The technological secrets of James Cameron’s new film Avatar
How the director has taken 3D film technology to the next level in his new blockbuster
Cary Fukunaga: ‘I can work anywhere in the world’
Celebrity squares: Sin Nombre director Cary Fukunaga is glad he can to work anywhere thanks to his Macbook Pro laptop
Fifth of Britons unknowingly aid child trafficking, according to survey
Research indicates buying pirate DVDs and smoking home-grown cannabis just two ways of helping 'modern day slave trade'
Are we on the verge of a decent game-inspired film?
Keith Stuart: The games industry is realising that it doesn't have to relinquish control to Hollywood to bring its brands to the big screen
Where might Gordon Brown bump into scientists, poets, internet gurus, and even Cameron (Diaz, that is)? At TED, the festival of new ideas
Carole Cadwalladr reports from the coolest conference on Earth that attracts a vast web audience
Retro classics may just save Hollywood
It's the news we've all been waiting for: Universal Pictures has secured the film rights to Asteroids
A sexy saga of Facebook’s birth – but is it fantasy?
Paul Harris on a book that claims to expose the secrets of those who made billions from social networking
Universal grabs film rights to Asteroids. Today’s question: whatever next?
It was released in 1979, featured monochrome vector graphics and had no plot or back-story. Yet Universal has just secured the movie rights to Atari's arcade mega-hit, Asteroids - apparently after a four-studio bidding war. Writer Matthew Lopez, previously responsible for xxx, will pen the script
ASA takes dim view of 3D film ads
Campaign depicting 3D version of My Bloody Valentine ruled misleading, as most UK cinemas only showing 2D version. By Mark Sweney
Propaganda coup of England’s first black May Queen
Footage unseen for years shows the coronation of the country's first black Queen of the May
Online roundup
A roundup of the best to see and hear online this week
Beyond the silver screen
Have videogames and reality TV given us 'narrative exhaustion', asks legendary screenwriter Paul Schrader
Ghostbusters
Keri Allan: A highly enjoyable third-person shooter with a difference, Ghostbusters is in essence the third movie in the series
‘Robots are fine, if you want to see real life sci-fi horror’
Celebrity squares: British film director Jake West doesn't trust robots to behave