Merchant Ivory review – handsome tribute to the masters of refined costume drama
An insightful appreciation of the director/producer team who gave us The Remains of the Day and launched the careers of Hugh Grant and Helena Bonham Carter
Nightbitch review – Amy Adams doggy fantasy-satire stays fatally muzzled
While Adams delivers what could be the performance of her career, Marielle Heller’s film shrinks away from a properly funny or scary exploration of motherhood and midlife crisis
‘A dancer dances, even with replaced hips and scoliosis’: only one actor can play Liza Minnelli
Despite Minnelli’s memoir not being finished and a queue of ‘Academy award, Emmy, Tony and Grammy winners excited to talk’, the star of the upcoming biopic is already obvious
Conclave review – Ralph Fiennes shines as papal election results in high-camp gripper
Fiennes is broodingly compelling as a potential English pope caught up in murky Vatican intrigue around choosing the next pontiff
That Christmas review – seasonal Richard Curtis yarn is kid-friendly but short on ho-ho-hos
There’s a nice nod to Love Actually, but this tale of a seaside town hit by a blizzard may still leave you cold
Can DC really pull off a Sgt Rock movie with Daniel Craig and Luca Guadagnino on board?
It’s the unlikeliest match-up of the year – having collaborated on Queer, rumours are the pair are bringing the gruff comic book soldier to the screen
Wicked review – Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are a blast in sugar-rush Wizard of Oz fantasy
Stephen Schwartz’s musical prequel has been brought to the big screen, with Erivo’s charismatic Elphaba exerting a planetary pull over a star-studded cast
Post your questions for Billy Bob Thornton
The Oscar-winning actor, writer, director, musician and star of Bad Santa, Armageddon and The Man Who Wasn’t There is ready to answer your questions
Trailer for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy released
Footage from the forthcoming comedy shows Renée Zellweger in her signature role for the fourth time
Kneecap leads nominations for British independent film awards
Belfast-set rap comedy leads the charge with 14 nominations, with Love Lies Bleeding and The Outrun close behind
Paddington in Peru review – you can take the bear out of South America, but think twice before taking him back
The third instalment in the film adventures of the furry marmalade addict may boast Olivia Colman as a singing nun but it lacks home comforts
Watership Down review – charming rabbit animation still has power to terrify
A band of rabbits must leave their warren to find safety in a film that, even in a digital age, still has the bloody force to scare young minds
The Room Next Door review – Almodóvar’s English-language debut is extravagant and engrossing
Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton give luxuriously self-aware performances as two old friends who are reunited in a doggedly mysterious drama
Carrie review – Brian De Palma’s horror masterpiece is a death metal spectacle of carnage
Sissy Spacek unforgettably evolves from ugly duckling to swan to something else entirely in the groundbreaking film of Stephen King’s novel
The Crime Is Mine review – François Ozon’s 1930s crime comedy is a moreish crowdpleaser
Ozon and a stellar cast serve up an entertaining, if shallow caper that shades a little too close to #MeToo