I called it ‘post-horror’ – and now I’ve created a monster
When I coined the term ‘post-horror’, gore fans showered me with abuse. Now it has been adopted by a festival celebrating the films that pushed the boundaries of cinematic terror
December 2021
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Titane review – Agathe Rousselle is extraordinary in Palme d’Or-winning body horror
Julia Ducournau’s follow-up to her superb cannibal shocker Raw is a visceral whirlwind of car sex, flesh-and-metal mutations – and love
January 2018
It’s the alternative Oscars…
Ahead of the official Academy nominations on Tuesday, Observer critics pick their own shortlists
December 2017
Observer critics' review of 2017
Mark Kermode’s best films of 2017
Cannibalism in France, a latterday Our Gang in Florida, three women in Tel Aviv, and, at last, a Blade Runner sequel are among the year’s must-sees
Top US films 2017
The 50 top films of 2017 in the US: the full list
A heartrending coming-of-age love story tops our assessment of the best films on US screens over the past year, pipping a kid’s-eye view of Florida, political intrigue, dystopian futures and nightmarish presents
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
April 2017
Raw director Julia Ducournau on how to make a horror film as creepy as possible
The brains behind the French cannibal film that overwhelmed Toronto audiences shares her tricks for creating menacing, hair-raising body horror
Five of the best… new films
Olli Mäki, Neruda and Raw: the best films out now in the UK
A lighthearted Finnish comedy-drama about a real-life boxer, a biopic of Chile’s national hero and a gruesome yet beautiful cannibal horror
Box office analysis: UK
The Boss Baby makes a dummy of UK box-office competition
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Raw review – cannibal fantasy makes for a tender dish
Five of the best… new films
Raw and Neruda: the best films out now in the UK
March 2017
Invade and conquer: film's grisly return to body horror
Get Out, Life and Alien: Covenant are gruesome reminders that being taken over by someone (or something) else is as terrifying as ever. Spoilers ahead
The female directors bringing new blood to horror films
Women are sinking their teeth ever deeper into horror. We chart their rise and talk to directors Ana Lily Amirpour, Julia Ducournau and Karyn Kusama
Raw: watch a clip from the feminist cannibal horror film – video
Directed by Julia Ducournau, Raw is a French-Belgian horror film about a vegetarian woman who becomes a cannibal after being forced to eat raw rabbit liver during a veterinarian school initiation
September 2016
First look review
Raw review: I didn't faint in classy cannibal horror – but I didn't much fancy lunch
Cannibal horror film too Raw for viewers as paramedics are called
