A guilty-pleasure romcom of decadence and snobbery, and a postwar gothic about grief and family secrets

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck talks about a return to the ‘serious’ themes of his Oscar winner with Never Look Away

A historically questionable but thoroughly entertaining story of power and succession

Actors give their all in the truth-based tale of a teenage drug addict and his devastated father

Veterans of an experimental crossing relive their adventure in this documentary

RaMell Ross’s absorbing documentary uses his own amateur footage

James McAvoy shares an asylum with Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson in the director’s latest film

Though visually impressive, Reinaldo Marcus Green’s film is wayward and unsettled

Cinema group relies on lucrative franchises to drive record number film goers

Oscars and Cannes Film Festival boost sales for top designers

A funny, thrilling heist drama about bungling college kids and interlocking tales of transgression from Iran

The director, dancers and others offer their perspectives

The awards-tipped film chronicles how the vice-president seized the levers of power during the Bush era

A sad and singular documentary about an Australian detention centre for asylum seekers on an ocean idyll

The actor relishes the role of her career in the scandalous story of the French writer

The actors’ performances are full of love for their characters

Jason Reitman’s film looks back to the liberal hopeful’s 1988 campaign

Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart star in this remake of a feel-good French hit

Director Reinaldo Marcus Green’s new film was born from personal experience

As the biopic starring Steve Coogan and John C Reilly opens, it’s a good time to reflect on one of the great screen partnerships

The term is often used to mean ‘art by women’, but a more accurate definition might be art with a feminist sensibility

The genre is back in favour with a new generation of thoughtful and female-orientated films