People who haven’t seen Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord are already trading spittle-flecked invective on social media. It will generate furious debate all the way up to awards season

Ceremony, presented this year by actor Eye Haïdara, was a combination of slick passion and euro-oddness

The Guardian’s much talked-about ‘100 best novels’ ranking is a surprisingly old-fashioned list largely composed of long-established greats

Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver, Angourie Rice and Spike Fearn feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of May 22nd, 2026

Plus: Who does not appear anywhere in Michael?

Alexander Murphy’s documentary about Pa’ and Lisa O’Reilly and their 10 children has a sense that we’re drifting towards an inevitable closure

Lead actors have a spring-fresh charm but Minnie Driver’s character feels lifted from an American campus film

Pedro Pascal leads the cast in an undemanding romp that features the franchise’s signature blend of low culture and high professionalism

Eagles of the Republic director Tarik Saleh on his political satire that pokes fun at Egypt’s president

Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of May 15th, 2026

From the Paris protests of 1968 to Lars von Trier’s Hitler gag in 2011: here, if nowhere else, cinema still matters

After the struggle of career-building, actor says it’s ‘very fitting’ that the longest he’s gotten to play a character is within the Star Wars franchise

Hanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller play Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika in a feature that completes a remarkable trilogy

This film about England’s quarter-final against Argentina at the 1986 World Cup is immaculately balanced

Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson star in Jane Schoenbrun’s Sunset Boulevard of slasher films