Cold War review – Conor McPherson follows doomed love across eastern bloc
Luke Thallon and Anya Chalotra are the lovers in this adaptation of Paweł Pawlikowski’s 2018 film, with Polish folk music and Elvis Costello songs
September 2023
Oscar-nominated romance Cold War to have major London stage adaptation
Elvis Costello songs to feature in play by Girl from the North Country’s Conor McPherson, directed by Rupert Goold at Almeida theatre
July 2023
Sun, sea and flings: our writers on their favorite summertime movies
From Do the Right Thing to Now and Then, Guardian writers pick the film that reminds them most of the warmest months
September 2021
Michael Winterbottom: why British independent cinema resembles an abandoned building site
The director of The Trip and Greed has spoken to 15 successful directors to find out what we can learn from the films that – through industry reluctance and obstruction – were never made
March 2020
This is Europe
Poland's world-beating new film-makers: 'We have a common enemy'
From Kieślowski to Munk, Polish film has a mighty past. Yet can today’s auteurs survive the interference of a government hostile to ‘whingeing, arty stuff’ that shows the world as ambiguous’?
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The 100 best films of the 21st century
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
February 2019
Full list of nominations for the 2019 Oscars
All the nominations for the 91st Academy Awards, which take place on 24 February at the Dolby theatre in Hollywood
Observer European film
Paweł Pawlikowski: ‘My parents’ story was the matrix of all my stories’
The Polish film-maker on his Oscar-nominated film Cold War, returning to his homeland, and how a tumultuous family life has made a mark on his work
Baftas 2019: what should win – and what will win
Controversy surrounds Bohemian Rhapsody and the dearth of female directors but Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, Paweł Pawlikowski’s Cold War and the likely coronation of The Favourite’s Olivia Colman offer plenty to be excited about
January 2019
Bafta nominations 2019: fascinating Favourite continues its journey in the awards season sun
The full list of nominations for the Baftas 2019
December 2018
Top US films 2018
The 50 best films of 2018 in the US: No 9 – Cold War
And the 2018 Braddies go to … Peter Bradshaw's films of the year
September 2018
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Cold War review – love in a communist climate
Paweł Pawlikowski’s love letter to his parents is a sweeping tale of passion and politics set in the shadow of the iron curtain
August 2018
Culture highlights of the week
What to see this week in the UK
From Cold War to Barry Manilow, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days
'It helped to think about Amy Winehouse': Cold War star Joanna Kulig
In her third film for Polish director Paweł Pawlikowski, who calls her his muse, her role as a lovelorn singer has sparked talk of an Oscar
On my radar
On my radar: Paweł Pawlikowski’s cultural highlights
The Polish film-maker, who won best director at Cannes 2018 for Cold War, on a cult rapper, a Khazakh documentary-maker – and watching every World Cup match
May 2018
Cannes 2018 verdict: sombre brilliance wins day despite Von Trier's unwelcome return
Dramas by Alice Rohrwacher, Pawel Pawłikowski and Lee Chang-dong top the prize bets as The House That Jack Built alienated audiences
First look review
Cold War review – wounded love and state-sponsored fear in 1940s Poland
Ida director Paweł Pawlikowski’s exquisitely chilling Soviet-era drama maps the dark heart of Poland itself
Cannes 2018: our critic's 10 must-see films at this year's festival
Asghar Farhadi goes Spanish, Spike Lee delivers a biopic of the black police officer who infiltrated the KKK – and Lars von Trier returns
