‘It just feels warm and fuzzy’: how Hallmark built an empire of unashamedly schmaltzy rom-coms

In these safe and schmaltzy TV movies, the only thing bigger than Valentine’s Day is Christmas. But are the US network’s cookie-cutter confections beginning to move with the times?

Husband review – family-man study is Made in Chelsea meets Curb Your Enthusiasm

Docu-comedy follows married directors Josh Appignanesi and Devorah Baum to New York in a subtle follow-up to The New Man

‘A tear rolls down my cheek’: the lost home movie that taught me about joy, grief and family

When my parents moved from India to the US, old videos kept the generations tied together

‘Fifteen years of total insanity’: how Robert Downey Jr made peace with his maverick father

Robert Downey Sr put his son in wild underground movies and gave him access to drugs. So what happened when Downey Jr finally turned the cameras on his dad?

Fathers and daughters: what’s the truth behind this unexplored family bond?

Research suggests fathers of girls have more empathy for women. But as King Lear and new movie Aftersun show, there are plenty of challenges along the way

Tom Felton looks back: ‘I had a nice car, a house in LA. You’re told they make you happy – they don’t’

The Harry Potter star recreates an old photo and recalls the ‘cocky’ audition that changed his life

‘They want to dream a little longer’: the deep appeal of mermaids

Wherever you look – in cinemas, theatres, sculpture or down at your local lido – these magical creatures are bewitching an ever growing audience

Hugh Jackman says starring in The Son changed his approach to parenting

Actor says Florian Zeller’s film made him aware of how important it is to share vulnerabilities as a father – not just be strong and dependable

‘I said, put me in a corset asap’: Zawe Ashton on period dramas, pregnancy and embracing silliness

After a series of harrowing roles, the former Fresh Meat star is rediscovering her ‘joyful side’, with a Bridgerton-esque romp – and a baby on the way with Tom Hiddleston

‘We’ll still be watching in 50 years’: how Raymond Briggs’s The Snowman changed Christmas

When the film version of Briggs’s melancholy masterpiece was first screened in 1982, Britons clutched it to their hearts – where it has stayed ever since

Divas/Brotherhood review – powerful studies examine the challenges of growing up

Máté Körösi’s documentary about a trio of troubled young women in Budapest and Francesco Montagner’s film following three sons in a Bosnian shepherd family explore the path to adulthood

My So-Called Selfish Life review – ‘childfree’ women beat at the gates of an old taboo

Women who don’t want children and those who regret being mothers speak in this worthwhile look at a still fraught subject

The parent trap: why is it still seen as selfish to opt out of being a mother?

A new documentary says society is biased in favour of those who have babies. The film’s maker and others explain why they have chosen to be child-free

Your Mum and Dad review – Larkin-inspired essay on a family’s psychological wounds

Film-maker Klaartje Quirijns turns the camera on her mother and father as they open up about the trauma of her elder sister’s death