‘Mmmm, it was electrifying!’ Natalia Osipova on finding a perfect partner
As the explosively powerful dancer makes the leap into film, she talks about feeling bloodied and bruised by her latest work – and how loving her dogs helps her perform
Seven Up! reaches 63: ‘I started filming them when they were young. But we are like a family now’
George Jesse Turner tells of his 42 years behind the camera on the documentary series that has become a TV institution
John Howlett obituary
Other lives: Novelist, scriptwriter and biographer
‘Secrets will eat you up’ – inside the shocking Michael Jackson documentary
In a disturbing new documentary, two accusers share their stories of what they say happened to them at the hands at the world’s most famous pop star
Sandra Bland: behind a poignant documentary of her life and death
In Say Her Name, the tragic death of a woman stopped by police in 2015 is examined with troubling and frustrating results
‘The story goes so far back’: new film attempts to untangle Russiagate
Active Measures, a documentary featuring Hillary Clinton and John McCain, is a comprehensive and at times frenetic analysis of Trump’s relationship with Russia
‘What’s it like to be black in this system?’: life in a Chicago high school
For his captivating new documentary series, film-maker Steve James spent a year with students at Oak Park River Forest high
The week in TV: Jamie Cooks Italy; Mama’s Angel; Disenchantment and more
Jamie Oliver learns a thing or two from Italy’s grandmas, while an Israeli thriller offers a bracing lesson in bigotry
‘We were forming family’: how LGBT sports grew in the early 1980s
The documentary Light in the Water tells the story of a group of gay men and women who fought against prejudice to swim their way to victory
Australian media are in decline. The Fourth Estate reminds us why we need them
Watching the New York Times cover the Trump presidency invokes nostalgia and jealousy
Virtual truth: face to face with immersive documentaries
Experience life after a horrific accident, play a customs officer or swim with sea otters. A new breed of VR film-making is making viewers engage in a deeper way with the issues they confront
Wednesday’s best TV: Vive La Révolution!; Inside the SS
Joan Bakewell reminisces about the French revolution that nearly was in 1968, while a new series interviews members of Hitler’s notorious paramilitary group
The Fourth Estate review – revealing doc tracks an exhausting year of Trump
In a sharp documentary series premiering at Tribeca film festival, the team at the New York Times are faced with the task of keeping up with an unstoppable news cycle
Observational films are outshone by a blend of fact and fiction
Traditional dividing lines are being blurred, as progressive film-makers blend the truth with myth, fantasy and imagination
Thursday’s best TV – Urban Myths: Marilyn Monroe and Billy Wilder; Civilisations
James Purefoy and Gemma Arterton have a ball imagining the capers of the film-maker and his muse, while Simon Schama explores the historical use of colour in art