Art house cinema

The Open has been filmed in one of the UK’s most remote – and forbidding – areas. It looks unlike anything you’ve seen, writes Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore.

The attention of the world is now focused on the Syrian refugee crisis. Can film-makers ensure we see those affected as people rather than statistics? Emma Jones reports.

Gritty, realistic pictures that probe social issues have been a staple of British film-making since the late 1950s – but has ‘the kitchen sink’ school of film-making become a cliché?

The new film 45 Years features an explicit scene involving older actors – why is this so rare? Emma Jones investigates one of cinema’s last taboos.

Benicio del Toro plays an aid worker in a new film set during the Balkans conflict. He tells Tom Brook how preparing for the part taught him the secret to staying sane in a warzone.

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and The Wolfpack were hits at Sundance and could be major Oscar contenders. But be wary, writes critic Owen Gleiberman.

From the Kelly Gang to Crocodile Dundee, Australian cinema has defined cultural identity down under for more than a century. Luke Buckmaster picks the best.