True blue: can James Cameron’s Avatar 2 silence the naysayers?

Viewing figures for the belated sequel’s trailer suggest fans remain profoundly in love with Pandora. Are we wrong to write it off?

‘A sea of men’: Andie MacDowell recalls having panic attack on all-male film set

Realisation she was only woman in the room on 2016 film led Four Weddings and a Funeral star to fall to her knees

How Disney found its pride – and riled the American right

Once known for its ‘traditional’ values, the entertainment giant is battling US conservatives over an anti-gay bill. Indeed the House of Mouse has had a long relationship with the LGBTQ+ community

‘Name names? Never, never, never!’ Lee Grant on her decades of defiance

The Oscar-winning actor lost 12 years of her career refusing to out her partner as a communist, then had to endure his lectures about Marx while being treated as a ‘maid’. But a remarkable third act as a documentarian showcased her unique voice

What’s wrong with this picture? When movie photographs go awry

Whether key prop or just part of the set dressing, you might think film productions could create convincing photos. Apparently not. Overworked art directors spill all …

Lost in La Mancha review – landmark doc of Terry Gilliam’s cinematic nightmare

Gilliam’s epic travails filming Don Quixote are well worth seeing again – and should be on the syllabus at every film school

‘The enemy is the audience’: Robert Altman’s The Player at 30

The director’s razor-sharp Hollywood satire offered up a horribly prescient look at an industry turning away from creativity and toward commercialism

Will Smith: can his career survive – or is the Fresh Prince finished?

For three bravado-filled decades, he was box office dynamite, pulling in $9 billion. How will the star now win back the public’s esteem – and keep Hollywood onside?

Oscars 2022 predictions – who will win and who should win?

Can Smith pip Cumberbatch? Will Campion steal the show? And what about Bond? Our critic weighs up who will leave the Dolby theatre with a gong

Jumanji rides coming to theme parks as Sony strikes global deal with Merlin

Exclusive: first experience based on hit film franchise will open next month at Gardaland in Italy

Cineworld reports loss despite James Bond and Spider-Man releases

Hollywood blockbusters help double revenue and narrow losses but Covid continues to affect chain

Filthy gags, muted politics and Bassey bossing it: what we learned from the Baftas 2022

The key takeaways from a ceremony that saw The Power of the Dog triumph – but Coda and Belfast emerge the real winners

Glitz, glamour, Gaga … but no royals: can a real-life return save the Baftas?

Sunday’s primetime film awards ceremony marks a break from recent tradition and promises a change of tack for institution

‘We can’t afford to lose them’: the fight to bring missing movies back

Films such as The Heartbreak Kid and I Shot Andy Warhol remain unavailable on any platform but a new initiative is aiming to change that

Film industry banks on The Batman to mark start of ‘post-Covid’ cinema

UK box office sales forecast to double this year to £1.1bn – just short of pre-pandemic levels – after lifting of all coronavirus restrictions