How the Dogme manifesto reinvented Denmark

Be truthful, be human, get naked: 1995's groundbreaking manifesto didn't just shake up cinema, says Patrick Kingsley. It inspired Danes to make the world's best TV, buildings and food (if you like fried mould with your grasshopper)

Rewind TV: The Hour; Everyday; The Killing; Falcón – review

Stellar performances continue to outweigh flimsy storytelling in BBC drama The Hour, while the final series of The Killing looks like a return to form, writes Andrew Anthony

Roger Hammond obituary

Actor known for his roles as clergymen, favourite uncles and tragic-comic characters

Robbie Coltrane: ‘I take no nonsense’

One minute he's avuncular, the next there's a hint of menace. Decca Aitkenhead feels very unrelaxed in the company of Robbie Coltrane

Ruth Negga: ‘I’m not in any rush to get anywhere’

Ruth Negga won a host of admirers with her portrayal of Shirley Bassey on BBC TV last year. Now she's set to break through with a major Channel 4 spy drama and a role in Steve McQueen's next movie, writes Tom Lamont

Bryan Cranston: ‘I had to take my character from Mr Chips to Scarface’

Bryan Cranston was a jobbing actor for years… then came the role of a lifetime in Breaking Bad and three successive Emmy wins. Here he tells Andrew Anthony how being TV's chemistry teacher/drug baron Walter White changed his life

The Skyfall spy who is secretly Hamlet

Rory Kinnear's roles have ranged from Denis Thatcher on TV to the gloomy Dane on stage. Now he talks about playing M's desk-bound sidekick in Skyfall

Silver screen siblings: the child stars of Michael Winterbottom’s Everyday

Michael Winterbottom spent five years shooting these children for a film about a family with a father in jail. They tell Laura Barton about fake tears, prison visits – and working well past bedtime

Homeland: should they give Robin Williams a role?

Stuart Heritage: The makers are reportedly interested in offering the actor a part alongside Brody and Carrie. But how would that work without killing off the show's credibility?

Parade’s End director says sexism is still rife in drama world

Directors' group to investigate after Cannes film festival snubs women for Palme d'Or prize

Is The Watch just a movie version of Dad’s Army?

You may find the new Ben Stiller movie The Watch strangely familiar. But that's not necessarily a good thing

Take five: European drama box sets

James Donaghy: With the post-Olympics comedown in full swing, it's the perfect time to dip into Europe's treasure trove of classic TV series

Aidan Gillen: ‘I don’t feel obliged to speak’

The shy Dubliner talks (a little) to Andrew Anthony about lunch with Pinter, party-pooping in Baltimore and his latest, taciturn film role

Hilary Swank to star in BBC1 film Mary & Martha

Million Dollar Baby actor to appear with Brenda Blethyn in drama about impact of malaria written by Richard Curtis . By Vicky Frost

Kenneth Branagh: wallowing in Wallander

Kenneth Branagh used to find playing Wallander so grim, he went to flower shows to cheer himself up. Vicky Frost joins the newly knighted actor in Sweden to talk about the new series – and his plans to make a drama about Belfast and the Troubles