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James Oliver

Don Boris Johnson and the mafia classic politicians can’t refuse

As The Godfather is re-released, what lessons does it hold for fans like the prime minister about holding on to power at any cost?

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Bad Luck Banging: A story of porn, privacy and the pandemic

Romanian director Radu Jude didn't let Covid get in the way of making his latest film. In fact, he turned it to his advantage.

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Why 1971 was the year cinema had its winter of discontent

Cinema audiences, used to sweet romantic movies and unchallenging fare, were in for a shock in late 1971 when a raft of violent and controversial films hit British screens

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Alan Moore: “British politics is based on illusion, dream and nonsense”

Retired from comics and fired up after Brexit, the great Alan Moore returns with a film he’s finally happy with... possibly because it’s set in his Northampton home town.

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Anna May Wong: the eternal outsider

The pioneering Chinese-American actor who fled early Hollywood for Europe to escape her stereotyping as a tragic Butterfly or treacherous Dragon Lady.

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Spaghetti crime: Italy’s 1970s cop film wave

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Roy Andersson is the best filmmaker you’ve never heard of

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Why the Soviets loved fairytale films

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In praise of Jackie Chan

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12 films that really capture the Christmas spirit

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The movies that turned everything tin foil

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Jean-Luc Godard’s breath of fresh air

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Monster movies have a deeper meaning than you might think

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Africa and its confident and expanding film industry

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Brutal film Painted Bird does not hide the horrors – but it is a must-watch

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What films about the British Empire reveal

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Plot twist: The complicated world of Chinese cinema

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How film reflects Russia’s different experience of the Second World War

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Special K: Europe’s auteur from the age of arthouse

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Apocalypse now: How to find coronavirus comfort in catastrophe movies

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Jaques Demy: The director who put the shading into technicolour

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Elia Kazan: A balancing act of the artist’s work and his actions

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Forza Fed: Remembering Italy’s daring director Fellini

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Queen Jean Seberg – the talented, tortured Iowan who became a Parisian star

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Russia’s rising stars revisit its tragic past in new drama

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The making of a classic – The Third Man at 70

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Fatal Attraction: Why can’t Hollywood kick its Manson mania?

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Right time for powerful film ‘Do The Right Thing’

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Eurofile: The edge of Ealing

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JAMES OLIVER: The secrets of Soviet sci-fi

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The dark side of Dirk Bogarde

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Director of debauchery

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