Drama
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Letters: The script for a television drama series containing the instructions, ‘Okay to mumble these next lines; they’re not important’ does not exist, and probably never will
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Continuing a series of Guardian writers’ all-time Academy picks, Gwilym Mumford explains why the 1970 winner remains a vital and progressive triumph
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Continuing 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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A creak of British actors are transplanted to Canada where they have terminal cancer, an ex-lover and an awful script to contend with. No one’s finest hour
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The BBC’s five-part miniseries, adapted from Len Deighton’s novel, holds up handsomely on the big screen, favouring film noir style over pulp content
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Continuing our series of Guardian writers’ picks for Academy Award glory, Dev Patel’s childhood-village hunt not only manages to make Google Earth dramatic, but packs in mighty tearjerking power, too
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Exclusive: The Danish director’s The House That Jack Built ‘celebrates the idea that life is evil and soulless, which is sadly proven by the recent rise of the Homo trumpus – the rat king’
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Kristin Scott Thomas stars as a cabinet minister hosting one of those dos at which shock revelation follows shock revelation, in Sally Potter’s short, smart comedy
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Annette Bening stars as a single mother who recruits two women to help raise her son in this warm drama set in the late 70s
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Ang Lee’s novel attempt at capturing PTSD mars this version of Ben Fountain’s novel about a young soldier with divided loyalties
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Denzel Washington is exhausting as a sanitation worker in this dense adaptation of a play about racial tension
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The Native American actor and breakout star of Certain Women on stereotyped casting, her famous forebears and horseback riding with Kristen Stewart
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Laura Linney, Rebecca Hall, Richard Gere and Steve Coogan star in a dull, shouty, unconvincing film about four people discussing their children over a fancy meal
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Even starring with her very similar-looking daughter, Huppert seems disconnected from this dismal family drama. And as a tennis coach, she’s no Judy Murray
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Alice Lowe directs and stars in this cracking tale of a pregnant woman who turns killer on the instructions of her unborn child
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Annette Bening gives a fine central performance but this kooky comedy suffers badly from unfocused direction and an unmistakable air of self-indulgence
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This tale of interplanetary young love falls apart upon take-off with a storyline that offers no surprises and fetishises its protagonist’s debilitating illness
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The rereleased 1976 shocker in which Robert De Niro roams night-time New York is fixed firmly in the past – but its visceral horror remains undimmed
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Distribution backer Speedee alleges Matthew McConaughey money drama Gold came out too close to McDonald’s entrepreneur biopic starring Michael Keaton
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He had a hand-to-mouth childhood in a rough neighbourhood, then went to a football college. So how did the 37-year-old end up making the film of the year?
Bafta Shorts 2017 review – a bright, broad-minded movie medley