Four new films to see this week: Hamnet, Giant, Oh, Canada and People We Meet on Vacation
Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Pierce Brosnan, Richard Gere and Jacob Elordi feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of January 9th, 2026
50 films to see in 2026: Dune and Toy Story 5 among big releases
Superheroes, prequels, sequels and myth: There’s something to suit everyone’s in cinemas next year
People We Meet on Vacation review: A slight, light and unconvincing romcom
Sleek costumes and seasoned comedy are wasted in this sunny but saccharine film from Brett Haley
Oh, Canada review: Richard Gere and director Paul Schrader reunite in poignant new film
Jacob Elordi portrays a younger version of Gere’s character in a fragmented narrative exploring memory, desire and self-mythology
‘Doing nothing is being complicit. This film is a way not to be complicit’
Kaouther Ben Hania, director of The Voice of Hind Rajab, on the moral imperative to tell this tragic story from Gaza
Four new films to see this week: Saipan, Menu-Plaisir: Les Troisgros, Peter Hujar’s Day and Song Sung Blue
Steve Coogan, Éanna Hardwicke, Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of January 2nd, 2026
Peter Hujar’s Day review: Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall give theatrical masterclasses
Nothing much happens, yet everything is revealed, in this portrait of Hujar, at the time a little-known photographer
Menu-Plaisir: Les Troisgros review – A Michelin-starred feast that will leave you ravenous
There are no talking heads, no narration and no explanatory subtitles in Frederick Wiseman’s fantastic four-hour documentary
Four new films to see this week: Marty Supreme, Cover-Up, Sentimental Value and David Bowie: The Final Act
Timothée Chalamet, Seymour Hersh, Stellan Skarsgard and Renate Reinsve in a quartet of movies released in the week of December 26th, 2025
Bowie: The Final Act - fond requiem from fan 10 years after star’s death
Jonathan Stiasny’s film offers overview of iconic singer’s career with emphasis on his final artistic statement, Blackstar
Cover-Up review: Outstanding portrait of Seymour Hersh’s half-century of investigative journalism
Without journalists of Hersh’s calibre, we would be none the wiser about incidents including the 1968 massacre of a Vietnamese village by US soldiers
Elle Fanning: ‘Someone called their dad for the first time in years after Sentimental Value’
The actress stars in Joachim Trier’s acclaimed Sentimental Value, which is an awards-season favourite
Four new films to see this week: The SpongeBob Movie, The Six Billion Dollar Man, Avatar: Fire and Ash and 1975: Breakdown
Julian Assange, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña and Martin Scorsese feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of December 19th, 2025
The Six Billion Dollar Man: Julian Assange documentary is one of the most chilling films of 2025
A key revelation concerns the Swedish rape allegations in 2010
Dracula director Luc Besson: ‘If you want a traditional horror film, watch something else’
The film-maker returns to the swashbuckling, maximalist production values that made him, with features such as Léon: The Professional and The Fifth Element, an auteur superstar