Steven Spielberg

Javier Bardem is unnervingly brilliant as ex-prisoner Max Cady.

★★★★★
Review

I’m sceptical of remakes, but this new version of Cape Fear is incredible – and terrifying

Part remake and part homage, this reimagining of the 1957 novel marries classic cinema with modern paranoia.

11 days ago
Kylie Northover

Latest

Cinema

‘Nobody knows what’s real’: Eve Hewson on aliens, Hollywood and her famous dad

Joining Steven Spielberg’s latest extraterrestrial adventure left the Irish actor with some existential questions.

May 29, 2026
Michael Idato

From a cuddly E.T. to murderous xenomorphs, the on-screen alien comes in many shapes and sizes.

Pop culture

Are aliens already here? Spielberg’s latest dares to ask

As the Pentagon throws open its extra-terrestrial files, Disclosure Day depicts encounters of an even closer kind.

May 28, 2026
Jordan Prosser

Opinion
Trump's America

Colbert takes final bow, a casualty of the president who couldn’t take a joke

Is this the beginning of the end of America’s late-night television – and the freedom of speech it represented?

May 22, 2026
Bill Wyman

Streaming

Hidden gems: 40 underappreciated movies to stream these Easter holidays

From action classics to musical rom-coms, these are the underseen and the misjudged movies ripe for rediscovery.

March 26, 2026
Craig Mathieson

Opinion
Philosophy

I could weep every time I hear this brilliant woman speak. She’s so true and wise

Chloé Zhao is now one of the world’s top film directors. But she is also both exceptional and relatable, with a gleaming poetic energy, and I hope we hear more from her.

March 21, 2026
Julia Baird

Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway in The Devil Wears Prada 2.

Cinema

The Oscars are over. Here are the 12 big movies we can’t wait to see next

Family franchise sequels, buzzy horror counter-programming, stars getting their arthouse groove on, and blockbusters expected to gross $1 billion are all on the schedule.