Nicole Kidman: ‘I want to work with Scorsese – if he does a film with women’

Kidman is not the first female actor to have criticised the director – whose potential next projects include biopics of Sinatra and Jesus – for his choice of subject matter

Conan O’Brien announced as 2025 Oscars host

Comedian and former late-night host will lead the Academy awards ceremony for the first time

Tony Todd obituary

Star of the Candyman horror films whose other movies included The Crow, Platoon and The Rock

Laurie Anderson: Ark: United States V review – portrait of America is a multimedia mess

A mix of beat poetry, opera, communal screaming, TikTok and tai chi, Anderson’s state-of-the-nation work is occasionally poignant but mostly baffling

‘I couldn’t tell my parents I loved them’: documentary-maker Duncan Cowles on giving silent men a voice

The Scottish film-maker on bringing humour to his look at male emotional repression, being compared to Louis Theroux, and his problems with reality TV

Joy to Blitz: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Bill Nighy, Thomasin McKenzie and James Norton star in an absorbing drama about the world’s first ‘test tube baby’, plus: Steve McQueen’s second world war epic about an evacuee who stays behind in London

Paul Mescal interviews Ridley Scott: ‘I was so ahead of the game. The Oxbridge lot were aghast’

As Gladiator II roars into the arena, its Oscar-winning director and star talk about horse-riding, Blade Runner, vodka, Scorsese, Elon Musk, vulnerability, AI … and Russell Crowe

‘I can hardly walk across a room’: David Lynch urges smokers to quit after emphysema diagnosis

The Twin Peaks director, who began smoking at eight, says he ‘saw the writing on the wall and it said, “You’re going to die in a week if you don’t stop”’

Steve McQueen reveals he paused Blitz filming for prostate cancer treatment

Film director, who has fully recovered, backs campaign to address disproportionate impact of disease on Black men

James Bond: next actor will be in his 30s and ‘whiteness is not a given’

In interview 007 producer Barbara Broccoli says actor who takes on role will offer ‘something new and different’

‘I think they got chicken’: Denzel Washington says gay kiss was cut from Gladiator II

The actor who stars in Ridley Scott’s sequel said: ‘I kissed a guy full on the lips – I guess they weren’t ready for that yet’

Dick Van Dyke glad he ‘won’t be around’ for Trump’s second term as president

The 98-year-old Mary Poppins star had previously endorsed Kamala Harris and Joe Biden

‘The coolest girl in the world’ at 50: Chloë Sevigny’s best films – ranked!

Since her sparkling debut in 1995 – in Larry Clark’s Kids – this American original has been an indie cinema favourite, excelling in edgy, complex roles. We pick the standouts

Luther Vandross: the tragic R&B crooner who struggled for acceptance

A new documentary looks back on the career of a singer whose undeniable talent wasn’t always enough for a limited and image-obsessed industry

Mogwai: If the Stars Had a Sound review – Glasgow postrockers let the music do the talking

Mogwai have been making their beautiful noise for nearly three decades, and while this film is sketchy on the details, it truly soars when capturing them live