‘For me, the film of The Ice Storm was like watching a home movie’
Tim Dowling: My wife and I are on a date - dinner, followed by a film
Jack Mustard, in the spa, with a baseball bat
Cluedo has been rebranded - with a Hollywood mansion replacing the English country house. By Kate Summerscale
Christmas 2008: Film
This year's family Christmas blockbusters and other cinematic treats worth leaving the house for
Stories of loss and love from families of army’s fallen
Dan McDougall hears the testimonies from the families of UK soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan
Thanks for the memory
Augusten Burroughs is only 42 but has written five memoirs. In the latest he targets his father - a terrifying figure who he says was capable of murder and almost certainly killed his guinea pig
Saving Sabine
French movie star Sandrine Bonnaire tells Edward Marriott why she has made a film about life with her autistic sister
Crawford’s daughter attacks trend for celebrity adoptions
Christina Crawford, 68, who was adopted by the actress Joan Crawford in 1939, says the recent spate of high-profile adoptions gives her 'tremendous concerns'
The boy Brando lost
He was Marlon Brando's 'number one son' and heir to the actor's $20m estate. But his mother had him kidnapped by hippies, he blasted his sister's lover to death, and he died last month destitute, hooked on crystal meth. Christopher Goodwin looks back at the tortured life and tragic death of Christian Brando
My son’s reel education
David Gilmour let his son, Jesse, leave school at 16 on one condition: they watched three films a week together. He figured it would be the only education he got. In fact their 'film club' became a rare communion between father and teenage son
The reality behind The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Interview: Céleste Bauby was nine when her father, Jean-Dominique, died, two years after a devastating stroke. Now his celebrated memoir is a film, and she must confront a side to him she never knew
Tragedy of a star
Dan Kennedy: We typically revel in the misadventures of celebrities, but the pregnancy of Britney's 16-year-old sister reveals the dark side of tabloid trash
A nanny state
Open Thread: British mums and dads are demanding more of their nannies. Are they shirking their parental responsibilities?
Why we have fallen for Africa’s lost boys
Brutalised, war-ravaged and drugged-up, the child soldiers of Sierra Leone and Sudan have become a shocking symbol of today's violent world. But are Africans telling their own stories, or are these merely signs of our appetite for tales of 'savagery', asks Jason Cowley.
Angelina’s maternity bra miracle
Mel Giedroyc: In the photos in this week's Hello! magazine Angelina Jolie has achieved the impossible - she has made maternity bras look sexy.
The best family films of all time
Xan Brooks risks the wrath of readers with his Top 50.