Film

Bafta-winning film-maker Mark Jenkin is back with Enys Men, and some strong words for the plight facing his home county

One scene, for which she was not prepared, defined the career of an actress who never wanted to be a star

Homegrown movies are struggling at the Italian box office

I used to be an Oscars fanatic. But now, all the magic has gone

This feelgood film offers the perfect escapism from Brexit disasters and Tory governance

Jerzy Skolimowski and a donkey team up to create an avant-garde classic

One of the inspirations behind the acclaimed movie, Sara Mardini is on trial for helping other refugees

The French director's obsessive desire for perfection proved ultimately self-destructive

A captivating movie about a fruit-farming family is part of a new rural film trend

Spielberg, Mendes and a year of film nostalgia

His was acting of remarkable subtlety and nuance, especially when sharing the screen with some of cinema’s most magnetic women

The Dane had a reputation as a vamp but in truth was as fragile as a gazelle

Why Pierre Choderlos de Laclos's novel remains a story for all eras

Jeanne Dielman, directed by Chantal Akerman in 1975, beats Citizen Kane to be voted the best movie ever in Sight and Sound magazine poll

Eric Cantona took to the screens in his second act. But even if his films are one day forgotten, the footage of his greatest role – as a footballer – will be replayed for a long, long time

What attracts French film-makers to the DH Lawrence novel that scandalised Britain?

A new documentary explores the interlocking lives, work and collection of film-makers Jan Švankmajer and Eva Švankmajerová

A transfixing reflection on the plight of asylum seekers should be at the top of Suella Braverman’s watch list

A collage exposing the dark heart of the British countryside gets a musical makeover. But what will the Europeans make of it?

A combination of Covid, Hindu nationalism and low standards have caused a slump in the Indian film industry, prompting an exodus of stars and producers. Can Bollywood survive?

The UK Jewish film festival forces us to confront the past, no matter how agonising

Florence Pugh excels in the tale of a 19th-century Irish miracle that comes with a very modern subtext

A new Italian heist movie toys, Tarantino–style, with the story of Mussolini's treasure

It's a period film. It's a monster movie. It's a martial arts picture. It's Brotherhood Of The Wolf and its improbable global cult status is long overdue

For all Fellini is held up as the ultimate chronicler of Rome in the 20th century, it’s Rimini that made him and Rimini that inhabits his films

Triumph at Cannes has been followed by tragedy for Ruben Östlund’s satire of the super-rich at play, Triangle of Sadness

Wim Wenders's classic film premiered in West Berlin 35 years ago. Today it stands apart from both his and everyone else’s work

The one-time middleweight Greco-Roman wrestling champion of Europe was a a surprisingly nuanced screen presence

Dame Angela Lansbury was a true genius and stage animal. The world has lost a real presence

She Said stands out and a French drama also shines at the London Film Festival

From the very beginning, Sylvia Kristel’s life thrummed with an undercurrent of impermanence

For all the remarkable events and achievements of his life, Brynner was always content for mythologies to propagate around him