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April 2020

  • Stanley Tucci as Nigel Kipling in The Devil Wears Prada

    Ranked
    Beyond the negroni: Stanley Tucci's 20 best films – ranked!

    Lockdown viewers are hot for his cocktail-making skills, and cineastes await Supernova, a buzzy romance in which he stars opposite Colin Firth. Until then, here are Tucci’s top turns

August 2018

  • The singer Nico in 1985.

    From Nico to Tonya Harding, women’s true stories are being told on film at last

    ‘I wasn’t happy when I was beautiful’: the movie Nico, 1988 shows singer’s resilience in later life, signalling a change in how biopics treat their subjects

March 2018

  • Oscars so Right Composite Oscars 2018 for The Guide

    Oscars so Right

    After Moonlight swept the 2017 Oscars, could this year’s awards be the most socially conscious and boundary pushing yet?

March 2017

  • 16th Annual AFI Awards - Red Carpet<br>BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 08:  Director Tom McCarthy attends the 16th Annual AFI Awards at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on January 8, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California.  (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for AFI)

    Tom McCarthy: the Hollywood hitmaker you've probably never heard of

    He wrote Pixar’s Up and the Oscar smash Spotlight – and now he’s set his sights on teen show 13 Reasons Why. Meet the most diverse man in showbusiness (not to mention The Wire’s arch villain)

December 2016

  • Composite: Golden Globe nominations. La La Land, Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea and Florence Foster Jenkins

    Golden Globes 2017: La La Land leads pack with seven nominations

    Damien Chazelle’s movie musical gets another pre-Oscars boost, as Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight chases its tail. Plus: good news for Deadpool and Florence Foster Jenkins – and snubs for Silence and Sully

November 2016

  • Anomalisa

    Top UK films 2016
    The 50 best films of 2016 in the UK: the full list

    The Guardian film team’s favourite movies released in the UK this year
  • Guardian Best Movies of 2016 early selection

    Film blog
    The best films of 2016 so far

    As we approach the final months of 2016, it’s time to look back at the films our critics have so far rated the finest
  • In this image released by Paramount Pictures, David Oyelowo portrays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a scene from "Selma," a film based on the slain civil rights leader. The 50th anniversary of the historic civil rights marches in Selma and the hit movie that tells the story are expected to bring thousands of visitors to this  Alabama city. Visitors can still walk across the bridge where voting rights marchers were beaten in 1965 and visit the churches where they organized the protests. (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Atsushi Nishijima)

    Selma is 100% historically accurate but Imitation Game just 41.4%, says study

    A scene-by-scene analysis of recent Oscar contenders by data site Information is Beautiful gives full marks for historical accuracy to Martin Luther King biopic

July 2016

  • Ted Sarandos, chief content officer at Netflix.

    Netflix to make rival Panama Papers movie

    Cinema must shine a light on ‘the evil that men do,’ says Netflix chief Ted Sarandos, as new film telling story of massive data leak announced

May 2016

  • Holy Hell film still

    Holy Hell and the truth about cults: 'They’re not going to give it up easily'

    A new film follows the Buddhafield group of the 80s and director Will Allen – who was in the group – talks about how easy it is to get caught up in cults

April 2016

  • Nigel M Smith

    Gary Oldman is wrong to say Spotlight didn't deserve an Oscar

    Nigel M Smith
    The actor recently admitted to being befuddled by Spotlight’s triumph at the Oscars – but his critique is old-fashioned with a whiff of sour grapes

March 2016

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    Spotlight producers admit dialogue of Boston school worker was 'fictionalised'

    Distributor of Oscar-winning film releases statement acknowledging Boston College spokesman Jack Dunn ‘was not part of the Archdiocesan cover-up’
  • 2016, LONDON HAS FALLEN<br>GERARD BUTLER 
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    Box office analysis: UK
    London Has Fallen stands up at UK box office as Hail, Caesar! posts golden hello

    The Gerard Butler action flick muscles its way through a critical assault, while the Coens’ indie comedy shows a healthy improvement on Inside Llewyn Davis
    • Alejandro González Iñárritu: I did applaud Jenny Beavan at the Oscars

    • Why Spotlight's Oscar win is a great thing for journalism

      Alicia Shepard
    • Vatican newspaper praises Spotlight for confronting 'horrendous realities'

  • ‘Pope Francis: it’s time to protect the children and restore the faith’ … Liev Schreiber (left), Rachel McAdams (centre) and Mark Ruffalo (bottom right) celebrate Spotlight’s win

    Oscars 2016: Leonardo DiCaprio and Brie Larson win as Spotlight shocks

  • 88th Annual Academy Awards - Backstage And Audience<br>HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 28:  Actor Leonardo DiCaprio accepts the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role award for "The Revenant" onstage during the 88th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 28, 2016 in Hollywood, California.  (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

    Leonardo DiCaprio leads political charge at 2016 Oscars

  • 80th Academy Awards NYC Meet the Oscars Opening<br>Oscars Statuettes

    Oscar winners 2016: the full list from Spotlight to Leonardo DiCaprio

  • Chris Rock and Leonardo DiCaprio

    Film blog
    Oscars 2016: 10 things we learned

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