Filmmaker Roger Graef puts social justice in focus
Mary O'Hara: Ahead of his special Bafta tribute, the veteran documentary filmmaker, whose recent work highlights the adoption and benefits system, says he is passionate about making a difference
Hollywood stars to ‘put human face on climate change’ in ambitious TV series
Producers hope 'emotion' of celebrities like Harrison Ford and Arnold Schwarzenegger will connect with ordinary Americans
Roger Pomphrey obituary
Other lives: Documentary film and video director and blues guitarist who was in the original Eurythmics lineup
Will 12 Years a Slave help the fight against slavery?
Oliver Balch: Portraying slavery on film is wrought with challenges, but does it improve campaign impact?
DIY Vermeer documentary utterly misses the point about old masters
Jonathan Jones: Tim Jenison tried for a whole year to recreate a Vermeer painting – and all he got was a pedantic imitation
The Gravity effect: how the small screen is going to space
Stuart Heritage: There's been surge in the public appetite for all things celestial – but will Channel 4's Live from Space be able to replicate the thrill of Gravity?
Heroin: art and culture’s last taboo
It wrecks lives – but it has also inspired art from the poetry of Baudelaire to the music of Lou Reed. Andrew Hussey traces the path of heroin through modern European culture
Brian Barr obituary
Journalist and documentary film-maker whose investigations brought him into conflict with police and government
‘How I helped to make Jimi Hendrix a rock’n’roll star’
Linda Keith lent a young blues player a guitar belonging to her boyfriend, Keith Richards – and the rest is history. In a rare interview, she tells her story to Edward Helmore in New York
Poaching Wars: will we glimpse the real Tom Hardy?
Stuart Heritage: Even playing himself in tonight's ITV documentary, the actor manages to maintain an air of enigmatic unpredictability
On my radar: Simon Donald
The standup comedian tells Ben Marshall why he loves Rod Stewart and London Transport Museum – and what went wrong with Man of Steel
James Gandolfini obituary
American actor best known for his role as the mafia boss Tony Soprano
The director’s cut: Oliver Stone’s move from silver screen to small screen
Mark Lawson: The Nixon director's new American history series sees him follow in the footsteps of Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch and Steven Spielberg
Ten of the best running documentaries
From the man who ran 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days, to the Indian boy who had run 48 marathons by the age of four, documentary-makers across the globe have uncovered tales of extraordinary endurance
Peace on the streets? How two gangs in Birmingham found common ground
Following a brutal dispute in 2003 an uneasy truce reigns, brokered by a former cabinet minister and a film-maker. Elizabeth Day reports