Film

Recent films fail to recognise the support women give to famous male artists or scientists, says Mary Evans

12 February

Cinema is the perfect medium to examine the role and ritual of food in family, in love and in bringing people together. Davina Quinlivan feasts her eyes

25 September

The Cinema of Childhood, a touring festival, spurs Davina Quinlivan to reflect on screen representations of bodies in flux

3 July

Catherine Clinton admires the story of a mixed-race girl with an aristocratic upbringing told against the background of the abolition of slavery

12 June

The vampire as cultured aesthete is the beatless heart of Jim Jarmusch’s peculiarly reassuring film, says Lucy Bolton

20 February

The tale of an unsaintly Aids sufferer’s rebellion sidesteps sentimentality and hints at hope, says Duncan Wu

6 February

Our complicity as onlookers sharpens Cormac McCarthy’s bleak morality tale, Duncan Wu finds

14 November

Davina Quinlivan considers the monster as a figure of loss and sadness as the BFI begins a season of ghoulish thrills

31 October

Clio Barnard’s loose adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s short story sees children condemned to life on the scrapheap

24 October

Davina Quinlivan detects a shift to more rounded representations of mental illness on screen

13 June

Catherine Clinton examines the novel’s enduring appeal as Baz Luhrmann’s version of The Great Gatsby bursts on to cinema screens

23 May

Duncan Wu savours the cadence and nuance that a superb cast bring to this portrayal of the relationship between art and life

4 April

Cinematic treatment of the Great Emancipator offers insights into changing attitudes towards the US presidency and the parallels between its 16th and 44th incumbents

24 January

A documentary about a Japanese Michelin-starred perfectionist has tasty titbits but not enough meat for Barak Kushner’s taste

10 January

The once ‘unfilmable’ story of a boy and a tiger stranded together on a lifeboat contains flashes of 3D genius but ultimately proves too tame for Will Brooker

20 December

Duncan Wu is amused by a frenzied bagatelle full of violence, political incorrectness and comic fury, signifying…itself, mostly

6 December

The 50th anniversary re-release of Lawrence of Arabia allows us to reassess cinema’s sensual relationship with the desert, Davina Quinlivan writes

22 November

Duncan Wu admires (with some caveats) a synecdochal exploration of family, loss and the end times’ bitter waters

18 October

Animated films aren’t just for children, argues James Clarke. They’re lyrical metaphors for the richness of human existence

4 October

A violent, drug-addled reworking of Star Wars is an authentic work by a controversial auteur but lacks the bite of his earlier films, argues Duncan Wu

27 September

Even more fascinating than the con artists who assume others’ identities are the people who are desperate to believe them, suggests Rohan McWilliam

23 August

Batman’s true superpower is to reflect the dark side of human nature. Will Brooker asks if he’s really the protector we deserve

19 July