Ghost in the Shell's urban dreamscapes: behind the moody art of the anime classic
Art director Hiromasa Ogura looks back on the process of crafting the 1995 film that would fundamentally alter our visions of the future
March 2018
Steve Rose on film
Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs: loving homage to Japan or cultural appropriation?
Critics claim the director’s film, with its sushi and sumo wrestlers, bastardises Japanese culture. But is it just a clumsy cliche fest?
April 2017
Box office analysis: UK
Fast & Furious 8 barrels past Boss Baby to top of UK box office
'We're the geeks, the prostitutes': Asian American actors on Hollywood's barriers
Blockbusters assemble: can the mega movie survive the digital era?
Box office analysis: UK
Shia LaBeouf's new film makes £7 at UK box office, as Beauty and the Beast holds sway
Film blog
Digital love: why cinema can't get enough of cyberpunk
Box office analysis: US
Boss Baby trumps Beauty and the Beast to top US box office
Ghost in the Shell review – Scarlett Johansson in a thrillingly sordid world
March 2017
Five of the best… new films
Graduation and Get Out: the best films out now in the UK
Ghost in the Shell’s whitewashing: does Hollywood have an Asian problem?
Ghost in the Shell review – Scarlett Johansson remake lacks mystery
The month in memes
Ghost in the Shell: the viral campaign that backfired spectacularly
Scarlett Johansson, charismatic queen of science fiction
Original Ghost in the Shell director: 'no basis' for whitewashing anger
February 2017
Trailer review
Cars, bras and bald men: 10 takeaways from the Super Bowl movie trailers
Forget sport, Super Bowl LI was a chance to see tasters of all the movies you’ll watch this year. If you like guns, robots, aliens, sci-fi, pirates and budgie-smugglers, that is
January 2017
Unmissable culture of 2017
Forty films to kick off 2017 in UK cinemas
Week in geek
Sci-fi and superheroes in 2017: can Luke Skywalker save us from Hollywood's bleak year ahead?
December 2016
Film blog
The most exciting science-fiction films of 2017
In the latest in our 10-part series, we run through the films we are most looking forward to next year (in alphabetical order). Today: science fiction
November 2016
Week in geek
Worse than a whitewash: has Ghost in the Shell been Hollywoodised?
Mamoru Oshii’s seminal anime looked ahead to a future where man and machine are one. Rupert Sanders’ remake, starring Scarlett Johansson, appears to be looking backwards – to RoboCop, The Matrix and Bourne
