On my radar: Stephen Graham’s cultural highlights
The Boardwalk Empire actor on the brilliance of The Sopranos, Venice in winter and taking the kids to see Kasabian
Dev Patel: ‘I didn’t know what I was getting myself into’
The global success of Slumdog Millionaire thrust the schoolboy (and his girlfriend Freida Pinto) into the limelight. But has fame been good to him? Seven years on, he talks break-ups, beards and typecasting
DVDs and downloads: The Babadook, Olive Kitteridge, Game of Thrones, The Book of Life and more
Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook may be the finest horror film in a decade. And Frances McDormand hits a career high in Olive Kitteridge
Kenneth Branagh debuts updated, non-sexist Cinderella in Berlin film festival
The new live-action version of the traditional fairytale, which stars Lily James, has Cinders and Prince Charming ‘meeting on a level playing field’
Empire: the outrageous black family drama that’s changing the look of US TV
Audaciously honest on black issues, Lee Daniels’s family saga has won a huge audience that television had long ignored – and a big fan in the White House
The 10 best sex scenes
With 50 Shades of Grey about to open in cinemas, Alex Preston chooses the best sex scenes from film, TV and literature
The 10 best screen villages
With JK Rowling’s fictional Pagford about to appear on BBC1, Michael Hogan chooses his favourite screen villages, from disturbing Midwich to romantic Ballykissangel
Luke Treadaway: the day Angelina Jolie asked me over for tea
Luke Treadaway on his film role as a PoW in Jolie’s Unbroken, TV’s new Arctic thriller Fortitude, and why he said no to a shark. Interview by Elizabeth Day
Sundance 2015 review: James White – upscale indie flick intent to impress
A new movie from the same Sundance-friendly stable which produced Simon Killer and Martha Marcy May Marlene proves itself easily their equal – and often their superior
Julie Walters: lack of working-class actors is sad
Actor adds voice to row over number of privileged artists in the arts, saying drama career wouldn’t be an option for her now
Hawking the fiction of a smoke-free past
Peter Bradshaw: The 20th century looks wonderfully clear in retrospect – but only because films such as The Theory of Everything have scrubbed out all the fag smoke
150 unmissable arts events for 2015: the biggest films, best TV, starriest theatre, thrilling art, essential sounds and more
Throw yourself into the new year with our bumper guide to the best of culture this spring
Crush of the week: Archie Panjabi
‘Nobody else on TV has smouldered quite like her, or rocked knee-length boots with such panache’