Joshua Oppenheimer
Lockdown watch: Joshua Oppenheimer on three essential recent masterpieces
The director of The Act of Killing suggests widening your self-isolation horizons with contemporary films from desolate Russia, war-torn Syria and rural Italy
Joshua Oppenheimer
10, Apr, 2020 @7:00 AM
The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000
Peter Bradshaw, Cath Clarke, Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard
13, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM
The directors’ cut: film-makers choose the best movies of the century so far
From Mike Leigh to Richard Linklater, Joanna Hogg and Michael Winterbottom, here are some of the century’s greatest films, chosen by some of the directors whose own films feature in our top 100
13, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM
The Killing Season; The Army and the Indonesian Genocide reviews – the truth about one of the 20th century's worst massacres
Two books crush Indonesian state accounts of 1960s anti-leftist massacres, implicate the US and UK and revise how we define genocide
Julia Lovell
15, Mar, 2018 @7:30 AM
Fight the power: documentaries to unleash the activist in you
Children in poverty, rape in the military, mass murderers at large … Oscar-nominated director Lucy Walker picks 10 powerful documentaries to galvanise you into action
Lucy Walker
02, Jan, 2017 @9:00 AM
50 documentaries you need to see
Ten of the best nonfiction film-makers today choose their own favourites, from serial killer stories to meta pranks.
Interviews by Kathryn Bromwich, Killian Fox and Joanne O'Connor
27, Mar, 2016 @7:00 AM
The 50 best films of 2015 in Australia – No 2: The Look of Silence
Continuing our countdown of the best movies released in Australia this year, we’re still haunted by Joshua Oppenheimer’s chilling companion piece to The Act of Killing
Benjamin Lee
16, Dec, 2015 @7:05 PM
The 50 best films of 2015 in the UK – No 4: The Look of Silence
Continuing our countdown of the best movies released in the UK this year, we’re still haunted by Joshua Oppenheimer’s chilling companion piece to The Act of Killing
Benjamin Lee
15, Dec, 2015 @8:00 AM
The 50 best films of 2015 in the US – No 6: The Look of Silence
Continuing our countdown of the best movies released in the US this year, we’re still haunted by Joshua Oppenheimer’s chilling companion piece to The Act of Killing
Benjamin Lee
11, Dec, 2015 @12:00 PM
Amy, Going Clear and He Named Me Malala top 2016 Oscars documentary shortlist
Record-breaking study of Amy Winehouse, assault on Scientology and portrait of Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai are front runners as academy unveils contenders
Andrew Pulver
02, Dec, 2015 @2:06 PM
Spotlight wins big at Gotham awards, but surprise victors in acting categories
Drama starring Michael Keaton and Mark Ruffalo as investigative journalists wins best feature, best screenplay and special jury for principal cast gongs at independent-film awards in New York
Andrew Pulver
01, Dec, 2015 @12:40 PM
Live Q&A: Indonesia, identity and the lasting legacy of 1965 – as it happened
Following recent censorship of conversation around the massacres of 1965-6, a panel of Indonesian academics and activists discussed history, memory and the power of written and oral testimony in dealing with the legacy of this period
Nancy Groves
13, Nov, 2015 @12:39 AM
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