James D. Stern movies, cinema features and reviews

With the year at the halfway point, our writers choose their favourite films, from daring documentaries to box office bombs

From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital

Brandon Cronenberg's twisted third feature intrigues and disturbs but can't find anywhere interesting to take its best ideas

James Cameron's epic has lost none of its force 25 years later, reaffirming its status as a technical and emotional powerhouse

As another year draws to a close, our writers choose their favourite films, from daring debuts to boundary-breaking blockbusters

To mark the release of Crimes of the Future, Steph Green sorts the body-obsessed auteur's vast filmography from worst to best...

Fedor Tot reflects on this year's incarnation of the Italian festival dedicated to rediscovering and reframing the cinema of the past

To coincide with the release of Moonfall, Rafaela Sales Ross looks back on the CG-obsessed director's explosive canon...

As another cinematic year draws to a close, our writers choose their favourite films, from miraculous musicals to subversive westerns

As the director's novelisation of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood hits bookshelves, Hannah Strong reflects on his oeuvre so far...

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