Cinema now
The Observer guide to film 2015
Forget the tired franchises, a new wave of horror movies will make us jump out of our seats
Martha GillLonglegs, released last week, is a beautiful and complex film that highlights how far the genre has evolved
Sean Baker interview: ‘James Whale’s Frankenstein made me want to become a director’
Patsy Kensit interview: ‘I came out of Betty Blue totally stunned’
Carol Morley interview: ‘Bugsy Malone reminds me of my dad’
Stephen Merchant: ‘Tarantino takes a few viewings – I struggled with Inglourious Basterds’
Shirley Manson interview: ‘I sobbed at Bambi and walked out of Titanic’
Nitin Sawhney interview: ‘Pather Panchali was really moving, with incredible acting’
Mike Leigh interview: ‘Blow-Up? It’s a pile of pretentious crap’
Cinema 2015: A year of change and reinvention
Laurie Anderson interview: ‘I shared a cinema with 500 rats who lived behind the screen’
Justin Simien interview: ‘Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 gave me my first “religious experience”’
Joshua Oppenheimer interview: ‘Virtually half the movies that come out are overrated’
Jehnny Beth interview: ‘Amelie is the worst film ever, a lie from start to finish’
Hailee Steinfield interview: ‘The first movie to inspire me was Paper Moon’
David Hare interview: ‘Directors are told they are auteurs, so they resent good screenplays’
Cinema’s hot 25: what will you be watching?
Natasha Khan: ‘I love Steven Spielberg, and E.T. has got everything’
