‘Embryonic’: lost novel by French film-maker Éric Rohmer is republished
English translation of Élisabeth, the New Wave director’s 1946 book about young lovers in prewar Paris, receives rave reviews as precursor to auteur’s cinematic work
Stand By Me at 40: Rob Reiner’s seminal coming-of-age saga remains a bittersweet triumph
The late director’s sensitive and detailed adaptation of Stephen King’s novella has an authenticity that so many imitators could never replicate
Hazy sunshine, factor-50 smiles and Cliff Richard at the wheel: the 20 best summer holiday movies – ranked!
From feelgood romances to heated interactions, here are the films that best capture the seasonal moment
Coyote Vs Acme review – quirky comedy returns from the dead to flip Wile E Coyote’s slapstick-violent world
After being shelved as a tax-writeoff, this Looney Tunes reboot redraws the hapless hunter as the Erin Brockovich of the cartoon world
A Rimbaud review – legendary poet’s unlikely transformation into entrepreneur is as odd as ever
Australian actor Blake Draper delivers a committed one-man performance tracking the writer as he morphs from enfant terrible to merchant
Borges and Me review – a sweetly imagined literary odyssey through the Highlands
Luis Gnecco brings warmth, wit and quiet melancholy to Jorge Luis Borges in this gently enchanting adaptation of Jay Parini’s semi-fictional memoir
The Guardian view on booming poetry sales: Homer, meet the Instapoets
Editorial: In an unexpected twist, a Hollywood epic has contributed to Britain’s best-ever half-year in poetry sales
‘I felt so inspired’: Guardian readers on trying Homer’s epics after seeing The Odyssey
Readers describe how Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster has ignited or reawakened their interest in classical texts
Post your questions for Robert Carlyle
Bond villain, Begbie, male stripper … the Trainspotting and Full Monty star has played everyone from Sherlock Holmes to Rumpelstiltskin. As his latest directorial project premieres in Edinburgh, he is here to answer your questions
Imelda Staunton: ‘Umbridge’s giggle needed to be short and sharp. So I just did a boom, boom’
The actor answers your questions on working with her dog, becoming a dame, Harry Potter, and making televisual history in The Singing Detective
Momo and the Time Thieves review – kids’ fantasy jaunt sticks the boot into capitalism
This new adaptation of Michael Ende’s 1973 fantasy novel contains some neat parables for our digitally nihilistic age, but even a mystical tortoise can’t save it it from monotony
The Pout-Pout Fish review – Nick Offerman is best thing in kids cartoon adventure on the high seas
Offerman leads a talented cast, but this preschool picture book spinoff fails to inspire
Love me, love my bruised ego: what the narcissist-artist film tells us about the fear of ageing
Bitter Christmas, Late Fame and The Christophers all depict geniuses aware of their waning acclaim and terrified it will end
How to feel optimistic in the face of crisis? Ask the kids fighting slug-like aliens
The Animorphs books taught my generation about digging deep in the face of an existential threat. We need that spirit now more than ever, says Guardian Europe writer Alexander Hurst
RL Stine’s Pumpkinhead review – horror from Goosebumps writer has kid confined inside large fruit
Based on a short story by the Goosebumps author, this derivative but tautly plotted tale over-relies on Scooby-Doo-style sleuthery, and its truly unsettling turn comes too late