Three women, disguising their identities with theatrical masks, revisit memories of the undercover "spy cops" who infiltrated their lives and forged false relationships
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What to watch
Elon Musk, the Titan disaster and Sly Stone: the most anticipated documentaries of 2025
Auteurs assemble! Why 2025 offers a banquet of movies by cinema’s great creators
Malick, Ramsay, Bigelow, Denis, Guadagnino, Zhao: cinema’s most exciting visionaries are all back with new films this year. And then there’s Iñárritu directing Tom Cruise …
Toyboys, divas and Bridget Jones: the films to look forward to in 2025
Nicole Kidman takes a younger lover, Tom Cruise accepts his final impossible mission, Angelina Jolie plays Maria Callas and Timothée Chalamet belts out some Bob Dylan in the best of the movies coming to UK cinemas next year
Spit, Magic Beach and a Crocodile Dundee redux: 10 Australian films to watch out for in 2025
Guardian writers on their ultimate feelgood movies: ‘For when humanity lets me down’
The best films of 2024 … you may not have seen
And the 2024 Braddies go to … Peter Bradshaw’s film picks of the year
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Nikki Amuka-Bird: ‘I just played the prime minister and thought, me? Run the country?’
Aaron Taylor-Johnson: ‘I couldn’t understand why Tom Ford wanted me to play a serial-killer rapist’
The actor answers your questions on his exercise regime, what he thinks of the AI John Lennon and which roles have changed him
It’s quiz time: how well do you remember 2024?
Sports, scandals, music, memes… Take our bumper quiz of all the highs and lows of the year that was
Vinnie Jones: ‘I don’t like the hard man label’
Nickel Boys star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor: ‘If we see something wrong and don’t say anything, we’re participants’
‘It was like I’d run six marathons then they said do a seventh’ – how Industry’s Marisa Abela hit peak form
Claressa Shields: ‘I’m not here for people to cry and feel sorry for me’
Regulars
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Streaming and DVDs
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Week in geek
Aliens, Gollum and talking raccoons: when will the Oscars finally reward mo-cap acting?
Mark Kermode on film
Mark Kermode on… composer John Williams, master of unforgettable blockbuster soundtracks
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Sites such as film discovery platform Letterboxd promote a new way of film-viewing, eschewing sneering gatekeepers for a more open-minded and eclectic experience
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The children’s comic’s role in a drama of ‘death, deceit and carnage’ shouldn’t be a stretch for an established master of destruction
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‘I thirst for you’: the inside story of Badnam Basti, India’s first queer film
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Film genres
Action
And the 2024 Braddies go to … Peter Bradshaw’s film picks of the year
Animation
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 review – Jim Carrey doubles up in frenetically empty sequel
Crime
Diabel review – canine sidekick along for ride as dour war veteran biffs bad guys
Drama
Mark Kermode on… director Sean Baker, who thrillingly puts the marginalised centre stage
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