In her latest film, French documentary-maker Claire Simon turns her lens on Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux. Eschewing the biopic format, Simon captures candid classroom debates across France and Guiana, ...

Zipping frenetically from one set piece to the next and incorporating a dizzying array of film types – from heist gone wrong to romantic melodrama to satirical comedy to chase thriller – the ...

Watching Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus’s documentary portrait of investigative reporter Seymour Hersh – the pressman who exposed the My Lai massacre – you can just about believe in the power of ...

The 50 best films of 2025 – how many have you seen? A packed double issue with Lucile Hadžihalilović interviewed by Peter Strickland, Park Chan-wook on No Other Choice, Chloé Zhao on Hamnet, Richard ...

As Andrzej Żuławski’s freaky psychodrama Possession arrives on 4K UHD, we track down the original locations in what was then a divided Berlin – including the subway which provides the setting for that ...

The 4K restoration of Jean Vigo’s tale of two newlyweds arrives in UK cinemas this week. Revisiting the film, originally released in 1934, our critic was struck by its inventive blend of “spontaneous” ...