American actor best known for her roles in the classic films The Hustler, Carrie and Children of a Lesser God
March 2018
John Boyega: ‘I’m very direct. I can’t lie’
He shook up Star Wars as its first black stormtrooper and hasn’t looked back since. John Boyega on facing down bullies and not being nicey-nice
January 2018
And the winner isn't: the Oscar-aiming films that stumbled this year
While The Shape of Water, Dunkirk and Three Billboards might have impressed voters, other starry prospects haven’t been so lucky
'Invisible no longer': women in film on the female directors the Oscars must celebrate
We asked women working in film to tell us the standout films with female directors deserving of Oscar recognition this year
It’s the alternative Oscars…
Ahead of the official Academy nominations on Tuesday, Observer critics pick their own shortlists
December 2017
Top UK films 2017
Cinema got woke in 2017, but it's only the beginning
Films such as The Florida Project and Get Out have led the charge in Hollywood – and while Trump may have killed off satire, next year political history looks set to take its place
Top US films 2017
The 50 top films of 2017 in the US: the full list
A heartrending coming-of-age love story tops our assessment of the best films on US screens over the past year, pipping a kid’s-eye view of Florida, political intrigue, dystopian futures and nightmarish presents
Top UK films 2017
The 50 top films of 2017 in the UK: the full list
A heartrending love story tops our list of the year’s best films, which also features a kids’-eye view of Florida, political horror, erotic thrills, sci-fi noir, ghosts, grief and communism
September 2017
Box office analysis: UK
Tom Cruise still flying high at UK box office with American Made
Five of the best… new films
God’s Own Country and Logan Lucky: this week’s best films in the UK
August 2017
Box office analysis: UK
American Made puts Cruise in control at top of the UK box office
A race riot forever changed my city. Hollywood only told half the story
Bankole Thompson
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Detroit review – scenes from a riot revisited
Five of the best… new films
Detroit and Hotel Salvation: this week’s best films in the UK
Kathryn Bigelow on Detroit: ‘There’s a radical desire not to face the reality of race’
In 1967, they watched their city erupt. Fifty years on, how has Detroit changed?
July 2017
First look review
Detroit review – Kathryn Bigelow rages against brutal chapter in US race struggle
Amid the erupting 1967 Detroit riots, John Boyega plays a security guard drawn in to a grotesque showdown with racist cops at the Algiers Motel