The 50 best films of 2021 in the US: the full list
Our countdown of the best films released in the US during 2021 reaches No 1 with Jane Campion’s menacing western about two warring brothers
September 2021
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Annette review – Leos Carax’s bonkers but beautiful musical fantasy
Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard are all but upstaged by their puppet child in this tragicomic pop opera
August 2021
Autumn arts preview 2021
West Side Story, a Sopranos prequel and Bond: the best films to see in autumn 2021
Spielberg revamps Bernstein, young Tony is lured by the mob, Phyllida Lloyd tackles spousal abuse, Top Gun returns – and Daniel Craig calls time on 007 with bangs galore
July 2021
The Sparks Brothers review – Edgar Wright’s giddy tribute to the Gilbert and George of pop
The fanboy director’s exhaustive doc follows Ron and Russell Mael over their 50-year career as pop’s great arch humorists
‘We have a hostility to being boring’: Sparks, still flying in their 70s
Their Adam Driver musical sent Cannes into raptures and Edgar Wright has made an all-star documentary about them. The Mael brothers explain why they’ll always be hopelessly in love with pop
Annette review – Adam Driver magnificent in wild Sparks musical
Driver and Marion Cotillard brim with nervous energy in this bizarre musical collaboration between Leos Carax and the Sparks brothers, which kicks off this year’s film festival
June 2021
Cannes makes up for lost time with a thrilling auteur-packed lineup
Peter Bradshaw
After a year off, Leos Carax should have punters at each others’ throats – and Wes Anderson will boost the blood sugar
April 2021
Sparks musical with Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard to open Cannes film festival
Written by Ron and Russell Mael and set in Los Angeles, Annette is the first English-language film by Holy Motors director Leos Carax
January 2020
2020 culture preview
War epics, airmen and young Sopranos: essential films for 2020
Daniel Craig bows out as Bond, the original Ghostbusters make a slimy return and Dickens gets a razor-sharp reboot – our preview of movie highlights this year
December 2019
The most anticipated movies of 2020
The most exciting movies of 2020 – musicals
Spielberg retells West Side Story, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s pre-Hamilton hit finally arrives, while Everyone’s Talking About Jamie transfers from the West End
June 2019
Eyes Without a Face star Édith Scob dies aged 81
French actor was famed for role as the masked protagonist in the cult classic before resurgence in films such as Holy Motors
February 2015
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
DVDs and downloads: Fury, Serena, Effie Gray, Blackwood, Life Itself, Virunga and more
With David Ayer’s Fury and a profile of film critic Roger Ebert, the best of this week’s DVDs could have been Oscar contenders
December 2012
Film blog
The Braddies: Peter Bradshaw nominates his favourite films of 2012
10 best films of 2012
The 10 best films of 2012, No 5 – Holy Motors
September 2012
Film blog
Watch Holy Motors on demand: 'A gorgeous furry teacup'
Holy Motors: video on demand
Kylie Minogue in Holy Motors: 'She was an angel I needed' - video interview
Holy Motors: video on demand
Holy Motors: the weird world of Leos Carax
Holy Motors – review
May 2012
Film blog
Cannes 2012 roundup: why the jury's Amour for Haneke was an anti-climax
Holy Motors: love it or hate it, Cannes cognoscenti can't stop talking about it
