I asked my mum to be in my YouTube videos. Now she’s a Bollywood star
When the comedian Mawaan Rizwan put his mother Shahnaz into his videos, they were an instant hit. And then Bollywood came calling...
How cinema embraced the silent agony of being a parent
In the British drama The Escape, Gemma Arterton stars as a mother who walks out on her family, unable to cope. It’s one of several new films about parenthood with which many women will empathise
Alison Steadman: ‘As you get older, learning lines gets harder’
The actor on doing puzzles in bed, her Liverpool roots and watching wildlife
Early warning: why are films about childhood in crisis looming over Cannes?
From shoplifting kids to a girl growing up in the wild, a crop of films at Cannes focus on children finding unusual ways to navigate a terrifying modern world
Chloë Sevigny: ‘I didn’t want to name names. I think they’re commonly known as assholes anyway’
More than 20 years ago, the actor was anointed ‘the coolest girl in the world’. As her new film opens, she talks about A-list movie stars hogging the best TV roles and why she chose not to add her voice to #MeToo
No bride, no groom, I do: Montana’s proxy weddings on film
US state allows marriages in which neither party is actually there, explored in documentary Absent from Our Own Wedding
The story of one man’s pregnancy: ‘It felt joyous, amazing and brilliant’
Pregnancy is increasingly common among trans men. For Jason Barker, who has made a film about the experience, it changed his life
‘The boat’s been found and he’s not on it’: tragic sailor Donald Crowhurst’s final voyage, by his son
Simon Crowhurst recalls the day his father left on his fateful trip, and explains his reservations about The Mercy, a new film about his story
Morbid? No – Coco is the latest children’s film with a crucial life lesson
Kids’ films can help our children grow into resilient, self-aware, inclusive adults, says the features writer and theatre critic Lucinda Everett
Dougray Scott: ‘Mum’s parents didn’t approve of Dad. They cut off all contact’
The actor talks about learning his craft from his travelling salesman father, hitting his sister over the head with a golf club, and loving his adopted son as fiercely as his biological children
Seen Rain Man? That doesn’t mean you know my autistic son
There are no typical autistic people, despite the savant stereotypes. My son is just himself: he’s me, with a coating of autism
Jordan Waller: ‘I told friends I had three mums’
The great thing about having gay parents, says the Victoria and Darkest Hour actor Jordan Waller, is that ‘you know you were really wanted’
From Coventry with love: Debbie Isitt’s Nativity! story
The creator of the Nativity! movie, now a musical, on how the story was inspired by her experiences as a mum and why she said no to Hollywood
Lady Bird, my mum, my daughter and me
In Greta Gerwig’s wonderful new film it’s the mother rather than the teenage daughter who grows up, says Eva Wiseman
From Don’t Look Now to The Child in Time: why do we crave stories of lost children?
It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. As a new TV adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel starring Benedict Cumberbatch hits our screens, we explore our fears and fantasies around the ultimate horror