‘Sexy, sweaty and surprising – with a really big ending’: readers’ best films of 2024 so far
Best culture of 2024 so far
The best films of 2024 in the UK so far
March 2024
Oscars 2025: who might be in the running for next year’s awards?
‘Completely unfilmable’: the Dune universe is about to get weird
‘The Bene Gesserit can kill with their voices. That’s what I try to do’: the musicians mining Dune for tunes
Wendy Ide's film of the week
Dune: Part Two review – sci-fi sequel is immense, breathtaking wonder
February 2024
Dune v Dune: do Denis Villeneuve’s films stay true to the book?
Dune: Part Two review – second half of hallucinatory sci-fi epic is staggering spectacle
January 2024
2024 culture preview
From Megalopolis to Joker 2: the 2024 films Guardian writers are most excited about
With major new films from Lynne Ramsey, Francis Ford Coppola and Robert Eggers, the year promises a feast for fans
May 2023
Week in geek
The Dune: Part Two trailer is here – but how many more films will we get?
This first look at the forthcoming Dune sequel pulls us back into the strange sandpit. But how much farther into Frank Herbert’s psychedelic universe is Denis Villeneuve likely to venture?
December 2022
2023 culture preview
The best films of 2023 to look forward to
New movies from Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson, Sam Mendes, Greta Gerwig and Florian Zeller, among others, mean there’s a feast of cinema to look forward to in the coming months
April 2022
Week in geek
Can Dune: Part Two follow Lord of the Rings to win best picture Oscar?
Part one of Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic swept all the technical awards at this year’s Academy awards – might part two become the second fantasy movie to win the ‘major’ one?
March 2022
Best picture Oscar hustings
Why Dune should win the best picture Oscar
Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of the (first half of) Frank Herbert’s sci-fi classic is an immersive blockbuster that actually makes the extraterrestrial future feel otherworldly
December 2021
The Guide newsletter
The Guide #14: readers pick 2021’s best culture
In this week’s newsletter: with enough ‘best of 2021’ lists out there, we asked readers for their favourite film, TV, albums, podcasts and books this year
Top US films 2021
The 50 best films of 2021 in the US, No 6: Dune
Denis Villeneuve’s fantasy epic finds a happy truce between booming multiplex blockbuster and moody arthouse drama
Best films of 2021
The 50 best films of 2021 in the UK, No 6: Dune
The missing link between multiplex and arthouse, Denis Villeneuve’s sandy sci-fi opus is dense and moody but also thoroughly immersive and often sublime
October 2021
Week in geek
Will the Dune sequel be the ultimate anti-blockbuster?
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Dune review – Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic gets off to an electrifying start
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Dune review – Denis Villeneuve’s awe-inspiring epic is a moment of triumph
Dune: science fiction’s answer to Lord of the Rings
