China’s go-to English bad guy Kevin Lee: ‘I’m happy to play a villain’

The English actor, who has worked with Chinese directors from Jackie Chan to Zhang Yimou, reveals how a chance meeting at the visa office in Beijing changed his life

The British film industry is doomed if it can’t support new film-makers

New creative talents need to be able to take risks, says the director of Four Weddings – and for all the financial obstacles, there are things we can do to enable them

Glasgow becomes Gotham for Batgirl as Scottish film industry booms

Culture minister says country is at a ‘critical mass of screen production’ that will keep jobs in Scotland

What happens when your star is cancelled but you can’t cancel the film?

Scandals affecting Armie Hammer, Kevin Spacey and Johnny Depp have all hit their movies. We look at how film companies cope when leading players’ box-office stock crashes

Film studio in space planned for 2024

Space Entertainment Enterprise, co-producers of Tom Cruise’s forthcoming space-set film, have announced a production studio 250 miles above Earth

‘I’m one of the nicer showrunners’: Joss Whedon denies misconduct allegations

Whedon denies allegations of threats and cruelty detailed by Buffy and Justice League actors, saying he has been made to seem like an ‘abusive monster’

Rebel Wilson to host 2022 Bafta film awards at Royal Albert Hall

Australian actor booked to oversee March ceremony as Baftas hopes to return to ‘in person’ event with audience

Spider-Man drives Cineworld revenues to near pre-pandemic levels

Film pulls in audiences across global business in December, pushing revenue to 88% of 2019 levels

Behind the scenes of Munich: The Edge of War – in pictures

Guardian photographer Sarah Lee describes her experience as a stills photographer on the set of the joint British-German Netflix production starring Jeremy Irons

Rust shooting: armourer sues guns and ammunition supplier

The woman who managed weapons on the film set where a gun carried by Alec Baldwin was accidentally discharged, killing Halyna Hutchins, has said boxes of dummy rounds contained live bullets

‘Why don’t Jews play Jews?’ – David Baddiel on the row over Helen Mirren as Golda Meir

Maureen Lipman sparked fury by suggesting the ex Israeli PM should not be played by Mirren. But, says David Baddiel, why shouldn’t ‘authentic casting’ apply to all minorities? And where is the outcry over Bojack Horseman?

Battle fatigue: will British cinema’s second world war obsession ever end?

Two more war films are about to hit our screens, and while we can’t seem to wean ourselves off them, the best capture a complex reality

Is Hollywood heading for another problem year at the box office?

Spider-Man’s success was an anomaly in an otherwise disappointing season and with release dates shifting, 2022 could bring more woe

Nicolas Cage says actors need to know how to use a gun

Asked if firearms should be banned from film sets after the fatal shooting involving Alec Baldwin last year, Cage said they are ‘part of the job profile’

Golden Globes 2022 will have no stars, red carpet or TV show

Diversity and ethics scandals leave the ceremony without a network broadcaster, or famous faces to broadcast, after a film industry boycott