The 50 best films of 2019 in the UK: the full list
Our pick of the year’s top movies released in the UK reveals the end of an era, painful breakups, festive families, horrors both real and imagined, and heroes of many kinds
July 2019
'We’ve gone through a lot of trauma': why millennial stories are saving Hollywood
After decades of an older generation portraying the age-group inaccurately, a new wave of auteurs are shaking up the film industry
June 2019
Act your age: teens put the sheen on films about growing up
Eighth Grade review – the exquisite agony of growing up
March 2019
Coming of age: the Gen Z losers saving cinema – and the world
Ever since James Dean, teenagers have been shown at odds with their elders. But in today’s coming-of-age films, it’s the kids who must rescue their future from adults
February 2019
Screenplay glory for Can You Ever Forgive Me? and Eighth Grade
Writers Guild of America awards throw spotlight on two surprise winners – including the black-comedy Oscars contender
December 2018
Top US films 2018
The 50 best films of 2018 in the US: No 4 – Eighth Grade
YouTuber turned comedian Bo Burnham makes his directorial debut with a piercingly honest study of teenage anxiety in the social media era
July 2018
Eighth Grade review – adolescence is excruciating in finely observed gem
The directorial debut of comedian Bo Burnham is a wonderfully naturalistic tale of the end of middle school with a standout turn from Elsie Fisher
May 2018
No cape required: your guide to the best alternative films this summer
While the multiplex might be overrun with superheroes, dinosaurs and space cowboys, the season also offers up a set of films untouched by sequelitis
