Clare Grogan: I drew on my pop star past to write a book for my daughter

Actor and 80s pop star Clare Grogan has written a second volume of stories for children about a budding pop star. The inspiration? She wanted to set down her own story for her daughter, Elle

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard marry

The Pirates of the Caribbean star and Heard, his co-star in 2011’s The Rum Diary, have tied the knot in Los Angeles ahead of a larger ceremony in the Bahamas this weekend

10 films kids will love – and so will you

Paul Howlett: Sick of talking animals, boy wizards and cutesie animation? Here are 10 classics for all the family – and not a computer-generated image in sight

I defeated North Korea … I watched The Interview!

Tim Dowling: Freedom means the right to watch as many lame films as I want, and that’s the most American thing I’ve ever done

Gran’s film tribute is up for an Oscar

Daisy Jacobs has just been nominated for an Oscar at the age of 26. Her extraordinary animated film explores the way her grandmother’s final months of illness divided her family. Joanna Moorhead meets her

Noel Clarke: My family values

The actor and director describes how he developed his passion for film from his trips to the cinema with his mother

Children’s films have more death than adult ones

Study finds animated movies average more than twice the number of main characters who die on screen – often violently – and suggests parental discussion

Why it’s time to let go of Let it Go

Rae Earl: The song from Frozen has joined the pantheon of mighty earworms. And I can’t block it out – heaven knows, I’ve tried

Adults are right to let Bambi break the bad news

Philippa Perry: Children’s films are emotional workouts that gently teach the hardest truth: that most things may never happen – this one will

My mother insisted I was gay – but I’m not

Guillaume Gallienne was different from his three athletic brothers – he liked to dance and dress up as a woman. His mother treated him like a girl and told him he was gay. The thing is, he was actually heterosexual

My hymn to Bethlehem

Leila Sansour left Bethlehem aged 17, fed up with conflict and small-town restrictions. But when she went back in 2004, she fell in love with it – she’s spent 10 years making a deeply personal film about the disintegration of the city and of her own family

John Hannah: My family values

The actor talks about his early memories of his grandparents and coming to terms with not being encouraged to work hard at schoo

I wish I’d given my parents a good time at the end of their lives

Tom Browne felt frustrated by his aged parents and wanted them to change how they lived. Now he sees things differently and makes amends in his new film

David Baddiel: ‘It’s a huge joy to do work your children like’

Inspired by a question from his son about Harry Potter, comedian David Baddiel has written a children’s book about a boy who can choose his own parents

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day review – agitating matinee fare

Disney’s answer to Diary of a Wimpy Kid has plenty of vomit gags, but is not quite winning enough, writes Mike McCahill