The icy glamour of Garbo’s doomed heroines is genuinely iconic, but cinema’s most famous loner could also do comedy. A century after her first appearance – and 83 years since her last, here’s why Hollywood missed her so badly

Amo Bek-Nazaryan’s black and white film, a tale of betrayal in an oilfield, has a plaintive beauty and operatic intensity

Harold Lloyd’s stunts in Safety Last! make it one of the most heart-in-mouth films of all time. On its 100th birthday, his granddaughter remembers his mastery, inspiration – and the real-life love at the film’s heart

Pitt and Margot Robbie, and many razzle dazzle setpieces, help lift a story in no hurry to engage with the true-life nastiness of its era

Thomas Lawes plays a synth score on screen as a teen drama plays out above – a bold experiment that doesn’t fully work

Mikhail Kalatozov’s 1930s film gives a fascinating account of a medieval-style society about the supposed blessings of the USSR’s modernising impact

Stephen McNicoll and Barnaby Power make a consummate team as the comedy legends, delivering knockabout hilarity with a melancholy undertow

New archive material brings Chaplin’s unparalleled celebrity, downfall and the women in his life into greater focus