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The 32-year-old director’s film ‘La La Land’ has scooped 14 Oscar nominations
Colm McCarthy’s film explores the dilemma between the search for scientific knowledge and morality
Mark Wahlberg stars in Peter Berg disaster movie that invokes a very modern kind of threat
A US diplomat is deployed to Versailles to cement peace while domestic conflict looms
Documentaries on Aleppo and India, a gay coming-of-age drama — and a giant leap forward for female film-making
Rebecca Hall is spellbinding as the US TV reporter who broadcast her own suicide in 1974
Mel Gibson’s portrait of a pacifist at war is magnificent — in the second half at least
David Hare’s terrific script gives topical resonance to a Holocaust-denial court case
Danny Boyle’s sequel says less about its time and setting than the earlier film did
A veteran cinematographer chooses her favourite footage — but what does it amount to?
Independent studio Lions Gate equals Titanic’s record nominations
A sentimental account of the moment when two remarkable people — Barack and Michelle — found each other
A bumpy road trip ensues as a father takes his six home-schooled children running, hunting and rock-climbing
Quadripartite affair follows the tale of the titular dachshund as she is passed from owner to owner
Thomas Tull retirement gives Chinese group more control over entertainment group
Natalie Portman catches every tic and trick in Pablo Larraín’s portrait of the first lady
Martin Scorsese’s re-released mob movie confirms its stellar status
James McAvoy is a multiple-personality kidnapper in M Night Shyamalan’s film
The story of an Indian boy separated from his family is soapy and sentimental
The filmmaker talks about his restrained account of a pivotal Civil Rights moment
A biotech Frankenstein, right down to the Gothic location and the creature’s yearning for tenderness
Jim Jarmusch’s film expertly crochets together talking heads and footage of the fabulously influential band
Marie hits a miserable stalemate with her partner of 15 years and has a raging desire to separate
Kenneth Lonergan’s new movie is a marvellous drama of rage and grief
Damien Chazelle’s Oscar-tipped musical romance enchants and charms