Kensuke’s Kingdom review – Michael Morpurgo’s desert island boy’s own adventure
Morpurgo’s yarn about a kid on a round the world voyage is adapted by Frank Cottrell-Boyce and attractively packaged as a family-friendly animation
January 2024
And the Oscar nomination doesn’t go to … 20 great performances snubbed by the Academy
Ahead of the release of year’s nominations later today, here are the best acting turns not even shortlisted for an Academy Award this century
December 2023
Wonka review – Timothée Chalamet’s Chocolate Factory prequel is a superbly sweet treat
Timothée Chalamet leads a beguiling cast in a backstory that rinses away all sourness from Roald Dahl’s embittered chocolatier
June 2023
The seven best films to watch on TV this week
Law of Tehran to Clueless: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
A tough cop hunts a crime kingpin in an ace Iranian thriller, plus the triumphant and hilarious 90s romcom starring Alicia Silverstone
November 2022
TV review
Mammals review – James Corden is a loutish manbaby in this lame, risible drama
Superstar playwright Jez Butterworth makes a rare foray into TV – and casts a shouty Corden as a husband you may not be very surprised has been cuckolded
October 2022
‘Have I mucked it up?’: Sally Hawkins on being shy and empathetic – and not taking life too seriously
Mark Kermode's film of the week
The Lost King review – Sally Hawkins saves Richard III dig drama
September 2022
The Lost King review – Frears and Coogan’s Richard III excavation story rewrites its own history
Sally Hawkins is amiable enough as the amateur historian who locates the long-dead monarch – but the uneven script digs its own grave
August 2022
‘I had goosebumps!’ – the finder of Richard III’s remains in a car park is celebrated in a Steve Coogan film
As the astonishing story of the king’s bones being discovered in Leicester hits the screen, we meet the sleuth whose extraordinary tenacity – despite chronic illness – located the monarch
August 2021
Spencer: first trailer shows Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana
The film, set to premiere at the Venice film festival, takes a look at a weekend in the life of Diana from Jackie director Pablo Larraín
November 2020
Tristram Kenton at the Guardian
Before they were famous, part two: stars' early stage roles – in pictures
Tristram Kenton’s archive reveals more performers heading for the big time, including Rachel Weisz, Idris Elba, Daniel Kaluuya, Felicity Jones and more
October 2020
Eternal Beauty review – a bold but jarring sketch of schizophrenia
Guillermo del Toro’s creature feature, starring Sally Hawkins, takes the top prize of the night at the Academy awards
Film blog
The Shape of Water's Oscars win is the triumph of a real artist
Guillermo del Toro has created a richly sensual and dreamlike film that, in the end, seduced the Academy without being too threatening
Oscars 2018: The Shape of Water and Frances McDormand steal the night – as it happened
The biggest night in film had one of the most unpredictable best picture races in years, but top acting prizes all went with the favourites
February 2018
Best picture Oscar hustings
Why The Shape of Water should win the 2018 best picture Oscar
Ahead of the 2018 Oscars, Cath Clarke argues that the quiet female steeliness at the heart of Guillermo del Toro’s fish-love fable should make the Academy rethink its aversion to fantasy
Baftas 2018: Three Billboards wins best film and dancing fish-men – as it happened
It’s Shape of Water v Three Billboards v Darkest Hour as the British film establishment gets together for its big awards night
Mark Kermode's film of the week
The Shape of Water review – a seductively melancholy creature feature
Guillermo del Toro’s magical movie, a cold war thriller, is underpinned by a superb cast and knowing nods to Hollywood classics
