The Guardian view on foreign language drama: a cultural revolution
Editorial: Intended or not, the power of exposure to different worlds to alter our internal landscape should be welcomed
On my radar: Julie Hesmondhalgh’s cultural highlights
The actor on Oldham Street, Manchester, the magic of Slow Club, a friend’s brilliant memoir, British feature film Radiator and Lemn Sissay’s poetry
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride cinema sales top £21m worldwide
BBC Christmas special soars to fifth place at US box office and tops cinema chart in China despite limited release
Deadwood: what to watch until the movie rides into town
HBO has confirmed that series creator David Milch will be making a new film of the wild west drama that was cancelled in 2006. Here are five shows to watch while you wait
Chelsea Does, Sherlock, Shadowhunters and The Good Wife – new to Netflix in January
Chelsea Handler’s documentary strand, a new TV version of The Mortal Instruments books, Sherlock’s third and The Good Wife’s sixth season are all streaming on Netflix in January, with films including Touch of Evil, Pi and Timbuktu
From Georgia O’Keeffe to War and Peace: unmissable arts events in 2016
Cultural highlights for the coming year include the first solo show by the ‘mother of American modernism’ and TV classics old and new
Pilou Asbæk: ‘I didn’t know what I had with Borgen’
The Danish actor on regrets, his strict upbringing and how time spent with soldiers on his new film, A War, changed his views
The Bridge; The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson; The Shop Around the Corner; The Umbrellas of Cherbourg; Sister; The Dead – review
If the week’s major releases aren’t very Christmassy, then here are a few suggestions to get you in the festive mood
Fargo season two, episode 10 – roll-call of bodies and a hint of hope
In the final episode, Palindrome, Peggy and Ed make a run for it, Hanzee contemplates the future and we solve the mystery of Hank’s study
Peter Jackson and Capaldi ‘Doctor Who’ video fuels rumours he’ll direct episode
Hobbit director appears in homemade video featuring a cameo from the Timelord and a Dalek and suggests Steven Moffatt is pestering him to sign up
Saeed Jaffrey, Bollywood and British screen legend, dies aged 86
Death of veteran actor who starred in Gandhi and A Passage to India as well as The Chess Players, Dil and Coronation Street was announced on Sunday
Drama feeds off real-life crime, but has London Spy gone too far?
Our entertainment is filled with fiction spawned from tragedy, but writers must respect the real victims, such as the late MI6 spy Gareth Williams
On my radar: Ben Whishaw’s cultural highlights
The actor on novelist Elizabeth Harrower, Todd Haynes’s Carol, and the punk spirit of artist Maria Lassnig
Jessica Jones, Aziz Ansari’s Master of None, W/ Bob & David – new on Netflix in November
The latest in Marvel’s new superhero TV strand and new comedies from Aziz Ansari and Bob Odenkirk and David Cross; plus films including Force Majeure, Nebraska and Love Is Strange