Kay Mellor: ‘Steven Spielberg rang me up in Topshop’
The writer, director and producer on her new drama In the Club, the BBC, Leeds, soaps – and when Hollywood came calling. By Maggie Brown
Christina Hendricks: ‘My agency dropped me when I first agreed to play Joan in Mad Men’
Eight years later, Hendricks is recognised by millions. Here she tells Elizabeth Day about being bullied at school, and her new film role as a grieving mother
Hannibal: what we learned about season three at Comic-Con
Luke Holland: New characters and a new direction are promised in San Diego – but what we really want to see is showrunner Bryan Fuller's fantasy musical episode
David Lynch: ‘I’ve always loved Laura Palmer’
Jeremy Kay: Twin Peaks terrified TV audiences and made David Lynch a household name. Now, nearly 25 years later, he is returning to the scene of the crime, releasing unseen material from the movie prequel Fire Walk With Mefff
The 10 best screen geeks
As new comedy Silicon Valley begins, Michael Hogan salutes his favourite nerds
Tommy Wiseau’s The Room is so bad it’s good. Now get ready for his sitcom
Stuart Heritage: Everything about the film-maker's imminent show The Neighbors looks truly diabolical, so it's sure to follow his cult hit in being an unmissable car crash
On my radar: Dan Smith of Bastille
The band's frontman talks to Leah Harper about soul and blues singer Rag'N'Bone Man, Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream – and California's best burger chain
On my radar: Christine Bottomley’s cultural highlights
The award-winning actress tells Leah Harper about Maxine Peake, Marina Abramović and Alexander McQueen – and why Ken Loach should be prime minister
Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Honourable Woman: a mystery on two continents
The US actor risked poisoning director Hugo Blick to get a role in his TV thriller which pitches a high-flying businesswoman into a moral maze
Bates Motel – box set review
The idea of a contemporary prequel to Psycho should be enough to send a shiver down the spine any self-respecting Alfred Hitchcock fan, but this series is darkly impressive
DVDs and downloads: The Invisible Woman, House of Cards, The Motel Life and more
Guy Lodge enjoys Ralph Fiennes's intelligent Dickens biopic, Kevin Spacey plumbing new depths in House of Cards, Stephen Dorff in an offbeat road thriller and more
Is Jeremy Paxman right about new poetry’s inaccessibility?
Do you agree with the Newsnight presenter that poetry has removed itself from popular culture? Can you think of examples that might make him think again?