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Malcolm & Marie review – furious film-maker takes a pop at critics

Zendaya and John David Washington ham it up entertainingly in a two-hander about a conceited director and his partner

Shaken, not deterred: the latest film delays are proof cinema is plotting a comeback

Only months ago, huge films were cast off to streaming services. Now studios are holding fire with a grand reopening in sight

Let’s hope Cineworld’s shameless bonus scheme proposal flops

Greidinger brothers’ outrageous plan must be voted down. Plus: the worrying rise of spread betting

UK reimposes Covid-related travel restrictions on film and TV crew

Executives and crew arriving in the UK will have to isolate for 10 days in reversal of move made to get film production back up and running

Prominent film industry names sign letter asking for government support for UK cinemas

Steve McQueen, Barbara Broccoli and Christopher Nolan join fellow film-makers and actors in call for more funding for large cinema chains hit hard by the pandemic

Macaulay Culkin joins calls to get Donald Trump cameo removed from Home Alone 2

Actor tweets that he is ‘sold’ on idea of digitally replacing Trump with an older version of Culkin himself

Success for female nominees at London critics’ circle film awards

Films directed by women include Rose Glass’s Saint Maud with eight nominations, followed by Sarah Gavron’s Rocks, with six

‘The most honest person I ever met’: Chadwick Boseman’s widow pays tribute at Gotham film awards

Simone Ledward accepts honour on behalf of her late husband as Riz Ahmed and Nicole Beharie pick up best actor and best actress awards

UK lockdowns fuel record year for home entertainment spending

Netflix, Prime and Disney+ surge 38% to £2.9bn in 2020, with Frozen 2 the biggest selling video

Battlefield drama 1917 wins 2020 UK box office in pandemic-struck year

Sam Mendes’ first world war thriller was UK cinemas’ biggest crowdpuller as total earnings dropped by over 75% as a result of Covid restrictions

Record number of big Hollywood films had female directors in 2020

Women directed 16% of top 100 grossing movies, but ‘stunning imbalance’ off-camera remains

Hollywood studio MGM puts itself up for sale at $5bn

Studio behind James Bond franchise looks to cash in on rocketing prices for content amid TV streaming boom

Breaking point: why Tom Cruise is living a mission impossible

Analysis: A leaked recording of the movie star yelling at crew on his latest blockbuster is not evidence of tyranny, but the extraordinary strain of keeping the huge undertaking afloat

Even Wonder Woman won’t save cinemas this year

A grim 12 months at the UK box-office will only barely be improved by this week’s big-screen blockbuster premiere

Christopher Nolan leads industry fury over Warner Bros’ streaming move

Tenet director says studio’s decision to release its entire 2021 slate in the US simultaneously in cinemas and on HBO Max is ‘not how you treat film-makers’

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