Battle station: the celebrity podcast that explains modern warfare
Carey Mulligan on Syria, playwright James Graham on the Troubles … the Imperial War Museums’ new podcast brings celebrities and experts together to understand recent armed struggles
April 2020
Lockdown watch
Lockdown watch: Joshua Oppenheimer on three essential recent masterpieces
The director of The Act of Killing suggests widening your self-isolation horizons with contemporary films from desolate Russia, war-torn Syria and rural Italy
February 2020
Syrians need more than our tears
1917 deserves Baftas' thunderous applause – Joker does not
Peter Bradshaw
December 2019
Syrian war documentary For Sama triumphs at British independent film awards
The chronicle of an activist who filmed the destruction in Aleppo wins prizes for best film, documentary, director and editing
October 2019
TV tonight
TV tonight: how do you raise a family in Aleppo?
Sound and vision
This week’s best home entertainment: from The Morning Show to For Sama
September 2019
Mark Kermode's film of the week
For Sama review – affecting chronicle of life in war-torn Aleppo
For Sama review – searing story of a Syrian warzone baby
August 2019
‘My daughter was raised during the siege of Aleppo. I had to make a film for her’
For Sama, a new documentary from award winning Syrian journalist Waad al-Kateab has won global acclaim
