How to Make Gravy: first trailer for film based on Paul Kelly song released
The movie, adapted by musician Meg Washington and director Nick Waterman, involves expanded stories of all the Christmas anthem’s characters
Anwar Hussein obituary
Photographer whose work helped to transform the public image of the royal family
Return of the Mexican sex bombs: Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna on their boxing comedy La Máquina
They shot to fame as randy teens in Y Tu Máma También. Now the duo are back in a tale of Botox, boxing and borderline incest. Getting in shape took discipline, they reveal – and lots of broccoli
Heath Ledger’s Joker was based on a Francis Bacon painting, says Christopher Nolan
Hollywood director is one of several leading creatives to speak of Bacon’s influence ahead of an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery
Wag the Dog: a pitch-black political comedy that’s never looked more relevant
Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman lead an all-star cast in this satire about a spin doctor and a film producer who fake a war to divert attention from a presidential sex scandal
‘Bond’s audience will be patient’: Amazon MGM Studios’ boss on the hunt for a new 007
Jennifer Salke, who is increasing investment in Britain, says some of the ideas floated in the post-Daniel Craig hiatus have been ‘interesting’
Stuntman review – spirited love letter to golden age of Hong Kong’s action movies
Stephen Tung plays a former 80s director-stuntman drawn back into the present-day action-film industry as it faces an identity crisis
Bunting, bobbies and Doctor Who phone boxes: Dinard, the French film festival that’s mad for Britain
Every autumn, a seaside resort in Brittany hosts a charming festival that celebrates only low-budget, independent British and Irish films. Is this a curious case for Poirot?
‘It was a challenge to film both sides’: the struggle to portray Kenya’s age-old land dispute
From dodging bullets to sleeping on goat skins, film-makers Peter Murimi and Daphne Matziaraki faced unique challenges when documenting the conflict between white farmers and Indigenous herders
Daddy’s Head review – a creature emerges from grief in clever British psychological horror
Director Benjamin Barfoot explores how heartbreak connects with darkness as pre-teen Isaac sees his dead father return
A Long Journey Home review – family pressures reach boiling point in a shocking documentary
It’s almost painful to watch this oppressive autobiographical film, pieced together from footage the director shot in her family’s Chinese home
Singin’ in the nuclear rain: new films push the musical genre in a darker direction
From murderers to apocalypse-escapers, gender re-assignment to political prisoners, film-makers and composers are bringing singing and dancing back
The Three Michaels review – trio of Michael Jackson lookalikes reach for the stars
Documentary follows a group of dedicated celebrity impersonators who band together to turn their passion into a decent living
Sally Field recalls her ‘hideous’ illegal abortion at 17 as she urges voters to back Kamala Harris
Oscar-winning actor speaks about the ‘life-altering’ operation she underwent in Mexico with no anaesthetic in 1964: ‘How you can go back to that?’
‘Rutger Hauer said he didn’t play bad guys’: how we made chiller classic The Hitcher
‘Rutger seemed to terrify everyone on the set and was pretty much left alone. I once went to his trailer for lunch and we sat in dead silence as he chain-smoked’