What we look for in Oscar-winning performances - and what we should look for instead

Did Leonardo DiCaprio really deserve that Oscar? Who should win this time? The lead Actor and Actress race is a cosmic event that will determine nothing less than the fate of the entire human race. Honestly, it doesn’t feel like that much of an exaggeration.

The Green-Light | My long, torturous relationship with Trainspotting

Everyone I’ve spoken to seems to love Trainspotting, and so they should. But twenty-one years after its first release, approximately ten years since my first viewing of it, and two months since my re-watch, why don’t I love it too?

New Doctor Strange images show off the film's weirder side

Who’s looking forward to Marvel’s Doctor Strange? Everyone, it’d seem – and to anticipate the film’s release only a while away, Disney / Marvel Studios have released some images from the movie. Although many of them are stills which reflect a slightly different perspective from shots in the two already-seen trailers, there are close-up glimpses of Mads Mikkelsen’s character Kaecilius, and images which show off the film’s propensity for weirdness when it comes to magic.

New poster for Imperium shows Daniel Radcliffe doing his best White Supremacist face

Since Harry Potter finished up a few years back, Daniel Radcliffe has made sure that he hasn’t fallen into typecasting by keeping the roles he takes fresh and unique – and Imperium looks to be the furthest he’s gone since playing the Boy Wizard.

Jared Leto joins Blade Runner sequel - and we're not angry about it

Jared Leto has gotten his share of bad publicity in the past year: stories from the set of Suicide Squad about his method shenanigans, plus the mixed reception of his take on the character of the Joker in the eventually released cut of the movie, plus the negativity toward his opinion that he was ‘tricked‘ into doing Suicide Squad in the first place. And now it’s been announced that Leto has been cast in Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming Blade Runner sequel.

Zendaya is playing a hugely important character in Spider-Man: Homecoming

If you’re deeply excited for Spider-Man: Homecoming as much as we are, turn away now if you wish to save your enjoyment of finding out who Zendaya is playing in an official announcement or a future trailer.

Cocoon - Review

For the USA, Ron Howard is a national treasure. For the rest of the world, he’s an absolute crowd-pleaser: films like Splash have marked him out as a master of light entertainment, while Apollo 13 had the awards klaxon calling. This success has been thanks in no small part to his level of filmmaking craft, and a sensibility for creating images that linger in pop culture. Like his contemporary Robert Zemeckis, he can take a familiar subject and breathe fresh perspective into it. In Cocoon, the question of old age is given a supernatural spin – but the 1985 film film simply lacks the storytelling chops to lift it to the classic heights it needs.

The Hard Stop - Review

There are always two sides to one story, but in the case of Mark Duggan’s death at the hands of police in 2011, the story is downright multi-faceted. The event triggered the London riots that same year, reflecting a portion of the country that was at once voiceless and furious. The question of lawfulness concerning Duggan’s shooting has reverberated through black communities since, and with the consistent senselessness America is currently going through, it’s a wound that feels as sore as ever. You may already have a stance on the subject, and no matter what that perspective is, George Amponsah’s The Hard Stop is essential viewing.

Weiner - Review

Weiner is an unfortunate name. For the politician who owns it, he’s had an even more unfortunate life; a while after Anthony Weiner first came to prominence thanks to a video of him heatedly tackling his GOP colleagues in 2010, in a wincingly poetic sweep of irony, a photo of his own Anthony W. leaked and also went viral. His political career potentially in tatters, he didn’t let the sex scandal prove to be a setback for him; he and his wife Huma Abedin, herself an advisor to Hillary Clinton, and perhaps the most miraculously forgiving woman in history, teamed together for Anthony to run for mayor of New York.

Notes on Blindness - Review

Blindness, like Pete Middleton and James Spinney’s new film describes, is a world of its own. Keeping one’s eyes closed isn’t nearly enough to get inside the mind of someone whose sight has left them entirely, for the taking away of one sense is only a part of it. For theologian John Hull, blindness was like entering a new landscape, both eerily familiar and frighteningly alien, but by recording his experiences of losing his sight on reams upon reams of cassette tape, he worked toward understanding his condition so it would never consume him. Released a year after his death, Notes on Blindness not only draws from these recordings but ingeniously builds the entire movie around them; the result is a quietly profound peek inside an alternate universe of sensation, and how its sole occupant navigates everyday life, and above all, strengthens himself on the extraordinary power of family.

The Legend of Tarzan - 'Conquer' video

Ghostbusters - 'Are You the Ghostbusters?' TV spot

Ghostbusters - 'The Ecto-1' featurette

30 years after Ghostbusters took the world by storm, the beloved franchise makes its long-awaited return. Director Paul Feig brings his fresh take to the supernatural comedy, joined by some of the funniest actors working today.

Independence Day: Resurgence - 'Hunt' TV spot

Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with a new extra-Solar threat. But will mankind’s new space defenses be enough?

What we look for in Oscar-winning performances - and what we should look for instead

Did Leonardo DiCaprio really deserve that Oscar? Who should win this time? The lead Actor and Actress race is a cosmic event that will determine nothing less than the fate of the entire human race. Honestly, it doesn’t feel like that much of an exaggeration.

The Green-Light | To Edit Tarantino is to Kill Him

A recent re-edit of Django Unchained teaches us why we love our favourite movies — warts and all.

The Green-Light | Why Jackie is a great biopic - but not a great film

Larraín’s films typically make certain that the medium is the message – but here, it’s an ethos that gets tangled in the telling.

The Green-Light | Split and M. Night Shyamalan’s Terribly Exciting Promise

Something has happened that I thought would never happen again: an M. Night Shyamalan movie has excited me.

Morgan - 'Beautiful Baby' clip

Morgan - Trailer 2

American Pastoral - Trailer

Westworld - Teaser trailer

A series inspired by the 1973 film of the same title written by Michael Crichton about a futuristic theme park populated by artificial beings.

An interview with Iona director Scott Graham

After the breakout hit Shell, director Scott Graham is at broody family dramas again with Iona, a tale of a young mother (Ruth Negga) returning home with her teenage son following a brutal crime. Graham’s words are quiet, introspective, humble,…

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - European premiere live stream

A live stream of the European premiere of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The stream will begin today at 18:15 GMT, with an introduction from the red carpet.

An interview with Suite Française director Saul Dibb

One thing that struck me with Suite Française was how much of a sweeping, epic feel it had to it all. Were there any particular films that you would refer to, or inspired you, while making the film?

I don’t think there was anything in…

Is Soho the new Hollywood?

In this video feature, we consider the question, is London’s Soho the new Hollywood? We talk to Matt Fox, Joint Managing Director of Framestore; Paul Franklin, Co-Founder of Double Negative; Julie Parmenter, Managing Director of Molinare; and SohoCreate’s founder, Tom Harvey, in our search for the answer and arrive at some interesting conclusions.