Danny Boyle urges British film-makers to ‘build around’ Brexit

Director says filming TV series Trust has cemented his drive to work with European producers

Reboot no more: the overused characters who should be retired

The release of Amazon’s Jack Ryan marks the fifth time the character has been brought to the screen, one of many who need to be swiftly retired

Is Toni Collette really the first woman to orgasm on BBC One?

The Australian actor claims she has broken new ground, in BBC One’s drama Wanderlust. But what about Joely Richardson in Lady Chatterley? Then there’s BBC Two …

Lee Child set to adapt Jack Reacher novels for TV (but with a taller star)

As he prepares to make his archive public, the thriller writer explains why fans didn’t like Tom Cruise’s role on the big screen

‘Everybody feels fragile’: Guy Pearce on fame, family pressures and fatherhood at 50

The actor went from Ramsay Street to Hollywood – but he’s still close friends with Jason Donovan. He talks humility, hype and why he can’t discuss ‘handsy’ co-stars

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

Alan Alda reveals Parkinson’s disease diagnosis

The M*A*S*H and West Wing actor says he has been living with disease for three years, but is living a ‘full life’

Wednesday’s best TV – White Famous; The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco

The sitcom inspired by Jamie Foxx’s life falls back on tired cliches, while a murder kicks off the codebreaking spin-off series

From Aquaman to The Walking Dead: 10 things we learned from Comic-Con 2018

The much-anticipated fan convention in San Diego brought with it a host of new footage and info from new movies and returning seasons

Mamma Mia’s Christine Baranski on schmoozing with Cher and meeting Trump

As the regal actor returns to cinema screens, she discusses her Abba-loving co-stars and her iconic role in The Good Fight

Picnic at Hanging Rock review – as mysterious as the film, but bigger in every way

This ‘small-screen’ adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s novel shares the dreamy, eerie quality of the 1975 movie, but it has been fleshed out with intriguing backstories

Joe Cole: ‘I was ready to deliver a kicking’

From Skins to Peaky Blinders, actor Joe Cole has made his name playing rogues. But nothing prepared him for the full-on physicality of his latest film

From Practical Magic to F*!#ing Adelaide: what’s streaming in Australia in July

Nicole Kidman’s witchy romcom, ABC’s suburban dramedy and Stanley Kubrick’s icy horror are coming to your screens

‘There was a lot of panic’ – behind the first movies to tackle the Aids crisis

Before Philadelphia won two Oscars, a set of smaller films dealt with the pandemic and those involved talk about the battles they faced getting their stories on screen

Alison Steadman: ‘As you get older, learning lines gets harder’

The actor on doing puzzles in bed, her Liverpool roots and watching wildlife