‘Storytelling has become the art of world building’: Avatar and the rise of the paracosm

James Cameron’s sequel to his 2009 fantasy epic continues cinema’s love of imaginary worlds formed in childhood that have produced some of film’s most bankable blockbusters

Danny Boyle says the British may not be ‘great film-makers’

Speaking at the BFI Southbank, the director said the UK instead excelled at theatre and ‘extraordinary’ pop music

Kunle Afolayan on Aníkúlápó : ‘I said this movie would be bigger than Game of Thrones’

The Nigerian director explains how his film has become a huge Netflix hit and why he doesn’t care it’s been overlooked for an Oscar

Ian Whittaker obituary

Set decorator who worked for Merchant Ivory productions, and with Ken Russell and Ridley Scott

Andrea Riseborough: ‘I needed to shake off the studio system. You feel like a cog in a vast machine’

The chameleonic star excelled in everything from sci-fi to comedy, but felt her creative spark waning. She talks about finding it again – and coming to terms with the oddness of acting for a living

Martin Scorsese: obsession with box office takings is ‘repulsive’

Speaking at the New York film festival, the director said that cinema was ‘devalued, demeaned, belittled from all sides’

All Steven Spielberg’s films – ranked!

Ahead of the director’s Oscar-tipped semi-autobiographical drama The Fabelmans, we take a spin through his oeuvre – from Harrison Ford locked in a fridge to ET escaping from Earth

‘I don’t care what my value is today’: teen dream Ryan Phillippe on co-parenting with Reese Witherspoon and opening a B&B

He was the baby-faced star of the 90s and 00s. As he resurfaces in a climbing caper, the actor talks about being mistaken for Justin Timberlake – and his plan to get into the hospitality industry

Secret Cinema’s new owners want to be the Netflix of live events

TodayTix eyes global expansion for UK firm known for immersive film screenings, which took a Covid hammering

How pound slump could spark £3bn film and TV investment boom

UK production industry could record extra-boost from US companies seeking overseas filming locations and production facilities

Don’t Worry Darling shows all publicity is good publicity at the box office

Olivia Wilde’s suburban thriller has opened strongly despite reports of backstage wrangles and being panned by critics

Less Bollywood, more Tollywood: how Indian cinema’s hit machine flopped

Big releases with usually bankable male stars criticised for formulaic storylines as audience taste evolves

British Film Institute launches 10-year Screen Culture and lottery funding strategies

A new streaming service, BFI+, plus investment in film education in schools and access to its archives are all part of the BFI’s new plan

‘If we get most of our information from screens, integrity matters’: meet the most important man in British film

As he releases the BFI’s 10-year strategy, CEO Ben Roberts talks about embracing digital culture and how he will increase access to screenings and jobs

Tom Hardy, Brad Pitt and the quiet art of the successful celebrity side career

The British actor won a jiu-jitsu championship in a Milton Keynes school hall, while the US heartthrob launched his career as a sculptor at a subdued gallery show in Finland