Jerry Seinfeld’s origin story of Pop-Tarts is a riotous comedy full of starry cameos, and M Night Shyamalan’s thriller about a secret beach has all the twists you would expect from the maker of The Sixth Sense

Thrills abound in a smart, funny tale of mobile phone innovation, while Zack Snyder’s space opera returns for an epic battle

Offbeat British directors defying realist expectations fare well in poll, but Hitchcock dominates

Re-released across two seasons for Australian and New Zealand audiences, Chaplin’s elegant crowdpleasers will rescue you from chaotic times

Maya Angelou and Jean Seberg were just some of the women who faced everything from racism and sexism to transphobia, yet produced some of cinema’s most defining pictures

The star’s long career, from her stage debut at 15 to her film, TV and literary success, reveals a shrewd talent who has risen to many a challenge

Inspiring, addictive and occasionally gasp-worthy – to mark the publication of Woody Allen’s Apropos of Nothing, we arrange the best Tinseltown memoirs in order of excellence