"I really do want to die," Rachel Weisz's Hester informs us before attempting to gas herself in Terence Davies' gorgeously staged adaptation of Terence Rattigan's gloomy 1952 melodrama.

Adam Sandler and his movie Jack and Jill swept the annual Razzie awards, an Academy Awards spoof that presents prizes for the year's worst movies, winning a record-breaking 10 awards for the worst film and performances of 2011.

Movie legend Dustin Hoffman has lamented the end of Hollywood's golden age, criticising the industry for focusing on profits instead of making quality films.

A collection of rare film posters has fetched a total of $503,000 (£320,000) at an auction in Texas.

Computer games have gone up a level: they're the subject of a show at the prestigious Smithsonian museum. How did we get from simple blips to sophisticated artistry? Tim Walker finds out

With one, simple, brilliant idea, she created clothing that made people feel better about their bodies – and earned herself a fortune

Juliannne Moore is cast as Alaska's presidential hopeful in a recreation of 2008 election race

Robert Sherman, who composed classic Disney songs such as Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and It's a Small World (After All), has died in London at the age of 86.

Louder, prouder, steamier, dreamier, older and wiser

You win an Oscar, your career is set, yes? Not necessarily – it's what you do next that counts, says Geoffrey Macnab

The French partied hard in Hollywood after the Oscars, but what happens next? By Guy Adams

If they are anything like most Oscar winners, the team behind The Artist will have spent the first day of the rest of their lives conforming to the grandest, and most lucrative, of Hollywood traditions.