Brenda Fricker, Oscar winner for My Left Foot, dies aged 81
The acclaimed Irish actor started her career in Coronation Street and Casualty before a string of high-profile Hollywood roles
‘I’ve had white knuckle moments’: Michael Socha on This Is England, his patchy beard – and seedy new casino thriller The Cage
As he stars alongside Sheridan Smith as a casino boss on the take, the actor talks about leaving school with no qualifications, playing vile dads – and why he’s eager to circulate the This Is England reunion rumour
Paul Seed obituary
Actor and versatile television director who helped shape the influential BBC production of House of Cards
Robert Carlyle joins Line of Duty for series seven
Acclaimed actor will take on guest lead role as a specialist firearms officer in hit BBC crime drama
‘It was overwhelming’: Katie Leung on Harry Potter, sudden fame, insecurity – and starring in Bridgerton
As a teenager, the actor landed her first ever job in the blockbuster film series. The experience was fun – but also led to horrendous online abuse. Now she’s back, playing a tough and surprising matriarch in the Regency smash hit
The Guardian has only ever published 18 zero-star reviews. Here they all are
As Kim Kardashian’s All’s Fair sets a new low for TV, we revisit every single thing our critics have mercilessly panned since we’ve been online. Brace yourself for the Mount Rushmore of rubbish!
Spare us from romcom Austen. Give me the dark side of 19th-century life any day
Why sanitise or sugarcoat the classics? New adaptations of Austen and Brontë could explore everything from slavery to death in childbirth, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale review – this silly, enjoyable nonsense should go on for ever
News of Lady Mary’s divorce is presented with impeccable seriousness in a watchable outing that shouldn’t be the last
Six great reads: the Revenge Porn Helpline, revolutionary architecture and how Netflix ruined movies
Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the past seven days
TV tonight: a heart-racing series following RNLI rescue missions
Storm Eunice causes havoc on the south coast. Plus: Ben Fogle meets a model who moved to the Botswana desert. Here’s what to watch this evening
Guy Pearce: ‘I don’t think I’ll look as good in a frock as I did when I was 25’
The actor on getting back on the Priscilla bus, ‘horrible’ characters and the most profound thing anyone has ever said to him
Post your questions for Guy Pearce
As he stars in hard-hitting prison drama Inside, the candid Aussie actor will answer questions on his 40-year career from Neighbours to The Brutalist
‘We were all pretty privileged’: Allison Williams on Girls, nepo babies and toxic momfluencers
She made her name in Lena Dunham’s landmark series, then starred in Get Out. As she returns in M3gan 2.0, the sequel to the hit horror about a murderous AI doll, she talks about parenting in an age of smartphones, Botox and her famous father
Roland Curram obituary
Actor best known for playing the gay companion to Julie Christie’s good-time girl in Darling
Two Prosecutors review – a petrifying portrait of Stalinist insurrection
Drawn from a suppressed story by gulag survivor Georgy Demidov, Sergei Loznitsa’s haunting film unravels a terrifying parable of bureaucratic evil