The Shape of Water

Sharper to The Shape of Water: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Julianne Moore and Sebastian Stan star in a stylish, twisty tale about con artistry, while there’s essential Valentine’s Day viewing from Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar-winning romance

Simon Wardell

10, Feb, 2023 @9:00 AM

Guillermo Del Toro: ‘I saw real corpses when I was growing up in Mexico’

In his new film Nightmare Alley, the Oscar-winning director abandons fantasy for gritty noir – but, as he knows from his childhood, humanity has its own share of monsters

Ryan Gilbey

15, Jan, 2022 @9:00 AM

‘They wanted my meerkat to sound like a Russian Alan Sugar’ – meet TV’s secret superstars

They are TV’s unsung heroes, adored yet unrecognised. But do voice artists and mask-wearers ever crave fame? From the man behind the meerkats to Star Trek’s prosthetic-laden Captain Saru, we find out

Sasha Mistlin

09, Aug, 2021 @5:00 AM

Richard Jenkins: ‘Oh my God, Connery was so cool. I thought Goldfinger was the greatest film ever made’

The Oscar-nominated star of The Visitor and The Shape of Water and new film The Last Shift on drag racing, doo-wop music and discovering James Bond

As told to Rich Pelley

18, Mar, 2021 @3:34 PM

Mary Poppins, The BFG and Spectre: your complete Christmas film guide

The best festive films, from the classic The Grand Budapest Hotel, to modern favourites such as Up and Brooklyn, plus the creepy baby from Twilight and everything in between

Paul Howlett and Phil Harrison

15, Dec, 2018 @10:00 AM

Best films of 2018 so far

The very best of 2018, from Black Panther rewriting the rules for superheroes, Gary Oldman going to war as Churchill, and Maxine Peake blazing her way through 70s sexism

Tamsin Bracher and Andrew Pulver

19, Jun, 2018 @5:00 AM

How gay cinema is calling on the past to point at a radical future

A wave of quietly revolutionary films are taking a thoughtful and celebratory look at queer identity – and reaping the rewards at the box office

Guy Lodge

15, Jun, 2018 @11:40 AM

Peter Rabbit kicks Black Panther off the top of the UK box office

Family-friendly bunnies hop to the top in their first week with double the takings of Alicia Vikander’s Lara Croft reboot Tomb Raider

Charles Gant

20, Mar, 2018 @1:42 PM

Black Panther gobbles up Red Sparrow at snow-disrupted UK box office

Marvel franchise is top of the tree for third week in a row, with Jennifer Lawrence spy thriller a distant second, while Lady Bird proves an indie hit

Charles Gant

06, Mar, 2018 @12:45 PM

Has The Shape of Water smashed the Oscars glass ceiling for fantasy and horror cinema?

The whimsical fantasy won best picture and horror satire Get Out was rewarded, but this is unlikely to be a turning point for the genre movie

Ben Child

06, Mar, 2018 @10:56 AM

Radicalism lite: eight things we learned from the Oscars 2018

The Shape of Water’s win was one for the outsiders and trans film-makers made a breakthrough, but this year’s air of protest stopped short of tearing down the barricades

Andrew Pulver and Gwilym Mumford

05, Mar, 2018 @12:30 PM