Menu-Plaisir: Les Troisgros review – A Michelin-starred feast that will leave you ravenous
There are no talking heads, no narration and no explanatory subtitles in Frederick Wiseman’s fantastic four-hour documentary
Four new films to see this week: Marty Supreme, Cover-Up, Sentimental Value and David Bowie: The Final Act
Timothée Chalamet, Seymour Hersh, Stellan Skarsgard and Renate Reinsve in a quartet of movies released in the week of December 26th, 2025
Bowie: The Final Act - fond requiem from fan 10 years after star’s death
Jonathan Stiasny’s film offers overview of iconic singer’s career with emphasis on his final artistic statement, Blackstar
Cover-Up review: Outstanding portrait of Seymour Hersh’s half-century of investigative journalism
Without journalists of Hersh’s calibre, we would be none the wiser about incidents including the 1968 massacre of a Vietnamese village by US soldiers
Elle Fanning: ‘Someone called their dad for the first time in years after Sentimental Value’
The actress stars in Joachim Trier’s acclaimed Sentimental Value, which is an awards-season favourite
Four new films to see this week: The SpongeBob Movie, The Six Billion Dollar Man, Avatar: Fire and Ash and 1975: Breakdown
Julian Assange, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña and Martin Scorsese feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of December 19th, 2025
The Six Billion Dollar Man: Julian Assange documentary is one of the most chilling films of 2025
A key revelation concerns the Swedish rape allegations in 2010
Dracula director Luc Besson: ‘If you want a traditional horror film, watch something else’
The film-maker returns to the swashbuckling, maximalist production values that made him, with features such as Léon: The Professional and The Fifth Element, an auteur superstar
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants – Fresh and funny, with a neat line in world-building
Director Derek Drymon, who has been with the show for more than a quarter of a century, mounts fast and wacky oceanic chases
Eleanor the Great review: Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut serves its fine cast poorly
It’s commendable that Johansson gave the lead role to nonagenarian June Squibb but too much feels unearned and wildly inappropriate
Ella McCay: Big-hearted political comic drama struggles to live up to its superb cast
James L Brooks returns to film-making with an old-fashioned, heartfelt movie that feels radical in 2025
Ella McCay director James L Brooks: ‘Movies are a team sport. I’ve never believed in that auteur stuff’
The Hollywood legend on his collaborative approach, pitting contrasting actors against each other, and The Simpsons’ recent upturn
The 50 best films of 2025 – a full list in reverse order
There were hopeful signs that Hollywood could make money out of good films that did not spring from established franchises
The 10 worst films of 2025: ‘Cap’, you say? Crap, more like
We gave you the best films of the year, now here are the worst
Four new films to see this week: Eternity, It Was Just an Accident, Folktales and Horseshoe
Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller, Callum Turner and Lalor Roddy feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of December 5th, 2025