Kung Fu Panda 4 review – Jack Black and Awkwafina in hurricane of slapstick more miss than hit
‘Those Friends people make $100m a year! I’m getting six-cent cheques! It’s not OK!’: Billy Porter on race, recognition and the Middle East
November 2023
The Hunger Games: the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes review – handsome but undercooked prequel
Viola Davis, Jason Schwartzman and some glorious costumes elevate this thin dystopian tale
May 2023
Cannes film festival: the best red carpet looks so far – in pictures
From Dua Lipa to Gigi Hadid, flip-flops to #mermaidcore, the Croisette turned out its yearly assortment of delights
April 2023
Air review – Ben Affleck and Matt Damon drop the ball in Michael Jordan shoe drama
Affleck’s dramatisation of the bid to get Jordan to endorse Nike’s radical new sneaker almost ignores the most compelling character
February 2023
From She Said to Devotion: this season’s ignored Oscarbait movies
While Everything Everywhere All at Once and The Banshees of Inisherin lead, the season saw other films with all the requisite ingredients fail to score
Beyoncé breaks record for artist with most Grammys in historic ceremony
The singer took home four awards in a night that also saw major wins for Kendrick Lamar, Adele and Harry Styles
Viola Davis becomes Egot winner at the 2023 Grammy awards
Actor is 18th person to claim grand slam of an Emmy, an Oscar, a Tony and now a Grammy
December 2022
Best films US 2022
The 50 best movies of 2022 in the US
The No 1 film is a stunning directorial debut, one of the finest cinematic moments of any year – see which other movies you may have missed
November 2022
‘It’s been nearly a month and it’s still sold out’: The Woman King takes over Benin’s only cinema
The blockbuster retelling of Benin’s history of elite women warriors has transfixed audiences in the West African country. Our reporter joins the crowds
October 2022
Black Adam review – the Rock’s in a hard place in superhero dud
Black Adam review – the Rock is back in Spandex for surrealist superhero comedy
Weekend
Actor Viola Davis, Marina Hyde on John Cleese, botox, burnout – podcast
The G2 interview
‘I can change the way Black women are seen’: Viola Davis on stereotypes, success and playing a warrior
The Woman King review – Viola Davis leads the line in stirring warrior tale
The Woman King review – a thunderously cinematic good time
September 2022
Toronto film festival 2022 roundup – Spielberg, Mendes and a deep, joyous love of cinema
‘This is an old story of heroism, of feminism’: the truth behind The Woman King
First look review
The Woman King review – Viola Davis rules over rousing action epic
Steven Spielberg, Viola Davis and Daniel Craig head to Toronto film festival
