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
December 2017
Film blog
50 Shades of Grey to Brokeback Mountain: are these really the most boring films ever?
Showgirls? The Blair Witch Project? And not a Bertolucci film in sight!? The public’s judgment has hit a new low with this list of cinematic sedatives
June 2017
Daniel Day-Lewis: an extraordinary career of acting artistry – is it really all over?
The man with the most best actor Oscars has announced his retirement. Let’s hope he changes his mind – screen-acting careers don’t get any more brilliant than his
November 2015
Steven Spielberg: 'Guantánamo Bay is like when Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus'
Ahead of his new film, Bridge of Spies, the director speaks out about the Cuban detention centre and warns of the effects of the digital revolution on privacy and public discourse
November 2014
Tommy Lee Jones – ‘I don’t think there’s a woman who hasn’t been objectified or trivialised because of her gender’
The famously prickly actor-director talks about his feminist western The Homesman, ‘malevolent’ Putin and his Savile Row tailor
September 2014
Reality bites at this year's Toronto film festival
Lineup at Toronto film festival and Oscars release schedule show new appetite among audiences for films based on recent headlines
January 2014
Biopics: film-makers breathe new life into a tired concept – at a price
Films such as Lincoln revitalised the genre by focusing on short periods – but are too many made, too soon, wonders Phil Hoad
November 2013
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom will be last 'official' presidential screening
White House responds to accusations of biasing the Oscars after Lincoln and The Help benefit from 'Obama boost'
August 2013
The Butler: all the presidents' men - in pictures
This awards season, one political heavyweight is The Butler, Lee Daniels' tale of a real-life butler (Forest Whitaker) who worked in the White House from the 1950s until the 1980s. Here's a sneak peak
June 2013
Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
Spielberg and Day-Lewis may reunite on Thank You for Your Service
