Human Traffic … as featured in one of our brand new series this week. Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/Miramax
The big story
Allow us, for a moment, to pat ourselves on the back. It may not be shaking Hollywood to its foundations, or causing endless Gauloise-fugged chitchat in the Cinematheque Française, but you may have noticed the Guardian film website has had bit of a wash and brush up. Not only do we now have a fetching, purple-tinted central block, but we've also created a whole bunch of fascinating new series to entertain you. Each day at 7.30am we're launching our movie bulletin, featuring the day's key news stories and what's coming up; then we have our new Why I love… feature (today; Human Traffic's title sequences) and – ulp – how things are shaping up for next year's Academy award race with our Oscar predictions 2014 blog.
All that, plus a weekly quiz, the Film on the box liveblog by our resident mirthmeister Stuart Heritage, and all the regular features and series too. It literally couldn't be any better.
In the news
Into Darkness voted worst Star Trek film by trekkies
Star Wars Episode 7 may see return of Emperor Palpatine
Anchorman's Ron Burgundy to publish 'tell-all' memoir
Thor: The Dark World's Tom Hiddleston earns extra screen time
Lee Daniels comes clean about drug-fuelled past
Darren Aronofsky aiming to take flight with Red Sparrow
Jennifer Garner joins Halle Berry's fight for new anti-paparazzi law in California
Stephenie Meyer 'so over' Twilight
Elysium director Neill Blomkamp to move ahead with Chappie
On the blog
Quiz: Robert De Niro – how well do you know his films?
The Enigma of Kasper Hauser: Herzog delivers the original man of mystery
Carry On Cabby liveblog: as it happened
Why I love … Human Traffic's opening titles
Is Hollywood backing a blessing for local-language films – or a curse?
Which film on TV should we liveblog next week?
Steve Jobs biopic offers nothing new in superficial portrait of Apple founder
Clip joint: seductive dance sequences
Watch and listen
John Cleese and Teri Hatcher talk dreams, Planes and amoral journalism - video
Chloë Grace Moretz on Kick-Ass 2: 'It's anti-comic book' - video
We're the Millers: watch the trailer for Jennifer Aniston's new comedy - video
Blue Jasmine: watch the trailer for Woody Allen's new film
Video on demand
Stories We Tell
Sarah Polley's documentary portrait of her parents' marriage is rich, tender and emotionally complex. You can watch it here
When China Met Africa
Directors Marc and Nick Francis follows various Chinese enterprises underway in Zambia – from large-scale roadbuilding to small-scale crop-growing – and underscore the uneasy relationship between the two. Watch it on demand here.
The Hunt
The brilliant Danish drama The Hunt, in which Mads Mikkelsen plays a teacher accused of paedophilia. Watch it on demand here
• For more of the best independent, cult or classic films and documentaries chosen by Guardian Film, keep an eye on the Guardian screening room
Further reading
Julianne Moore: 'Can we talk about something else now?'
An audience with Jerry Bruckheimer, king of the blockbuster
Coming soon to a cinema near you… a fine crop of world-class British films
Still: American Silent Motion Picture Photography - in pictures
It's time to put 2 Guns to the head of the buddy-cop genre
And finally
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