Stephen Hawking's first wife intensifies attack on The Theory of Everything
Jane Hawking has stepped up her assertion that acclaimed 2014 biopic misrepresents her marriage
June 2016
Treating disabled people as asexual is exasperating and offensive
Penny Pepper
Our sex lives can be as rich and rewarding as anyone’s – so why, as the movie Me Before You suggests, is disabled sexuality always an ‘issue’ to mainstream media?
September 2015
Film blog
The best films of 2015 so far – UK
Gathering together the best movies released in the UK this year, updated weekly
July 2015
UK cinema admissions up 10% on back of 2015 blockbusters
Jurassic World, Age of Ultron, Fast & Furious 7 and Fifty Shades of Grey push first-half movie visits to 83m as UK independent films enjoy 25% rise in takings
Everest to open the Venice film festival
Starry real-life drama about 1996 mountaineering incident to be launched from one of the most prestigious spots in the awards calendar
Cinemagoer self-diagnoses illness after watching Stephen Hawking biopic
Paul Whyley is receiving treatment for motor neurone disease after experiencing an epiphany during screening of Oscar-winning film The Theory of Everything
May 2015
Jane Hawking: ‘There were four of us in our marriage’
Motor neurone disease and physics both played a part in her split from her husband Stephen Hawking, she says. She talks about the challenges they faced in their 30-year marriage and about how close The Theory of Everything was to reality
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
The Theory of Everything; Nymphomaniac: the Director’s Cut; Beyond Clueless – review
Eddie Redmayne plays Stephen Hawking with wit and warmth, Lars von Trier adds to Charlotte Gainsbourg’s suffering and US teen movies get the documentary treatment
Film blog
The best films of 2015 so far – Australia
Gathering the best movies released in Australia this year, updated weekly
April 2015
Stephen Hawking tells fans Zayn Malik could still be in a parallel One Direction
UK cinema box office sees strongest first quarter since 2011
March 2015
Film blog
Autism in film: X+Y is audacious – but is it cliched or the real deal?
In X+Y, a gifted young man prepares for a mathematics contest. Does it, and films like it, misrepresent or empower those who are on the autistic spectrum?
Milking it: Transformers 4 wins prize for movie with most product placement
Michael Bay blockbuster missed out on hoped-for Oscar nominations but did top list of movies pushing consumer products, featuring plugs for 55 brands including Budweiser, Armani and Yili milk
Box office analysis: UK
Age before bondage: Second Best Marigold Hotel dominates Fifty Shades
Good-natured sequel sits on FSoG this week at the UK box office, while Will Smith can’t quite see to the top with Focus
February 2015
Eddie Redmayne couples up for Thomas the Tank Engine movie
Box office analysis: UK
Fifty Shades of payday: film is highest-earning 18-certificate ever
Eddie Redmayne wins best actor Oscar for portrayal of Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything
Film blog
Birdman takes flight but Boyhood suffers growing pains at Oscars
Oscars 2015: from mountain climbing with Lady Gaga to cheek-squeezing with John Travolta - video highlights
Film blog
Oscars 2015: The red carpet, ceremony and reaction as it happens
