Lockdown watch: Joshua Oppenheimer on three essential recent masterpieces
The director of The Act of Killing suggests widening your self-isolation horizons with contemporary films from desolate Russia, war-torn Syria and rural Italy
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000
December 2018
Top US films 2018
The 50 best films of 2018 in the US: No 3 – Loveless
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s stark drama about the dire fallout to a toxic marriage was a loud dissenting cry from within Russia
Top UK films 2018
The 50 best films of 2018 in the UK: No 4 – Loveless
Andrei Zvyagintsev’s stark drama about a couple’s toxic relationship – and its catastrophic fallout – was a passionate dissenting cry from within Russia
Top US films 2018
The 50 best movies of 2018 in the US: the full list
A heartfelt Mexican drama leads our critics’ pick of the top films released in America this year – adding to tales about off-grid survival, toxic relationships, confused schoolkids and game-changing superheroes
April 2018
Ava DuVernay and Kristen Stewart added to female-majority Cannes jury
Léa Seydoux and Denis Villeneuve also join 2018 panel in wake of criticism over the lack of female directors in competition
February 2018
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Loveless review – a lost boy in a toxic world
A child’s disappearance is the catalyst for a savage indictment of family breakdown in Andrey Zvyagintsev’s mesmerising, Oscar-nominated film
January 2018
Controversial Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev: 'Dissident? I'm more of a clown'
Leviathan director Zvyagintsev holds up a mirror to corruption and hard times in Russia. He talks about his new film, Loveless, and how he fell out with the political establishment
October 2017
Russian 'masterpiece' wins top prize at British Film Institute awards
Director Paul Greengrass says film industry needs to do much better in wake of Weinstein scandal as he collects special prize
May 2017
Film blog
Cannes 2017 awards: visceral power overlooked in favour of bourgeois vanity
Loveless review - eerie thriller of hypnotic, mysterious intensity from Leviathan director
December 2015
The 50 best films of 2015 in Australia
The 50 best films of 2015 in Australia – No 4: Leviathan
Continuing our countdown of the best movies released in Australia this year: a booze-fuelled Russian epic which had officials at the Kremlin steaming
February 2015
Russian film industry laments Leviathan's Oscar loss
Ida and Leviathan: under attack at home, but heading for Oscar glory
January 2015
‘Anti-Putin’ Oscar nominee Leviathan gets wide Russian release
Andrei Zvyagintsev’s film has been subject to fierce official criticism for its portrayal of modern Russia and cold-shouldered by state TV – but the controversy has stoked local interest
Leviathan director encourages Russians to watch film illegally
Andrei Zvyagintsev, whose polarising film Leviathan is nominated for the best foreign film Oscar, says he wants as many people to see it as possible
Russian film awards snub Oscar nominee Leviathan for best picture
Russia outlaws films that 'threaten national unity' or 'defile culture'
Oscar-nominated Leviathan upsets officials in native Russia
December 2014
Best films of 2014
The 10 best films of 2014: No 5 – Leviathan
Our countdown heats up with this booze-fuelled Russian epic, which warmed the hearts of critics at Cannes – and had officials at the Kremlin steaming
