James Gandolfini’s film career: much more than just another wiseguy

James Gandolfini will always be remembered for his role in The Sopranos, but he had a memorable film career, too. Peter Bradshaw recalls his best performances, from In the Loop to Killing Them Softly

James Gandolfini: master Soprano dies of suspected heart attack in Italy

Heart attack suspected in death of much-loved actor who starred as gangster family head in The Sopranos

James Gandolfini dies aged 51

Star of HBO's hit series The Sopranos may have suffered heart attack in Italy, according to cable network spokeswoman

Chiwetel Ejiofor: ‘In theatre the fear lurks all the time’

The award-winning actor talks to Tim Adams about his return to the London stage to play murdered African hero Patrice Lumumba – and his emotional trip to the Congo to prepare for it

Love is pain. That’s the message of the Richard Burton–Elizabeth Taylor story

Jonathan Jones: Framing the debate: Two actors not in love play two who were – and draw attention to the complex relation between acting and truth in the art of love

Liz Taylor and Richard Burton reunited in BBC4 drama about last performance

Biopic of film stars' tempestuous relationship stars Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter in last of BBC channel's big dramas

David Simon: ‘I don’t want anybody in jail for using drugs’

The creator of TV's The Wire will take part in an Observer debate on the war on drugs later this month. He talks to Andrew Anthony

2013 – a year of prequels, sequels and reboots

Marina Hyde: This period of economic hardship hasn't brought about the predicted burst of creativity – instead it's More of the Same

Television producer Tony Garnett: ‘I’m only interested in love and politics’

Maggie Brown: As the BFI celebrates his 50 years' work, the man behind Cathy Come Home reveals the tragedy that changed his world

The Measure: what’s hot and what’s not

Thumbs up: Zara, Little Mix (yes, really) and Adam Driver. Boo hiss: Off-the-peg shirts, Great Gatsby fashion and macaroons

Martin and Gary Kemp: ‘We complement each other’

They went from being new romantics in Spandau Ballet to playing London gangsters in the film The Krays. Now they are about to appear on TV together again. Brothers Martin and Gary Kemp tell Nick Duerden about their enduring relationship

Falklands on film: how broadcasters have handled Margaret Thatcher’s war

BBC and ITV enraged the government with early portrayals of the conflict but it is being supplanted by recent conflicts

Mad Men and Harry Potter stars return in A Young Doctor’s Notebook

Daniel Radcliffe and John Hamm to appear in second series of Sky Arts drama based on the Russian novel by Mikhail Bulgakov. By Maggie Brown

Spooks: we don’t need a film version

Stuart Heritage: Spooks was a great TV series that ran for a decade – what more is there to tell? This trend for turning TV shows into movies needs to stop