Critic’s notebook

From Best Picture to Best Documentary, our film critic picks his winners

The battle for Best Picture has been characterised as a contest between fantasy and reality. But the front-runners are more similar than they appear

At the Berlin film festival, the president’s name was constantly invoked – even when the movies had nothing to do with him

She began her career by tackling the racial politics of the 1980s. As three new exhibitions show, her art feels just as resonant today

A new TV series offers a positive portrayal of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s unfairly maligned wife

The rise of virtual reality has made new and unexpected demands on film-makers and game designers. Rhodri Marsden looks at developments in the round

A visceral new biopic dismantles her public image, but feels intrusive

The new games console is a slightly desperate – and possibly doomed – attempt to appeal to different kinds of user

Plots used to be driven by real-world conflict, but now they revolve around domestic drama. It’s a trend that blights films and TV, from Sherlock to Bourne

Classics from early black film-makers are finally getting their due