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
February 2017
The Salesman wins best foreign language Oscar
Foreign language Oscar nominees decry 'climate of fanaticism in US'
January 2015
Peter Bradshaw’s top 50 films of the demi-decade
We are now midway through the 2010s. So what trends are emerging in cinema? Peter Bradshaw takes a look – and picks his top 50 films of the demi-decade
December 2014
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Clip joint: child actors in world cinema
Join Guardian reader Jemima Laing as she presents her favourite scenes with some surprising true child stars
March 2012
Iran cancels ceremony to honour A Separation director
Authorities deny permit for event which Asghar Farhadi, who directed the Oscar-winning Iranian film, was expected to attend
February 2012
Israeli audiences flock to Iran's Oscar-winning A Separation
A Separation draws large audiences in Israel as director Asghar Farhadi's Oscar acceptance speech airs on Iranian state TV
Oscar success of A Separation celebrated back home in Iran
Iranians take to social media to praise Academy-award winning film condemned by Islamic Republic, says Saeed Kamali Dehghan
Oscars 2012: A Separation wins best foreign language film
A Separation, an Iranian drama about a couple considering a divorce, wins best foreign language film at the 2012 Oscars
July 2011
A Separation's Asghar Farhadi: 'We need the audience to think'
Saeed Kamali Dehghan: The director of award-winning Iranian drama A Separation talks about his film-making choices and living in Iran
Film blog
A Separation can't be divorced from Iranian politics
Asghar Farhadi's intense domestic drama is eloquent of wider problems in the country where it is set
A Separation – review
The conflicts and contradictions at the heart of Iranian society are explored to brilliant effect in this tale of a couple going through a messy divorce, writes Jason Solomons