‘It’s a bloody business having a child’: stars Talk About Kevin at Cannes
At the first screening of Lynne Ramsay's film about the mother of a young killer, Tilda Swinton discusses the traumas of parenthood
Joan Cusack: My family values
The actor talks about her family
Child migrants: ‘I didn’t belong to anybody’
Harold Haig was among thousands of child migrants who were deported to Australia and subjected to horrific physical and sexual abuse. A new film depicts their plight
Martin Sheen: Being a dad
Martin Sheen stars in a new film, directed by his son Emilio Estevez, which is about a lost child. Inevitably, finds Joanna Moorhead, the subject of another of Martin's offspring comes up, the troubled Charlie Sheen
Great dynasties of the world: The Chaplins
Ian Sansom on the complex family saga of the silent movie star
Patsy Kensit: My family values
The actor talks about her family
Rabbit Hole burrows into our ideals
David Cox: As this psychologically accurate child-loss drama suggests, the nuclear family isolates the grieving when they most need support
Julianne Moore: My family values
The actor talks about her career and how her own childhood has shaped life with her husband and two children
Great dynasties of the world: The Coppolas
Ian Sansom on a clan inextricably linked to the Godfather films
Welcome to the Lucy show
As his cherished only child prepared to leave home, documentary-maker Doug Block came to terms with it by making a film of her childhood and teenage years. How does he justify the often excruciatingly intrusive footage?
Jake Gyllenhaal: My family values
The actor talks about his family
Michael Sheen: My family values
The actor talks about his family
My family, the enemy
Israeli film-maker Noa Ben-Hagai went in search of a forgotten great-aunt and found cousins who are Palestinian Arabs. What happened next?
The Kids Are All Right. But are they?
David Cox: Lisa Cholodenko's film about lesbian mums turns out to be just another Hollywood plug for questionable family values
Before Africa United: Life, death and lessons in human kindness
Rhidian Brook took his family on an epic journey through Aids-torn Africa. Their experiences inspired him to write a film that's been dubbed the new Slumdog Millionaire