‘Our best tip-off was Greggs in Bolton’: the secrets behind finding the hottest new screen stars

From boxing gyms to train stations, Streetcasters are plucking people from obscurity and giving them leading roles. Here, the best tell all – including why they’re always mistaken for the police

Avatar: The Way of Water overtakes Top Gun: Maverick at the global box office

James Cameron’s second film in the Avatar series is set to earn $1.5bn globally, pushing it past the Tom Cruise adventure to become the highest-grossing film from 2022

Will 2023 be a year of muddling through for the UK economy?

Despite the gloomy predictions, an extended period of lower energy prices could bring some cheer

Cineworld denies talks with Odeon owner AMC over sale of cinemas

Bankrupt chain says it is looking for buyer for entire business, rather than offloading individual sites

Avatar 2 and Glass Onion prove cinema is back – but too late to save theatres?

UK box office is expected to climb to £950m this year and £1.12bn next year, just more than £100m shy of pre-pandemic levels

How a teenager created one of the UK’s last celluloid-only cinemas

The retro Slindon cinema has grown from student Joe Cornick’s passion project to a cherished community hub in a West Sussex village hall

‘All that hyperventilating makes you dizzy’: Brendan Fraser and Darren Aronofsky on The Whale

The actor and director are joined by screenwriter Samuel D Hunter to discuss career comebacks, the hazards of Hollywood and the importance of human connection

Will Smith begins road to redemption with Oscar-tipped slavery drama

Emancipation premiered to gushing reviews for the actor whose infamous slap left his reputation in tatters. Is the comeback on?

Box office blues: why are so many films bombing this season?

A poor Thanksgiving showing is the latest sign that Hollywood is struggling to lure consumers back to the multiplex

Sr review – Robert Downey Jr paints an affectionate portrait of his father

Downey Jr starred in Robert Downey Sr’s wacky counterculture movies as an child; now he puts this radical and potent personality in a documentary of his own

‘Wow, Samuel L Jackson is here!’ – how Yorkshire became Marvel’s go-to location

Why did the superhero franchise descend on the moors? What made Tom Cruise film Mission: Impossible nearby, and Shane Meadows follow suit? We report from new screen star hotspot Halifax – now being renamed Haliwood

Claydream review – claymation genius behind California Raisins tells own story

Animation geeks will enjoy following the twists and turns in the remarkable career of claymation expert Will Vinton

Juanita Moore: the Oscar nominee who fought stereotypes and racism

The Imitation of Life star was pigeonholed and undervalued by Hollywood but years later, she is finally receiving the recognition she deserves

‘My dad Roy Kinnear died filming a stunt. Why are lives still at risk?’

Decades after the star’s death, safety on set for cast and crew is not the priority it should be, says the award-winning actor Rory Kinnear

Hollywood: The Oral History by Jeanine Basinger and Sam Wasson review – dinner with the stars

From pancakes with Jack Nicholson to drinks with Billy Wilder – stories from the great and good of Tinseltown