Kate Winslet, Sigourney Weaver and Zoe Saldana do underwater photoshoot for ocean conservation charity
Stars of Avatar: The Way of Water photographed in baroque style by Christy Lee Rogers to raise money for ocean conservation
December 2023
Week in geek
Alien nation: will the franchise’s new movie really cut all links to the past?
The early films created a legacy as difficult to kill off as the acid-blooded extraterrestrials. Hopefully, Alien: Romulus can break free of the restrictions that damaged so much of what followed
May 2023
Master Gardener review – Paul Schrader’s sluggish new crime thriller isn’t a grower
Joel Edgerton plays a horticulturist with a dark secret, Sigourney Weaver his dowager boss in a drama stunted by its poorly written female characters
March 2023
Best picture Oscar hustings
Why Avatar: The Way of Water should win the best picture Oscar
People may sniff, but this was a superbly realised grand spectacle, which has done far more to literally save cinema than any of the other nominees
December 2022
Now you've seen it
Avatar: The Way of Water – the new aliens, daddy issues and Cameron’s message – discuss with spoilers
‘It’s got to be an experience, first and foremost’: James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver and Kate Winslet on the return of Avatar
November 2022
Call Jane review – timely, if occasionally jarring, abortion drama
James Cameron releases extended trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water
September 2022
‘We pick up where we left off’: Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline on working together again
Master Gardener review – Paul Schrader’s plantation drama struggles to blossom
July 2022
‘Sisters, you’re flowing through me!’ The director whose horror film channels centuries of female rage
Charlotte Colbert reflects on her debut film She Will, which sees a veteran actor channel the energy of women burned as witches against an ageing predator who groomed her decades earlier
May 2022
Alien 3 at 30: David Fincher’s divisive threequel remains a fascinating failure
The first-time film-maker memorably disowned his grim and grimy Alien movie but a devoted fanbase insists it’s better than its bad reputation
April 2022
A moment that changed me
A moment that changed me: a film director gave me the push I needed to finish my novel
I was desperate to finish my book but couldn’t afford a computer. Then a man I barely knew stepped in …
January 2022
Call Jane review – abortion drama is sensitive if not revelatory
Screenwriter Phyllis Nagy’s film on the pre-Roe underground abortion network features strong performances but never rises to a rousing battle cry
November 2021
Ridley Scott films – ranked!
With The Last Duel out now, and House of Gucci at the end of the month, we rate the top 20 movies by the go-to director for swords, sandals, cyborgs and Sigourney
May 2021
My New York Year review – a leaden take on the literary life
Ranked
Sigourney Weaver’s 20 best films – ranked!
June 2020
Week in geek
Bursting for a return: could Sigourney Weaver resurrect the Alien franchise?
My favourite film aged 12
My favourite film aged 12: Aliens
April 2020
Week in geek
Mother of all sci-fi: which is the best Alien movie?
The series has delivered a horror masterwork, a seminal shoot-em-up and some auteurist gems ... but how do they rank?
