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
Sigourney Weaver’s West End debut as Prospero evokes a storm of past Tempests
The Hollywood star is to appear at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in Shakespeare’s late play about sorcery. But what is the secret to playing the great magician?
The American No by Rupert Everett review – blackly comic short stories
The actor, writer and director mines his own backlog of unmade projects to create an exhilarating collection
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story review – a pleasure of a film about an unlikely bond
Beautifully shot among Shetland’s epic scenery, Charlie Hamilton James’s documentary follows Billy and wife Susan, as Molly changes their lives in the most uplifting way
Hot Frosty review – Netflix’s sexy snowman romance is as silly as expected
Lacey Chabert falls for a snowman with abs in streamer’s latest cheap, cheerful foray into Hallmark territory
Bafta to revoke future winners’ awards in cases of serious criminal convictions
Academy unveils new ‘forfeiture process’ after review prompted by case of disgraced Bafta winner Huw Edwards
Timothy West, star of stage, film and television, dies aged 90
With a career ranging from Shakespeare to EastEnders Great Canal Journeys, actor was a familiar face from the 1960s onwards
Nick Wade obituary
Other lives: Animator who worked on many much loved children’s cartoon series
Timothy West obituary
Popular actor known for his many varied roles and appearing with his wife, Prunella Scales, in C4’s Great Canal Journeys
Is Jim from The Office really the sexiest man in the world?
According to People magazine, the actor John Krasinski is the “sexiest man alive”. The internet is furious
Coups, colonialism and all that jazz: the film that unravels extraordinary cold war truths
Johan Grimonprez’s documentary Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat reveals the curious link between Black Americans’ fight for civil rights and the assassination of Congo’s first democratically elected Black African prime minister
The Lost Children review – extraordinary story of missing kids in the Colombian rainforest
Account of the search for the young siblings after their plane crashed and how the eldest, Lesly – just 13 years old and injured – kept them alive for 40 days
‘Bad boy come again!’ The life, death and resurrection of jungle MC Stevie Hyper D
His ultra-fast rapping ruled 90s raves and influenced garage and grime, but he died young and fell into obscurity. The makers of a new documentary revisit his brilliance
Timothy West: a modest maestro who embodied the best of British theatre
With a remarkable knack of bringing history to life on stage and screen, West honed his craft with devotion and delight