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
April 2021
Sitting in a tin can: why sci-fi films are finally telling astronaut life like it is
New Netflix drama Stowaway is the latest in a crop of movies that suggests space travel is more random death and boredom than warp speed nine
March 2020
Lockdown culture
From Panic Room to Cabin Fever: films about isolation, to watch in self-isolation
Our selection of must-see movies, whether you go it alone or hunker down with family or friends
May 2018
‘When I think of Matt Damon, I think of gene editing’: scientists on their favourite sci-fi
Speculative fiction and real research have long fed into each other. Here, five leading scientists tell us about books and films that inspire them
November 2017
Artemis by Andy Weir review – follow-up to The Martian
His self-published debut sold 5m copies. The follow-up offers the same flat, sweary prose, fistfights and scientific mini-lectures - on the moon
March 2017
'Super potato' grown in Mars-like conditions may benefit Earth's arid areas
Scientists in Peru conducted experiments reminiscent of the 2015 Matt Damon film the Martian, creating similar conditions on Earth
July 2016
First look review
Jason Bourne review – Matt Damon back in fun but forgettable action revamp
Paul Greengrass and his star have upped the tech and chucked in references to Snowden, but it’s basic Bourne that remains most persuasive
April 2016
Golden Globes change comedy rules after controversial win for The Martian
From Titanic to The Revenant: why don’t movie stars learn from their characters?
February 2016
Oscar winners 2016: the full list from Spotlight to Leonardo DiCaprio
Oscars 2016: full list of Academy Award nominations
The week in books
A new chapter in cinema: why books are big at the 2016 Oscars
Box office analysis: UK
Oscars 2016: forget best picture – who won the box-office battle?
Martians, bells, cutlery… things are all relative when you think about it
David Mitchell
Best picture Oscar hustings
Why The Martian should win best picture at the 2016 Oscars – video
The wilderness sweeping the Oscars speaks to America’s sense of dread
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
The Martian; The Lobster; Pan; The Show of Shows; Le Pont du Nord – review
January 2016
Viral video chart
Viral video: One Direction, House of Cards and Adele
Grave times for Kevin Spacey, are the 1D boys really history, Wiz Khalifa says Hello and James Corden loses War and Peace’s Lily James
Ridley Scott: 'Is there life out there? Certainly'
From Alien to his Oscar-nominated The Martian, the director has been lost in space for decades. He talks about his secret briefings from Nasa and why making a blockbuster is ‘like bloody brain surgery’
Film blog
#OscarsSoMainstream: why have this year's choices snubbed independent cinema?
Unlike in recent years, the 2016 Independent Spirit award nominees have deviated from the Oscar picks, showing that the Academy is moving further towards populist choices
