Luther to Room: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Idris Elba’s punch-first, ask-questions-later detective returns with a Bond-style bonanza, plus a sensational breakout performance from Brie Larson
May 2021
Emma Donoghue on writing Room: ‘I toned down some of the horror of the Fritzl case’
Donoghue’s bestseller drew on the case of Felix Fritzl, who was held captive in a dungeon by his father, and her observations of her own children
April 2020
Lockdown watch
Lockdown watch: Room director Lenny Abrahamson on flailing parents and realist sci-fi
The director behind Room and new Sally Rooney series Normal People stays sane with a diet of sitcoms and sci-fi chillers
March 2020
Lockdown culture
From Panic Room to Cabin Fever: films about isolation, to watch in self-isolation
Our selection of must-see movies, whether you go it alone or hunker down with family or friends
September 2017
From Don't Look Now to The Child in Time: why do we crave stories of lost children?
It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. As a new TV adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel starring Benedict Cumberbatch hits our screens, we explore our fears and fantasies around the ultimate horror
June 2017
The ten best things to do this week
The 10 best things to do this week: Woyzeck and My Cousin Rachel
It’s the last two weeks to catch John Boyega’s on the stage as a soldier in 80s Berlin, while Rachel Weisz stars in a seductive, gothic thriller
May 2017
Room review – Emma Donoghue's story of survival is ingeniously staged
A moving adaptation of the award-winning novel, with added songs, explores the mental toll on an abducted woman and her child
November 2016
Top UK films 2016
The 50 best films of 2016 in the UK: the full list
The Guardian film team’s favourite movies released in the UK this year
Film blog
The best films of 2016 so far
As we approach the final months of 2016, it’s time to look back at the films our critics have so far rated the finest
Toni Erdmann leads nominations at European film awards
Maren Ade’s German comedy drama has five nominations and will compete for the best film award against Julieta, Elle, Room, and I, Daniel Blake
May 2016
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
The Hateful Eight; Room; A War; Welcome to Me; Janis: Little Girl Blue; Welcome to Leith – review
This much I know
Emma Donoghue: ‘I’ve ended up having a family as well as being a lesbian. I thought it would be one or the other’
February 2016
Brie Larson addresses Hollywood sexism following Oscar win
Oscar winners 2016: the full list from Spotlight to Leonardo DiCaprio
Film blog
Spotlight and The Revenant deserve their Oscars – but where were Carol's?
Brie Larson wins best actress Oscar for Room
Oscars 2016: full list of Academy Award nominations
The week in books
A new chapter in cinema: why books are big at the 2016 Oscars
Might Charlotte Rampling pull off the biggest upset in Oscar history?
Box office analysis: UK
Oscars 2016: forget best picture – who won the box-office battle?
