‘He didn’t even pretend to let us win’… Growing up with the world’s biggest stars, by their children

The sons and daughters of John Wayne, John Lennon, Caitlyn Jenner and others tell us what it was like to grow up with a world-famous dad

‘Boring but cool!’: can children predict box-office success?

A test screening of trailers for this year’s most anticipated family films – from Mulan to Peter Rabbit 2 – reveals what kids really want to see at cinemas

How Pixar’s hit Onward was born from childhood bereavement

Director Dan Scanlon tells how his own childhood loss informs the movie, which also has Disney’s first gay character. ‘We want it to feel real,’ he says

Midnight Family review – an alarming look at Mexico’s ambulance cowboys

A broken system is laid bare by this bleak doc trailing a private ambulance crew as they zoom around after accident victims

An ad showing a woman’s body after birth is still too radical for the Oscars

An ad depicting the very real struggles that mothers face in the days after giving birth was rejected for being ‘too graphic’

Midnight Traveler review – refugees’ gripping escape from Afghanistan

Filmed entirely on smartphones, Hassan Fazili’s powerful documentary charts his family’s perilous, gruelling trek to sanctuary in Europe

Emma Thompson plays a Croatian mother in Last Christmas. Would my own Croatian mother approve?

The film has been panned, and I was worried by the geopolitical faux pas in the opening scenes. But Thompson’s performance was thrillingly familiar

Honey Boy review – the Shia LaBeouf renaissance begins here

LaBeouf writes and co-stars in this heartfelt, well-performed film based on his own personal history as a troubled young actor and addict

So Long, My Son review – exquisite, agonising Chinese family saga

The epic story of two married couples enduring personal tragedy and state-imposed suffering is an almost unbearably poignant, profound masterpiece

Heimat Is a Space in Time review – epic journey into Germany’s dark past

Thomas Heise’s four-hour documentary draws on the journals of his own family to construct a powerful, agonising history

‘I must have watched it 50 times’: a Frozen dad prepares for the sequel

It’s the glue in many father-daughter relationships, with its earworm anthem and empowered princesses. Can the most successful animated film of all time do it again?

Jacob Rees-Mogg: my early career as an avant garde film star

Long before he reclined for the cameras in Parliament, the Tory MP had a career as an actor – in experimental films made by his socialist aunt. He recalls his days of blazers and butterfly-chasing

Simone Lia on scary films for babies

Coming soon to a small child near you…

It’s through our stories that trauma can be transformed into spirit-soaring beauty

Memories are shaped by how we feel, not how we act. Through suffering we can uncover the best versions of ourselves

Tell Me Who I Am review – amnesia documentary is like a psychological thriller

An amnesiac man and his twin brother come to terms with their troubled childhood in this involving but upsetting film