial intelligence, is a world-building triumph
September 2023
The Creator review – vast and exhilarating sci-fi actioner rages against the AI machine
Director Gareth Edwards draws together the many strands of our current AI debate with tremendous boldness, conjuring up an intriguing and stimulating spectacle
October 2022
The Piano Lesson review – August Wilson revival hits a bum note
John David Washington and Samuel L Jackson star in a tonally misjudged drama oddly played for awkward laughs
Amsterdam review – don’t try to keep up
David O Russell brings plenty of pizzazz to this 1930s mystery, but the ambitious jigsaw puzzle of a plot is almost impossible to follow
Down the rabbit hole
What links David O Russell’s crime romp Amsterdam to Gloria Steinem and Bob Dylan?
Ahead of the shouty director’s latest film, we venture down the rabbit hole with Christian Bale, Julianne Moore and Spike Lee
September 2022
Amsterdam review – turn of the screwball in David O Russell’s starry muddle
Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John David Washington bring laughs to a exhaustingly wacky riff on a real-life fascist conspiracy in 1930s New York
February 2021
How using a black actor to vent white frustration sinks Malcolm & Marie
Sam Levinson’s black and white Netflix two-hander turns into a self-indulgent excuse to whine about his critics through the mouthpiece of John David Washington
January 2021
Malcolm & Marie review – furious film-maker takes a pop at critics
Zendaya and John David Washington ham it up entertainingly in a two-hander about a conceited director and his partner
August 2020
Now you've seen it
Face masks, time travel and James Bond auditions: discuss Tenet with spoilers
Christopher Nolan’s latest blockbuster creates a palindromic origami of bizarre physics inside an 007-style thriller. If you’ve seen it, what did you think?
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Tenet review – supremely ambitious race against time makes for superb cinema
Go with it, and Christopher Nolan’s high-concept action romp will leave you ripping off your face mask for air, even as you wonder what it was all about
Tenet review - high concept and high stakes
Christopher Nolan’s nuclear apocalypse thriller dazzles and disorients – but can it entice people back to the cinema?
July 2020
Reel challenge: what will cinema look like after lockdown is relaxed?
Blockbusters such as Tenet and Mulan are slated for a summer release, but the future of film is shrouded in uncertainty
December 2019
The most anticipated movies of 2020
The most exciting movies of 2020 – blockbusters
Maverick swoops back on screen, Ghostbusters comes back to life and the 25th Bond film arrives (finally) in next year’s impressive array of big-budget knockouts
February 2019
Best picture Oscar hustings
Why BlacKkKlansman should win the best picture Oscar
Spike Lee’s politically charged cinema has irked the Academy in the past, but his witty take on how a black policeman outsmarted the Ku Klux Klan could prove sweetly timed
January 2019
The full list of Golden Globes 2019 winners
Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody took home top film prizes while Olivia Colman and Rami Malek won acting honours
August 2018
Box office analysis: UK
BlacKkKlansman infiltrates UK box office but Christopher Robin stays on top
Mark Kermode's film of the week
BlacKkKlansman review – a blistering return to form for Spike Lee
BlacKkKlansman review – Spike Lee hits his targets again and again
‘We’re still fighting that same fight’: how Spike Lee got his groove back with BlacKkKlansman
May 2018
BlacKkKlansman review – Spike Lee's clanging rebuke to the New Trump Order
Lee’s satirical 70s comedy – about a black police officer who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan – is broad and unsubtle, but hits its targets effectively
