Brad and Angelina proved there’s no such thing as the perfect marriage: so why do we pretend?
Recent research shows the number of ‘extremely unhappy’ couples has doubled in the UK, but popular culture still clings to the fairytale ending
Jennifer Aniston is discovering that a first marriage is for life
Years after divorce, women are still treated as if under the spell of their ex-husbands. It’s time we allowed them to move on
Why it’s OK to be seen as a bad mother
Struggling for perfectionism is no place for mothers
Tim Dowling: can my choice of family movie top the one about food items having sex?
I press play. Over the next quarter of an hour, an unbearable silence blossoms. ‘When does it get funny?’ my wife asks
Anthony Head: ‘I didn’t go down that well with my brother’
The Buffy actor talks about arriving back home on his brother’s birthday, 13 days after he was born, how he missed his family when he moved to LA and how his father tried to shield him from disappointment
I was proud to be the ‘bridge’ between my father’s blind and sighted lives
When Imogen Blood was seven, her father lost his sight. John Hull, an academic, was a fun-loving, involved parent and it’s only now that his voice recordings have been made into a film that she realises how terrible his loss was
Dick Van Dyke: ‘In therapy, I realised I was repeating my father’s mistakes’
The veteran actor talks about his father, who was on the road a lot and eventually quit drinking, and the women in his life
Bad Moms review – more rowdy coffee morning than riot grrrl
Mila Kunis leads a revolt against the PTA in a soft-focus mommiverse reminiscent of the average Hallmark movie
Tony Garnett: The backstreet abortion that destroyed my family
Cathy Come Home and Kes producer Tony Garnett is behind much of Britain’s best screen drama since the mid-60s. Only recently did the truth hit home – the secret of his success came from the traumatic loss of both parents when he was five, after a botched abortion
Stanley Kubrick ruined my childhood: my mum, the Hollywood publicist
Simon Booker recalls his unconventional upbringing with his mother who was a glamorous film publicist in the Mad Men era
No Home Movie review – infinitely careful, painfully poignant documentary
Chantal Akerman’s film about the end of her mother’s life is impossibly sad, and an augur of the director’s own suicide
Ten of the best films about fathers
From Darth Vader to Nemo, via the Godfather and Atticus Finch classics to enjoy on Father’s Day
I was a refugee – nobody wants to leave their home
What’s the difference between a refugee family and your family? Luck – that’s all, says Arta Dobroshi, an actress and film-maker who lived in a camp after fleeing Kosovo as a teenager, an experience that inspired her new film
Geoffrey Rush: ‘Growing up was all about the female figures in my life’
The actor talks about his parents splitting up when he was five and being nurtured and encouraged by his mother and grandparents
Jane Fonda at 78: ‘I’ve had tragedies. It’s nice to know you can survive’
The actress and activist talks about her mother’s death, her troubled relationship with her father, Henry Fonda, and dealing with the unexpected