Lost reels: 15 directors pick great films you won’t find on UK streaming
Many films – even classics such as Eraserhead and Chungking Express – remain surprisingly unavailable online to UK audiences. We asked film-makers from Martin McDonagh to Charlotte Wells to pick their favourites
September 2023
Film-maker Martin McDonagh calls no campaign ‘rightwing swine’ for using scene in voice referendum ad
Response comes after Fair Australia shared clip from Seven Psychopaths with face of Anthony Albanese superimposed over gun-toting thug
June 2023
The week in theatre: Dear England; The Pillowman; The Third Man – review
Joseph Fiennes scores as Gareth Southgate in a rousing football drama; Lily Allen glimmers in a low-voltage Martin McDonagh revival; and a musical Third Man hits a bum note
The Pillowman review – Lily Allen fails to deliver visceral punch
In this revival of Martin McDonagh’s play about child mutilation, tyranny and freedom of expression, the twists and turns between comic and macabre sadly do not come off
‘I do like a shock’: Martin McDonagh on why casting Lily Allen in The Pillowman makes it even more electrifying
His 2003 play about child torture and freedom of speech became a global phenomenon. But will it offend today’s audiences? The writer-director explains why he won’t be changing a thing
March 2023
Peter Bradshaw’s Oscar predictions: who will win – and who should?
Best picture Oscar hustings
Why The Banshees of Inisherin should win the best picture Oscar
February 2023
Tár and The Banshees of Inisherin take top honours at London film critics awards
Cate Blanchett wins actress of the year while Banshees picks up three acting awards, including actor of the year for Colin Farrell
January 2023
Banshees star Barry Keoghan: from foster homes to breakout Oscar contender
The Guardian view on Irish film: laughing all the way to the Oscars
Ranked
Frances McDormand’s 10 best performances – ranked!
Oscar nominations 2023: the full list
Joy in Ireland after country’s film talents bag 14 Oscar nominations
Will All Quiet on the Western Front really conquer all at the Baftas?
Peter Bradshaw
December 2022
Banshees of Inisherin shines light on Ireland’s west coast in tourism spin-off
Despite film’s macabre plot, campaign featuring its actors and locations draws millions of views
The Banshees of Inisherin leads pack as London film critics announce nominations
Martin McDonagh’s film receives nine nominations, one ahead of widely acclaimed father-daughter drama Aftersun
Observer critics' review of 2022
Film: Mark Kermode’s 10 best of 2022
From Hindi crime drama to medieval teen empowerment, Graceland to Bradford to Iran, the year was rich in unforgettable performances
October 2022
Friends are good for us … so why do many men have none at all?
Best pals in 1920s rural Ireland fall out spectacularly in the acclaimed film The Banshees of Inisherin. A century on, surely the attitudes of the modern male have moved on?
The Beauty Queen of Leenane review – wrangling mother and daughter in dark comedy thriller
With an excruciating clash of characters locked in a plot that is equal parts funny, sad and violent, this timeless production is as familiar as it is unsettling
Mark Kermode's film of the week
The Banshees of Inisherin review – flawless tragicomedy of male friendship gone sour
Three Billboards and In Bruges writer-director Martin McDonagh reunites Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell in this deliciously melancholy tale set in remotest 1920s Ireland
