The Heli director on why his film was too brutal – and honest – for Cannes
Jo Tuckman: A year on from winning at Cannes, the director says the furore over his film's violence was a sign of the hypocrisy of audience and critics, for whom barbarity is only offensive if it is truthful
April 2014
Australia culture blog
Only Lovers Left Alive – everything you need to know
Blue Is the Warmest Colour targeted by Russian anti-gay campaigners
January 2014
The Coen brothers on losers, likability and Inside Llewyn Davis
Interview: Inside Llewyn Davis - a melancholy movie about the early 60s New York folk scene - is another tale of failure from two of the world's most feted auteurs. Why are the Coens so drawn to losers and sceptics?
December 2013
Shia LaBeouf apologises for short film that copied Daniel Clowes story
Spike Jonze's Her takes top award from National Board of Review
November 2013
Bruce Dern: black and white and all colour in Alexander Payne's Nebraska
The veteran actor may not be sure where Bristol is, but he does recall racing a shepherd through the Lake District and being Alfred Hitchcock's 'golden calf'
Baz Luhrmann is Steven Spielberg's idea of the next Stanley Kubrick
The Australian director is reportedly being courted by Steven Spielberg to take the reins on an HBO mini-series adaptation of Stanley Kubrick's most cherished screenplay
New York cinema criticised for letting teens view Blue is the Warmest Colour
Pressure group complains after New York's IFC Center flouts the film's NC-17 rating, saying the explicit drama is suitable for 'mature, inquiring teenagers'
October 2013
Adèle Exarchopoulos: Fall in love. Have a huge fight. Do it again
Blue is the Warmest Colour director appears to threaten legal action against lead actor for slander
The Selfish Giant – review
Blue is the Warmest Colour 'banned' in Idaho as sex and alcohol don't mix
Alexander Payne set to film Ruth Prawer Jhabvala story
Oscars planning to revise rules for best foreign language award
Oscar predictions 2014
Oscar predictions 2014: Nebraska
September 2013
The Past picked as Iran's official Oscar entry
Blue is the Warmest Colour release 'should be cancelled', says director
France hails Vincent Macaigne as the new Gérard Depardieu
London film festival 2013: key films - in pictures
