Oscars 2018: read our reviews of the winning films

Film of the week: The Shape of Water swims in lagoons of love and horror

Guillermo del Toro’s bittersweet romance between a mute cleaning woman and an amphibious man cleverly and affectionately updates Hollywood monster movies of the past, writes Kim Newman.
Friday 16 February 2018

Film of the week: Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan’s victorious retreat

Breathtaking realism, sterling performances and distinctly restrained direction combine to make Christopher Nolan’s World War II drama a wrenching spectacle, writes Philip Kemp.
Friday 21 July 2017

I, Tonya review: a chilling story of thwarted ambition

Margot Robbie gives a fierce performance as disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding in Craig Gillespie’s bruising biopic, supported by Allison Janney as her monstrous mother, writes Nikki Baughan.
Monday 5 March 2018

Film of the week: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a bitterly poignant comedy

Martin McDonagh’s small-town policing story has a greater emotional depth than his previous offerings, thanks in part to Frances McDormand’s sincere portrait of a grieving mother, writes Graham Fuller.
Wednesday 10 January 2018

Darkest Hour review: Gary Oldman convinces as Winston Churchill

Joe Wright’s film takes us through three gruelling weeks during WWII, and with an impressive ensemble cast around the PM, it should be a triumph, but an absurd trip on the tube undermines the whole endeavour, writes Philip Kemp.
Monday 5 March 2018

Get Out review: a surreal satire of racial tension

Jordan Peele’s debut film is a brilliantly inventive horror that skewers the insecurities and injustices of modern America, says Trevor Johnston.
Thursday 16 March 2017

Film of the week: A Fantastic Woman, Sebastián Lelio’s heartfelt tale of emotional survival

Daniela Vega gives a luminous performance as the enigmatic transgender heroine of the Chilean director’s powerful fifth feature, writes Maria Delgado.
Friday 2 March 2018

Film of the week: Coco, Pixar’s vital dance with los muertos

Lee Unkrich’s fabulous familial adventure finds its animating principle in Mexican cultural riches, with a reach that crosses our mortal divide, says Violet Lucca.
Monday 22 January 2018

Blade Runner 2049 review: the future’s still questionable

Denis Villeneuve’s expressively dour sequel to Ridley Scott’s hallowed sci-fi classic burns bright with uncomfortable questions, says Tim Hayes.
Monday 16 October 2017

Film of the week: Phantom Thread unravels the relationship between an artist and his muse

Daniel Day-Lewis stars as a chilly 1950s couturier resisting romantic intimacy in Paul Thomas Anderson’s slyly comic Hitchcockian drama. It’s his most ambitious and surprising film yet, writes Adam Nayman.
Thursday 1 February 2018