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
Richard Dreyfuss: ‘The one topic on which my dad would open up was sex’
The actor talks about being the middle child with a funny, political mother and a distant, money-oriented father with a violent past
‘Would you kill my mother for me?’: a dark case of abuse and revenge
Dee Dee Blanchard forced her healthy daughter Gypsy to use a wheelchair and fabricated endless medical emergencies for her. Then Gypsy found a boyfriend, and made a grisly plan to escape her mother and start a new life. Erin Lee Carr tells a deeply disturbing story of Munchausen by proxy and murder
Stanley Tucci: ‘It is vital that families have a meal together – nothing is more bonding’
The Hunger Games actor says food was at the heart of his childhood and he continues the tradition, ensuring his own family eat together every night
My parents’ Dunkirk spirit is probably why I exist
As the British Expeditionary Force was being defeated in France and it looked like the end of the world, did my tyrannical father decide he might want a child after all?
Scary toddlers and super creeps – helicopter parenting and the rise of ‘kindergarten horror’
Today’s horror films are being hit by a new wave of creepy clowns, dolls and kids. Are fans reclaiming childhoods stolen by overbearing parents?