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
April 2018
Making drama out of the refugee crisis
Films about Europe’s migrant crisis run the risk of being artful and exploitative. Now directors are seeking to redress the balance
May 2017
Sea Sorrow review – Vanessa Redgrave's ungainly, heartfelt essay on the refugee crisis
The veteran actor and political activist has made her directorial debut with a film treading bravely where others might not – even if her inexperience behind the camera shows
February 2017
Oscar winners 2017: the full list
Film blog
It's my first time attending the Oscars – here's my wishlist for the night
Peter Bradshaw
December 2016
Top UK films 2016
The 50 best films of 2016 in the UK: No 5 Fire at Sea
Top US films 2016
The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: No 6 Fire at Sea
November 2016
Top US films 2016
The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: the full list
The Guardian film team’s favourite movies released in the US this year
Top UK films 2016
The 50 best films of 2016 in the UK: the full list
The Guardian film team’s favourite movies released in the UK this year
Film blog
The best films of 2016 so far
As we approach the final months of 2016, it’s time to look back at the films our critics have so far rated the finest
October 2016
Paul Verhoeven and Pedro Almodóvar among record 85 foreign language Oscar entrants
Films from the Dutch and Spanish veterans included among the 85 submissions for next year’s award, with German comedy Toni Erdmann an early favourite
June 2016
Fire at Sea review – from the migrant crisis, a gentle poetry
The Guardian's Film Weekly
Mel Gibson's resurrection and Fire at Sea reviewed – the Dailies film podcast
'Not even death can stop 200,000 migrants wanting to escape': Fire at Sea's Gianfranco Rosi
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Fire at Sea review – masterly and moving look at the migrant crisis
February 2016
Film blog
Why Fire at Sea sailed away with the Berlin film festival's Golden Bear
Andrew Pulver
The Berlinale jury got it right. Gianfranco Rosi’s documentary about the migrant crisis in Europe engages deeply with a key topic of our time, but also displays a distinctive, humane cinematic style
Berlin film festival awards top prize to refugee crisis documentary Fire at Sea
Jury president Meryl Streep praises Gianfranco Rosi’s film on Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, where thousands of asylum seekers have arrived
Fire at Sea review – a powerful study of migrant crisis
Italian director Gianfranco Rosi creates an unsentimental documentary about the carnage and despair as Lampedusans struggle to deal with desperate refugees
