From Six Feet Under to Manchester By the Sea: culture to help understand grief
From art that burns the sky to the music that heals, our critics reminisce over popular culture to deal with death
May 2018
'I completely lost it': the movie scenes that made our writers weep
From Toy Story 2 to Under the Skin, writers pick the cinematic moments that made them cry and explain why. Spoilers ahead
February 2018
Best films
The best films of 2017 so far
La La Land and The Love Witch wove magic, Moonlight and Lion wrung out tears, while Get Out and Lady Macbeth got nasty. Plus, there were striking debuts, returns to form by seasoned directors and reunions for the Trainspotting rogues
December 2017
Top UK films 2017
The 50 top films of 2017 in the UK: No 10 Manchester by the Sea
As our countdown enters the final stages, Cath Clarke champions a harrowing, beautifully acted film where tragedy has no easy resolution
Top UK films 2017
The 50 top films of 2017 in the UK: the full list
A heartrending love story tops our list of the year’s best films, which also features a kids’-eye view of Florida, political horror, erotic thrills, sci-fi noir, ghosts, grief and communism
Film blog
The Braddies 2017: Peter Bradshaw nominates his films of the year
The Guardian’s film critic presents his shortlist of the year’s movies, directors, actors, writers and screenplays he considers most awards-worthy
May 2017
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
La La Land; Manchester By the Sea; Graduation and more – review
Damien Chazelle’s sun-drenched musical is even lovelier on second viewing, while Casey Affleck’s janitor evokes Brando
April 2017
Prosecutor says Manchester by the Sea inspired couple to kill son in house fire
Attorney says New York duo decided to kill their adoptive son after watching the film, in which Casey Affleck’s character is not prosecuted for a house fire
March 2017
Brie Larson says not applauding Casey Affleck for Oscars win 'spoke for itself'
Manchester by the Sea director defends Casey Affleck over sexual harassment allegations
February 2017
Oscar winners 2017: the full list
Casey Affleck wins best actor Oscar for Manchester by the Sea
Will Moonlight beat La La land? Our final Oscars 2017 awards predictions
Film blog
It's my first time attending the Oscars – here's my wishlist for the night
Peter Bradshaw
'And the Oscar will go to' … who shall win the 2017 Academy Awards, and why
Best picture Oscar hustings
Why Manchester By the Sea should win the best picture Oscar
Seven things we learned from a surprising yet vanilla Baftas
La La Land fails to win Baftas landslide on night of diversity
Baftas 2017: full list of winners
January 2017
SAG predictions: who will win – and who should win
The acting guild rewards the best performances in TV and film and this year suggests big wins for Viola Davis, Sarah Paulson, Casey Affleck and Emma Stone