We all know The Seventh Seal is great, and Badlands sublime. So why don't distributors get a little creative with their back catalogues?

We're set for another summer of major TV adaptations, but what of the shows that never made it to the big screen?

I was surprised to read on this site a suggestion that Van Sant hasn't progressed over the years - surely there's no one that can touch him for radicalism?

Is it so terrible if people take offence at a film because it happens to clash with real life?

I didn't grow up to become a fervent autograph-hunter, but I have amassed a few keepsakes that give me a tingle whenever I happen upon them

Best known for his brilliant, twitchy performance in Jaws, Scheider was sadly left behind somewhat after the 1970s

Alan Parker is a prolific director, but he lacks the subtlety to do justice to this Jamilia Gavin novel.

I've always been wary of the film quiz, but now Facebook lets you compile your own. Who could resist?

Whether delivering a painful pun in Bowfinger or putting down a nose insult in Roxanne, the comic king always pulls it off. Well, almost always

It's not out until February, but Paul Thomas Anderson's fifth feature already looks set to be one of the highlights of next year.

My post on Nick Love's Outlaw led to a series of suspiciously partial comments and the direct intervention of the film's distribution company. It's lucky that genuine readers proved too canny to be duped.