Slaves, nannies, and maids: Oscars value women of colour – in subservient roles
Beatrice Loayza
Real-life inspiration for stripper drama Hustlers sues film's producers for $40m
December 2019
Crying! Pole-Dancing! Heroin! The best movie moments of 2019
From an awkward scene with a knife to an A-lister’s comeback with the sounds of Fiona Apple, Guardian writers pick their favourite big screen bits of the year
Top US films 2019
The 50 best films of 2019 in the US: the full list
Our pick of the top films released in the US this year brings a shocking class war, tearjerking breakups, war, glamour, horror and everything in between. Tell us your favourites too
Top UK films 2019
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
November 2019
On my radar
On my radar: Wendell Pierce’s cultural highlights
The American actor on Lucian Freud’s self-portraits, the music of Laura Mvula, and Labour MP David Lammy
October 2019
Battle of the sexes: why this year's Oscars will be a gender war
From Little Women and Bombshell on one side and The Irishman and The Two Popes on the other, the Academy will have to tread a careful line picking this year’s nominations
September 2019
Jennifer Lopez: a comeback of positively epic proportions
Rebecca Nicholson
Shortcuts
Hollywood has been failing Jennifer Lopez for decades – Hustlers proves it
Culture highlights of the week
What to see this week in the UK
How Hustlers shows the importance of female solidarity
J-Lo for the win? Taking an early look at Oscars 2020 frontrunners
Hustlers review – pulse-racing empowerment
Culture highlights of the week
What to see this week in the UK
‘I don’t regret being messy and imperfect’ – Constance Wu on Crazy Rich Asians, Twitter storms and acting with J-Lo
First look review
Hustlers review – J-Lo's stealing strippers saga is a vicarious thrill
Oscar season heats up as J-Lo, Hanks and an imaginary Hitler head to Toronto
August 2019
From Fyre festival to Hustlers: why are we so obsessed with scammers?
This year has seen a treasure trove’s worth of scamming documentaries, podcasts, TV shows and movies, all appealing to a collective interest in the con
July 2019
Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and J-Lo headline Toronto film festival lineup
A string of Oscar-tipped films, including Steven Soderbergh’s starry Netflix movie about the Panama papers, will head to Toronto in September
