Mark Kermode
Writer and broadcaster Mark Kermode is the Observer's chief film critic. He is the author of Hatchet Job and The Good, the Bad and the Multiplex. Follow him on twitter: @kermodemovie
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Moonlight 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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And the real winner is… welcome to the Observer’s alternative OscarsThe nominations for the 2017 Academy Awards are out. Our team of critics make their own shortlists of the films and artists they’d like to see with a statuette
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T2 Trainspotting review – still in a class A of their ownDanny Boyle’s long-awaited sequel to the era-defining Trainspotting is a vibrant and welcome reunion
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Jackie review – a symphony of grief at the White HouseNatalie Portman is extraordinary as JFK’s widow, but the real star of Pablo Larraín’s film is Mica Levi’s score
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La La Land review – worth making a song and dance aboutEmma Stone and Ryan Gosling lay on the charm in Whiplash director Damien Chazelle’s magical love letter to the golden age of Hollywood
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A United Kingdom review – black king to white queen…This true-life romance between an English office clerk and the future king of Botswana is a beautifully shot, crowd-pleasing gem
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Your Name review – a beautiful out-of-body experienceWith this dazzling body-swap romance, Makoto Shinkai confirms his reputation as Japan’s new animation king
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Arrival review – a poetic vision of contact with aliensDenis Villeneuve’s uplifting sci-fi drama about attempts to understand extraterrestrial visitors could be just the antidote we need
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Nocturnal Animals review – Tom Ford’s seductive cautionary taleThis stylish psychodrama is a skilful synthesis of the mood of Hitchock, the skewed reality of Lynch and Kubrick’s obsessive attention to detail
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Train to Busan review – a nonstop zombie thrill rideSocial satire competes with melodrama and gore into this frenetic South Korean horror movie about a rail-borne plague
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The Girl With All the Gifts review – provocative and imaginativeYoung ‘hungries’ are humanity’s best hope of survival in this smart twist on the zombie movie
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Blair Witch review – efficient horror sequelThe 1999 original terrified audiences with its ‘found footage’ shtick, but there are few surprises left down in the woods today
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Captain Fantastic review – thrilling and poignantViggo Mortensen leads an outstanding cast as a grizzled rural eccentric who hits the road with his brood of home-schooled, off-grid children
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Things to Come review – Isabelle Huppert is note-perfectHuppert’s warm, wry performance as an academic facing a crisis at home powers Mia Hansen-Løve’s intimate, intellectual film
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Julieta review – Almodóvar’s five-star return to formTold in flashback over 30 years of guilt and grief, this tender melodrama is Pedro Almodóvar’s best film in a decade
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From midnight road movies to small-hours rave: the best culture for night-owlsObserver film, art, music and literature critics choose their top five night-themed works
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Jason Bourne review – triumphant return of the strong, silent typeMatt Damon reunites with Paul Greengrass for a head-spinning, post-Snowden cyber-thriller
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Mark Kermode's film of the week Viceroy’s House review – gripping political drama with a populist edge