Working-class parents do not see film and TV as viable career for their children

Nine in 10 working-class parents would discourage pursuit of such creative jobs in favour of traditional professions

My First Film review – charismatic new star beefs up audacious grad school-style project

Slippery and unsubtle, Zia Anger’s film about a film-maker is saved from self-indulgence by its sly humour

‘You’re part of the tornado’: the summer of moviegoing game-changer 4DX

The immersive theatrical experience, which sees your seat move, shake and often spray water, has seen a record summer

Nicole Kidman’s erotic drama Babygirl sets pulses racing at Venice film festival

Film among host of sexually explicit features on this year’s lineup as erotica returns to screens after years of chastity

Summer box office 2024: what were the big winners and losers?

Early concerns at underperformance of big bets dissipated with string of megahits from Inside Out 2 to It Ends with Us

Path clears for Paramount merger with Skydance after Bronfman drops bid

Ex-Warner Music chief had formed consortium to gazump planned deal but some would-be investors withdrew

Lights, camera, comfy furnishings: why the ‘beige chic’ of Nancy Meyers is having a revival

In her hit romcoms, the director’s sets were as popular as the films. Now trending on social media more than a decade after her last movie, her coveted look is back

Is this really the end of the line for Deadpool? Disney will never turn off the money tap

Poised to take a billion dollars at the box office, the sweary and ultraviolent Deadpool & Wolverine proves where there’s muck there’s brass – so there can’t not be a sequel

‘There is an incredible hunger for it’: why classic films are making a comeback in cinemas

From Caligula to Forrest Gump and My Neighbour Totoro, rereleases are hitting the big screen once again – and are proving lucrative at the box office

Tell us: do you bring your own snacks to the cinema?

We’d like to hear from people about whether they bring their own food and drink or prefer to choose from the cinema’s own options

Un oeuf is enough: have we had our fill of movie Easter eggs?

They were once a sweet treat for audiences, but Deadpool & Wolverine proves that gorging on cameos, callbacks and end-credit stingers can leave you gagging

A woman brought her own snacks to Despicable Me 4. Then the police arrived

Many struggling cinemas depend on sales of pricey food and drink as ticket revenue mainly goes to film studios. But does banning outside supplies really add up, asks Stuart Heritage

Breaking the bank: are Hollywood stars getting paid too much?

Robert Downey Jr’s return to the Marvel universe will make him the highest-paid actor in the industry but post-strikes, should A-listers be taking all the cash?

More than half UK’s film and TV workers still unemployed after Hollywood strikes

Bectu survey shows just 6% of workers have seen a full recovery in employment a year on from joint industrial action by Sag-Aftra and the Writers Guild of America

‘The arts stop us killing each other’: stars tell Labour how to rescue Britain’s downtrodden culture

Steve McQueen, Tracey Emin, Steve Coogan, Adjoa Andoh, Danny Dyer, Jesse Darling and many more spell out what must be done to restore Britain’s cultural lifeblood, from ending elitism to supercharging libraries – and flooding schools with music