Film

Michelle Pfeiffer, star of The Family, Luc Besson's new gangster film, looks back on thirty years since her debut in Scarface

John Hiscock talks to Steve Coogan and Philomena Lee about her story and the virtues of Judi Dench

Half term is over – but not to worry – watch these ten movies and the seven weeks until your next break won't seem so bad.

Roland Emmerich's disaster movie, 2012, starring: John Cusack and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

The Attack the Block director is reportedly Paramount's choice to replace JJ Abrams as director of Star Trek 3

Anne Billson explores the abusive truth behind some of the great screen performances

The Princess Diana biopic starring Naomi Watts has proved a critical and commercial failure during its opening weekend in America, matching its reception in Britain

Russia's first ever IMAX 3D film, Stalingrad, has become the fastest-selling international film in China and revived the local Russian film industry

British actor Idris Elba attends the premiere of the Mandela biopic 'Long Walk to Freedom' in Johannesburg, praising his fellow actors' commitment to the representation of the former South African president

Judi Dench is on superb form in Stephen Frears's devastating adoption drama, Philomena, says Jenny McCartney

Rising star, Brie Larson, gives a fine central performance in the foster-home drama, Short Term 12, says Jenny McCartney

Michelle Pfeiffer, the actress, has disclosed that she was once part of a “cult” which believed humans can exist without food or water.

The next Star Wars film may return the franchise to the grittier and more mysterious style of the original movies, director JJ Abrams has hinted

Serena Davies asks what Hollywood star Kevin Bacon is up to

Money, science and sexual equality combine to turn our progeny into property, says Charles Moore

One hundred years after Burt Lancaster's birth, David Gritten explains why the actor, producer and former trapeze artist deserves to be remembered

From the Sweet Smell of Sucess to The Birdman of Alcatraz, here are the 10 Burt Lancaster films to celebrate one of Hollywood's greatest leading men

The director has called for the Oscars to recognise his casting director, Juliet Taylor, and others like her in an open letter

Thomas H Green introduces John Milius: film industry legend, friend to Spielberg and Coppola, and gun-toting 'zen fascist'

Victor Rasuk will play Anastasia Steele's best friend and Christian Grey's love rival Jose Rodriguez in the forthcoming Fifty Shades of Grey film