Erotic thriller Night Stage and road trip movie Dreams in Nightmares both have their UK premieres at the festival.

He made two towering classics of modern cinema and became the vital chronicler of urban malaise in contemporary Taiwan. But where to start with Taiwan New Cinema giant Edward Yang?

Two 1990s romances turn 30, Mike Leigh’s return to modern life, and a nailbiting Kurosawa thriller. What are you watching this weekend?

Kazik Radwanski’s wry Canadian romance follows Mara, a disillusioned creative writing professor, as she reconnects with a man from her past who’s now a successful author.

Children’s experience and tense family drama have been at the heart of many of the greatest Iranian films. Ahead of the release of the Oscar-nominated thriller The Seed of the Sacred Fig, we recommend ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives a fearless performance in Mike Leigh’s empathetic portrait of the outrageously hostile Pansy, whose hardened façade masks a real fragility.

A teen whose synaesthesia allows her to see the colour of people’s souls finds lasting friendships by forming a band in Yamada Naoko’s impressionistic anime feature.

Every decade since 1992, Sight and Sound has complemented its celebrated critics’ poll by formally sounding out the world’s leading directors on the ten films they believe to be the greatest of all ...

In 1952, the Sight and Sound team had the novel idea of asking critics to name the greatest films of all time. The tradition became decennial, increasing in size and prestige as the decades passed.

When Richard Linklater’s meandering modern romance first arrived in UK cinemas, critic John Wrathall was taken with the central characters, but felt its talky format was stretched too thin.

The Young Vic’s artistic director tells us about her debut feature – the story of two teenage friends who run away from Britain on a journey to Syria – which has just been unveiled at Sundance.