From fiasco to feted: the story of the Dream of Gerontius, the revolutionary music of The Choral

The Choral depicts an amateur choral society in wartime Yorkshire taking on Elgar’s trailblazing and controversial work. But how much does Alan Bennett’s fiction reflect actual fact?

Shirley Valentine gave Pauline Collins a role to match her talent. She seized it with style and glee

The film for which the actor, who has died aged 85, is best-remembered is also that in which she was afforded most airtime. If only more film-makers had managed to channel her warm, sharp charm

Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins dies aged 85

Family pays tribute to actor who was a ‘bright, sparky, witty presence on stage and screen’

Tchéky Karyo obituary

Turkish-French actor who played the dogged, philosophical detective Julien Baptiste in the BBC TV thriller The Missing

Giving a review zero stars sets a dreadful precedent. But here are the one-star shockers I’d downgrade

A singularly horrendous TV show has crashed the star-rating review economy. But if zero stars is the new normal for critical rage, three films deserve the big 0

Michael: first trailer unveiled for controversial Michael Jackson biopic

Star will be played by the real-life singer’s nephew Jaafar Jackson in a film that will ‘humanise but not sanitise’ him

Jennifer Lawrence says she didn’t need an intimacy coordinator on new film as co-star Robert Pattinson is ‘not pervy’

Speaking as their film Die My Love is released, the actor joined a number of other famous names questioning the value of the new roles

Anemone review – Daniel Day-Lewis is endlessly watchable as ex-soldier living with guilt

It is a pleasure to see Day-Lewis back on screen, and he dominates a movie of big scenes and big performances, co-written with and directed by his son

‘I’m so not scary. But my features can be’: Fiona Shaw on Austen, Andor and Harry Potter

The actor answers your questions about slipping swearwords into Disney shows, breakfast with Terrence Malick and lunch with Richard Griffiths

The Choral review – Ralph Fiennes leads the choir in impressively unsentimental Alan Bennett fable

Genteel manners of first world war story about repressed passion delivered with surprising sexual candour

Train Dreams review – Joel Edgerton superb in Malickian story of trees, grief and railroads

A logger clears a path for change in this sunset-hour-tastic adaptation by Clint Bentley – clearly a director of considerable power and feeling

Going to the Dogs review – lovable canines at the heart of a sport in decline

Documentary examines British greyhound racing with affection and respect but doesn’t shy away from the opposing views of animal rights activists

Miss Piggy movie on way from Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone and Cole Escola

The demanding Muppet is set to get her own movie at Disney with Oscar-winning actors producing and the Tony-winning multi-hyphenate writing

The Guardian has only ever published 18 zero-star reviews. Here they all are

As Kim Kardashian’s All’s Fair sets a new low for TV, we revisit every single thing our critics have mercilessly panned since we’ve been online. Brace yourself for the Mount Rushmore of rubbish!

Helen Mirren to receive Golden Globe lifetime achievement award

The multiple Bafta, Emmy, Globe and Oscar-winning actor will receive the film prize in recognition of her ‘transcendent performances and commitment to her craft’