movies
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Female film protagonists reached all-time high in 2016, study showsWomen made up 29% of leads in the top 100 films of last year, up 7% from 2015 thanks to Arrival, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Ghostbusters -
US cinemas to show Nineteen Eighty-Four in anti-Trump protestCoordinated screenings across North America set for 4 April to highlight Orwell’s portrait of a government ‘that manufactures facts’
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My favourite best picture Oscar winner: UnforgivenClint Eastwood went back to the genre that made his name and deconstructed its tropes, making it current by incorporating the psychological impact of killing -
Why Hidden Figures should win the best picture OscarTheodore Melfi’s feelgood biopic about three African-American women working for Nasa in the 1960s breaks boundaries with a knowing kick of its kitten heel
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How we made The Crying GameMiranda Richardson: ‘I got some flak off IRA sympathisers. They thought my portrayal of a terrorist was unflattering’
best films of 2016
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The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: the full listThe Guardian film team’s favourite movies released in the US this year
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The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: No 1 MoonlightOur countdown of 2016’s top films concludes as Benjamin Lee salutes a poetic and poignant movie that depicted the life of a gay black man with heart-swelling humanity
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The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: No 2 Toni ErdmannAs our countdown nears its conclusion, Catherine Shoard picks – in joint second place – a German comedy that pokes extravagant fun at work, life and imbalanced family ties
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submissive sequel offers little light relief but lots of washingEL James’s panting couple are back – but director Sam Taylor-Johnson is not – in this daft yet dull S&M soap
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funny, exciting and packed with gagsThis sophisticated pop culture adventure set in a world of Lego bricks just might rescue DC Comics’ battered reputation
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Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo in fine romanceA strange, shameful chapter of history is dusted off by Amma Assante to make this earnestly stirring Empire drama
video & audio
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McLaren trailer: new film tells the story of motor racing icon Bruce McLaren – videoRoger Donaldson’s new film McLaren tells the story of Bruce McLaren’s determination to make it to the summit of global motor racing
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A Quiet Passion trailer: Cynthia Nixon in Terence Davies' biopic of poet Emily DickinsonSex and the City star Cynthia Nixon plays the great 19th century American poet Emily Dickinson in the new film from British director Terence Davies, of Sunset Song and House of Mirth renown
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Angelina Jolie discusses divorce from Brad Pitt – videoSpeaking to the BBC on Sunday, Angelina Jolie makes her first ever comment on her divorce from Brad Pitt
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Keanu Reeves: 'I don't know, man. John Wick is fun' – video interviewThe star and director of the sequel to the hit film about a hitman upset by the death of his puppy discuss whether cinema needs to show the consequences of violence
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Chris Hemsworth's Thor is a terrible housemate in Marvel mockumentary – videoIn this teaser to the second part of mockumentary series Team Thor, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) tries to pay rent with a pumpkin, and lobbies for a servant.
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Denzel Washington: 'We're not here because of #OscarsSoWhite' – video interviewThe star and director of Fences, adapted from the late August Wilson’s Pulitzer prize-winning play, discusses the impact of the diversity debate on his film
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Why I love Moonlight actor Mahershala AliHe always seems coiled and controlled, fleshing out minor TV and movie roles until he fills the screen
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My favorite best picture Oscar winner: 12 Years a SlaveContinuing our series of Guardian writers’ all-time Academy picks, Catherine Shoard explains why Steve McQueen’s film deserved to triumph over Gravity
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Why IMDb should rethink the decision to close its message boardsRemoval of key platform could lead to loss of discussion within film community and make site irrelevant
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Love Actually 2: what should happen in Richard Curtis' sequelRed Nose Day will kick off with a belated sequel to the 2003 hit – here’s how I think the plot ought to play out, hot air balloon crashes and all
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Lorraine Bracco on Goodfellas, therapy, and almost turning down The SopranosThe star talks about fighting with Martin Scorsese, missing James Gandolfini – and her dad scaring Dustin Hoffman at the Oscars
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Toni Collette gets wistful: 'Australia was so beautiful and seemingly so innocent'Making Jasper Jones ‘in the middle of nowhere with no budget to speak of’, the actor is happy to be on home soil
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Léa Seydoux: 'I have got lighter as I’ve got older'She is the darling of independent French cinema who’s also been a Bond girl. On the eve of her latest film – and as she becomes a mother for the first time – she tells Will Lawrence how she balances her crippling anxiety with an exhibitionist streak
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Celia Imrie on Victoria Wood, writing novels – and being caught in the Nice terror attackThe star talks about her novels for neglected women, missing her ‘dear pal’ Victoria Wood – and how it was a miracle she survived the lorry attack in Nice
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Alice Lowe: 'It wasn’t part of the plan to direct while pregnant'Jobless and expecting, the comedy actor channelled her frustrations into her directorial debut, delivering a funny, gory and subversive horror film
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John Waters: ‘A new kind of anarchy is going to happen next’The Hairspray director is famed for his boundary-trashing B-movies but he hopes Trump’s presidency will inspire the next wave of punk-rock film-makers
regulars
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UK box office reportUK box office reportMoonlight shines at UK box office as Lego Batman overshadows Fifty ShadesAnimated family favourite still top as Moonlight creeps in to join fellow Oscars hopeful Hidden Figures
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Charlie Lyne's home entertainmentCharlie Lyne's home entertainment555: would you pay good money for a hipster sketch series?Vimeo are the next streaming site to do original programming, but their surreal show about a bunch of Hollywood misfits could be worth coughing up for
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Mark Kermode's film of the weekMark Kermode's film of the weekMoonlight review – a five-star symphony of loveBarry Jenkins’s Oscar-nominated coming-of-age film is a heartbreaking, uplifting, minor-key masterpiece
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Guy Lodge on DVDs and downloadsGuy Lodge on DVDs and downloadsAmerican Honey; Free State of Jones; Inferno; Through the Wall; Le parc – reviewsAndrea Arnold’s skewering of the American dream gains extra resonance from recent events, while Matthew McConaughey’s career comeback stumbles
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Week in geekWeek in geekA modern space opera: has Star Wars escaped the George Lucas worldview?Disney’s takeover of the Star Wars has seen bigger roles for women and people of colour, in a sophisticated cinematic universe that looks more like the one we live in
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John PattersonJohn PattersonSilver linings playback: will Jack Nicholson's return inspire film's dormant veterans?The role of an eccentric dad in Toni Erdmann has persuaded the Hollywood heavyweight to make his first movie since 2010. Which of his retired peers are also due a comeback?
you may have missed
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Berlin film festival 2017 roundup: an SOS for a world without wallsSally Potter’s The Party, Gurinder Chadha’s Viceroy’s House and a magical refugee story from Aki Kaurismäki stood out. But this year’s real Berlinale finds came from Chile and China…
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Welcome to Skull Island: on set with Tom Hiddleston and the biggest King Kong everThe director and cast of Kong: Skull Island, including Brie Larson and Samuel L Jackson, discuss filming opposite an 85ft ape – while using as little green screen as possible
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From 21 Jump Street to Baywatch and CHiPs: how Hollywood remade the remakeThe new wave of 80s TV remakes delights in an ironic self-awareness – but when every recognisable brand has been plundered, what next for Hollywood’s directors?
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Return to Montauk review – beached affair takes time to connectPast lovers Nina Hoss and Stellan Skarsgård border on the unlovable in this slow-paced drama, but Volker Schlöndorff’s film rewards patience for its final twist
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Harrison Ford’s been flying his plane again – we’ve got a bad feeling about thisThe actor has had another airborne incident, this time almost landing on top of a Boeing 737 at a California airport after mistaking a taxiway for the runway
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The Other Side of Hope review – Syrian refugee story honours Aki Kaurismäki's legacyThe Finnish screenwriter employs his usual sensitivity to highlight the experiences of two men who flee their homes and form an unlikely friendship
Moonlight shines at UK box office as Lego Batman overshadows Fifty Shades