'It made my children cry': when real-life figures hate their biopics
Madonna has expressed her unhappiness over unauthorised biopic Blond Ambition, but she’s not the first famous person to get annoyed
March 2016
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
Carol; Steve Jobs; Black Mass; The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 and more – review
Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara burn with desire, while Michael Fassbender and Johnny Depp make a pair of cold fish
December 2015
Box office analysis: UK
Grandma left standing as Katniss keeps up the pace at UK box office
Hunger Games finale clings to the top spot ahead of Lily Tomlin comedy, Pixar’s dinosaur adventure and all-washed-up Angelina Jolie Pitt
From The Departed to Black Mass – why is Boston always so grim onscreen?
The New England city is always portrayed as chippy and tough. What is it about its unusual psychology that lends itself to such rough treatment?
Box office analysis: UK
Bridge of Spies beats Black Mass and Carol in prestige week at UK box office
Steven Spielberg’s cold war drama came out ahead of the gangster drama and Cate Blanchett romance at the box office this week, while Pixar’s Good Dinosaur trotted in second
November 2015
Black Mass review – not quite the godfather of comebacks
The Guardian Film Show
The Guardian film show: Bridge of Spies, Carol, The Good Dinosaur and Black Mass - audio reviews
Black Mass review – big, brash and horribly watchable
The Guardian film show
The Guardian film show: Bridge of Spies, Carol, The Good Dinosaur and Black Mass - video reviews
Black Mass - video review
Black Mass star Joel Edgerton: 'We all can lose sight of ourselves' – video interview
Goodfellas may have gone but the gangster films remain
Johnny Depp: 'Didn’t you know all my characters are gay?'
October 2015
Box office analysis: global
Vin Diesel crashes and burns with The Last Witch Hunter
In this week’s roundup of the global box-office scene, the Fast & Furious don proves he has little firepower beyond the car franchise
Sister acts: film and TV are still obsessed with the bond between siblings
From the spooky siblings of Crimson Peak to the warring brothers of Empire, 2015’s films and TV shows can’t resist exploring the limits of family ties
Benedict Cumberbatch: I don't think they'd consider me for Bond – video
Benedict Cumberbatch says although it would be fun he does not expect to be invited to play James Bond when Daniel Craig relinquishes the 007 role
September 2015
Box office analysis: global
China has last laugh as Lost in Hong Kong posts highest comedy debut ever
Box office analysis: US
Hotel Transylvania 2 draws blood at US box office as Stonewall comes crashing down
Box office analysis: global
Maze Runner sequel sets scorching pace internationally as Everest fails to reach summit
Real-life gangsters pour scorn on Johnny Depp mob biopic Black Mass
