Film industry seeks BT blocking order in Newzbin2 piracy case

Movie trade body asks ISP to prevent access to Usenet indexing site that links to sites hosting illegal copies of movies and TV shows. By Helienne Lindvall

Opera in cinemas takes off – and joins the 3D revolution

Lights, camera, arias! Sell-out shows bring in new audiences and serious cash for leading opera houses

Jerry Zucker: I’d get a kick out of owning a Virgin Galactic plane

Celebrity squares: The co-creator of Airplane! likes 35mm projectors as well as the latest Apple products and suborbital spaceflights

Flatley steps into 3D

Media Monkey: Lord of the Dance movie adds a new dimension

Tron: Legacy: We’re not in 2D any more, Toto…

Tron: Legacy is released this month. Stuart O'Connor explores its computer-generated world

Terry Jones: I’d like a robot butler – if it can peel potatoes

Celebrity squares: Comedian, writer and Monty Python star Terry Jones on the importance of using technology sparingly

This Week: Julian Assange, @theashes, Brian Blessed

Lucy Mangan on the people hitting the headlines in the past seven days

Helen Mirren: ‘it’s time we all understood Parkinson’s disease’

Oscar-winning actor calls for a revolution in attitudes to sufferers of the degenerative neurological condition

DVD industry in crisis as sales slump

On-demand viewing and the digital games revolution take their toll on DVD and Blu-ray. By Adam Sherwin

Martin Scorsese: ‘3D is liberating. Every shot is rethinking cinema’

The Oscar-winning director of The Departed, Raging Bull and Goodfellas, talks to Mark Kermode about his new 3D film Hugo Cabret, his movie-mad childhood in New York – and how directing HBO's acclaimed new drama, Boardwalk Empire, opened his mind to the epic freedoms of TV

Watch The Social Network closely or you’ll miss the key point

David Fincher's The Social Network may focus on Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, but it also makes an important point about the power of the open net, says John Naughton

Andy Serkis on Enslaved and acting in video games

Jack Arnott: The Games blog caught up with Mr Gollum himself to discuss the role of Monkey and his passion for performance capture

Facebook is now a ‘reality interface’ – but The Social Network doesn’t get it

Facebook is a 'beloved interface with reality' for its users and the previous generation doesn't get that, Zadie Smith has written