Everybody is kung-fu fighting for sure, but it takes more than that to make a great martial arts movie. The Guardian and Observer critics pick the 10 finest ever made • Top 10 movie adaptations • Top 10 animated movies • Top 10 silent movies • Top 10 sports movies • Top 10 film noir • Top 10 musicals • More Guardian and Observer critics’ top 10s 10.
‘In his version of events, each and every character speaks like a race commentator, clarifying events as they happen and saying things like “Ready? I’ve been waiting for this my whole life…”‘ Reading this on mobile?
‘Man and machine do battle in Andrew Bujalski’s Computer Chess, but only in the least dramatic context imaginable: a 1980s tech convention’ Reading this on mobile? Click here to view Spare a thought for the physical media purists as pop culture intensifies its blossoming courtship with online streaming.
From wild-haired rockers to joyful bolero singers, films with or about celebrated musicians have played a key part in the movies. Here, the Guardian and Observers’ critics pick the 10 finest • Top 10 silent movies • Top 10 sports movies • Top 10 film noir • Top 10 musicals • Top 10 martial arts movies • Top 10 biopics • More Guardian and Observer critics’ top 10s 10. Don’t Look Back DA …
Only God Forgives | Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa | Man Of Steel | The Lone Ranger | The Phantom Of The Opera Only God Forgives Reading this on mobile? Click here to view “Drive was going to feel like really, really good cocaine and Only God Forgives will then be very strong acid,” says director Nicolas Winding Refn on the commentary to his latest team-up with Ryan Gosling