American Skin review: Nate Parker is noble victim in compromised comeback
The discredited director one-time smash The Birth of a Nation returns in grubby, flagrant style with this story of a fabulous janitor fighting back against police brutality
October 2015
What you should watch this week
Why The Nightmare is the one film to watch this week – video review
Transgender stars of Sundance hit Tangerine focus of pioneering Oscars campaign
September 2015
The Guardian film show
The Guardian film show: American Ultra, Miss Julie, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and No Escape – video reviews
Jon Bernthal: the secret star of Me And Earl And The Dying Girl
April 2015
Party with the Wolfpack brothers: the new breed of documentary film stars
They spent their childhoods locked up. Now it’s VIP parties, red carpets and adoring fans for the Wolfpack brothers. But should today’s documentaries really be making celebrities of their subjects?
Eyewitness
Eyewitness: Victoria Will tintype portraits
Photographs from the Eyewitness series
Bigger picture
Why 'Slumnag Millionaire' movie Dark Horse is a political object lesson
David Cox
An unlikely Welsh villagers’ project to train a racehorse pits the values of the left against the doctrines of the right. But though this documentary may look like Pride, its moral is not in lockstep
February 2015
James Franco on Sony, sexuality and self-image
After his gross-out satire The Interview threatened to trigger a third world war, the actor/director/artist/novelist shot a subtle drama about a gay activist who becomes a straight pastor. He speaks to Ryan Gilbey about pushing the limits
Film blog
Sundance 2015: 10 things we learned
From horny teens to iPhone movies, creepy social experiments to a Scientology punch-up, Sundance had plenty to offer this year. Here’s what we’ll take away
Stylewatch
James Franco does Alpine chic at Sundance – Stylewatch
Sundance film festival: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl sweeps top prizes
The new indie gold rush: film buyers flock to resurgent Sundance festival
Sundance 2015 review: Me & Earl & the Dying Girl – a slacker film with heart
The film that provoked a bidding war at this year’s festival is charming, fresh and moving, with a clear-eyed feel for what it’s like to be a teenager
Unlocking the Wolfpack – a strange tale of isolated brothers locked in a tiny NYC apartment
Director Crystal Moselle spent several years in world of the Angulo brothers. Home-schooled and rarely allowed outside, their main window to the world became cinema
First look review
Sundance 2015: Dope review – easily meme-worthy teen comedy
Film blog
Paris Is Burning sizzles again at the Sundance film festival
First look review
Sundance 2015 review: Zipper – tale of attorney undone by call girls is no Shame
