Our writers at the film section compile a list of our favourite female directed films.

Michal Wasilewski revisits Jane Campion’s The Piano, analysing the classic film’s themes, cultural context, and relevance

For our next Golden Oldies, Tilly Price writes about her favourite period drama, Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon.

Kenneth Branagh is back as Poirot in a sequel that doesn’t quite live up to its promise but is a pleasant time nonetheless.

MANIFF returns to the Odeon Great Northern for its largest edition ever, featuring award-winning films from Cannes and BFI London

Sarah Taylor reviews Manchester Art Gallery’s retrospective exhibition on the life and works of prolific filmmaker, artist, and activist Derek Jarman.

The gory insides of the NHS are exposed in this painfully funny adaptation of Adam Kay’s bestselling memoir.

Film editor Benjy Klauber looks back at some of the best, and worst, depictions of university life in British film and TV.

Our writers consider their favourite political films, in light of the student elections

Florrie Evans reviews a Ryusuke Hamaguchi adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s short story Drive My Car

The new TV drama Yellowjackets is full of dysfunctional adults, chilling psychological horror, and the will to survive.

Guillermo Del Toro’s noir is a classy technical feast and a love letter to the famous genre

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews the latest film in the Scream franchise, while also delving into the franchise’s history

Seinfeld is a show about nothing that speaks to us so fundamentally, but why?

It’s 1973, and in the San Fernando Valley a long hot summer has just begun. On the school picture day, 15-year-old Gary Valentine, a precocious child actor meets Alana Kane, a frustrated, bitingly sarcastic 25-year-old perpetually stuck in adolescent ennui.

Long gone are the days of Peep Show for Olivia Colman’s flawed but beguiling lead in Netflix’s latest awards contender.

Four of our film writers give their predictions for the upcoming Academy Awards

From Bonnie and Clyde to The Godfather, what was New Hollywood? Find out here

Karen’s boobs say there’s a 95% chance you’ll be cold

Belfast, an autobiographical story of Kenneth Branagh’s childhood, is an irresistibly charming and heart-warming crowd-pleaser.