Controversial Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev: 'Dissident? I'm more of a clown'
Leviathan director Zvyagintsev holds up a mirror to corruption and hard times in Russia. He talks about his new film, Loveless, and how he fell out with the political establishment
February 2017
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Did #OscarsSoWhite work? Looking beyond Hollywood's diversity drought
With Moonlight, Hidden Figures and Fences in the running, Hollywood appears to have responded positively to last year’s protests. But is it just lip service? And could measures to promote diversity go too far?
June 2016
Timothy Spall: 'The feeling of doing it wrong gets bigger and bigger'
He is one of Britain’s favourite actors. This year, he’s been on stage in The Caretaker and is set to star in films as Ian Paisley and Holocaust denier David Irving. So why is Timothy Spall so full of doubt?
March 2016
Patricia Arquette: Oscars equality speech has cost me roles
Boyhood star believes her 2015 acceptance speech about Hollywood’s pay gap has affected her career as it ‘cost people some money’
August 2015
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt romantic drama By the Sea to open AFI fest
Oscar-winning actor’s third film as a director tipped for awards season run after being handed Hollywood world premiere
July 2015
Michael Keaton and JK Simmons swing free of King Kong sequel
Scheduling conflicts blamed for key duo’s departure from latest big budget Hollywood monster epic Kong: Skull Island, which will revisit home of giant ape
June 2015
Ava DuVernay joins 'most diverse' Oscars board election race
Song of the Sea: watch the first six minutes of the Oscar-nominated animation - exclusive video
After two months of dragging, Japan rushes to see Whiplash
Son of Saul selected as Hungary's best foreign language Oscar entry
May 2015
Guardian Africa network
Abderrahmane Sissako: the vanguard of African cinema
As his Oscar-nominated film Timbuktu hits UK screens tomorrow we chart the career of one of Africa’s great contemporary filmmakers
March 2015
Oscar telecast producers end three-year stint in charge of ceremony
Robert Duvall: ‘Whatshisname should have won the Oscar’
Mark Kermode's film of the week
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya – 'a beautiful historical fantasia'
Richard Glatzer obituary
Reese Witherspoon to play US soldier killed in Afghanistan
Still Alice co-director Richard Glatzer dies aged 63
Sean Penn surprised by 'flagrant stupidity' of reaction to his Oscars joke
Still Alice - video review
Neil Patrick Harris: 'I don't know if my family or soul could take another Oscars'
