The heyday of American indie cinema is long gone – but as the Sundance Festival visits these shores, Jonathan Romney detects life in the old dog yet ...

Authorities say Michael Madsen has been arrested for investigation of cruelty to a child after a fight with his teenage son.

A spoof film about Nazis living on the Moon has become an unlikely hit of the summer, says Kaleem Aftab

A spoof film about Nazis living on the Moon has become an unlikely hit, says Kaleem Aftab

Having asserted that he would have nothing to do with Hostel: Part III, the lack of Eli Roth’s support cast a shadow of doubt over what to expect in the third film.

In which gadfly documentarist Morgan "Super Size Me" Spurlock disappears up the commercial fundament with a movie about how to sell a movie.

I am excited about the Government's launch of"e-petitions" which gives us, the public, the chance to actually influence policy instead of lying in bed until lunchtime, which can be tempting if you have no policy to influence. Even those who occasionally feel like shooting out of bed early are soon brought up short by the thought: "Hang on, I have no policy to influence. I am wholly impotent in this regard. What's the point?"

If you ask me...

The English author Neil Gaiman has signed to pen English scripts for a big-budget series of 3D movies based on Journey to the West, China's classic novel about the adventures of the Monkey King.