Stockholm Bloodbath review – like Game of Thrones scripted by Guy Ritchie
Based on a real mass killing, this 16th-century tale of backstabbing and beheadings is a clunker with a laddish edge
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 …
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt reach divorce settlement after eight years
Jolie filed for divorce in 2016 after a flight in which she alleges Pitt was abusive to her and their children
Spit, Magic Beach and a Crocodile Dundee redux: 10 Australian films to watch out for in 2025
Paul Hogan’s crocodile-wrangling larrikin returns, plus two family-friendly gems and new films starring Guy Pearce, David Wenham and Richard Roxburgh
Kate Beckinsale says she has been ‘assaulted’ and ‘felt up’ on film sets
The actor has posted a video describing her bad experiences in the industry, in response to Blake Lively, who also alleges mistreatment on a movie set
Guardian writers on their ultimate feelgood movies: ‘For when humanity lets me down’
Our writers highlight the films they find endlessly rewatchable, including Father of the Bride and Head of State
Beezel review – impish jump-scare machine follows single house’s horrific history
Episodic tale spanning the decades from the 60s to the 00s is a little unoriginal but is delivered with toxic wit
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
Oddity review – deft Irish horror gets great value from ventriloquist’s dummy
A strong cast and a spooky mannequin deliver heavy gothic frisson as a blind woman investigates her sister’s unnatural death
Who We Love review – queer teen’s Dublin awakening is Euphoria with Guinness
A schoolgirl bullied over her sexuality heads to the city with her wise-cracking gay best friend in this overcooked but heartfelt drama
Justin Baldoni to reportedly file counterclaim against Blake Lively
Dispute between It Ends With Us co-stars escalates further with Baldoni’s lawyer claiming lawsuit will ‘shock everyone’
Don Fairservice obituary
Other lives: Bafta award-winning film editor and author
Olivia Hussey obituary
Actor who was catapulted to fame as one of the teen stars of Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet in 1968
Rise in talk about killing in films raises health concerns, researchers say
Study finds small but significant increase in characters talking about murder or killing over past 50 years
Jack Bond obituary
Film director and producer who worked with Salvador Dalí and the Pet Shop Boys