The rapper-come-director's new film explores the urban tensions that led to last summer's riots – and he's not the only one finding cinematic inspiration in social unrest
Twilight helps profits double at Entertainment One
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Booming digital sales and strong brands such as Peppa Pig and the Twilight film franchise helped to double annual profits at the film and television distributor Entertainment One.
Charlotte O'Sullivan: We don't treasure Ken Loach enough
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Terrified of being dubbed 'worthy', young British directors described his work as grim
Seann Walsh: 'I don't really like jokes'
Sunday 27 May 2012
I wanted to be a comedian or actor from as far back as i can remember When I was 21, I started putting my name down for open-mic nights and kept on bottling it. All I wanted to do was try it once because I didn't want to die without having done stand-up. Obviously, now I've died loads of times.
DVD: The Artist
Sunday 27 May 2012
It's a cause for celebration that this year's big Oscar winner (five awards including Best Picture and Best Actor) was a French, black-and-white silent movie.
Fast girls go for gold – the hard way
Sunday 27 May 2012
Emily Dugan discovers training was no piece of cake for the stars of a new British film
Keira Knightley engaged to rock star boyfriend James Righton from Klaxons
Friday 25 May 2012
Hollywood star Keira Knightley is to marry her rock star boyfriend, James Righton from Klaxons.
Oscar-nominated director Lee Daniels says there are not enough roles for African American actors in films
Thursday 24 May 2012
The Oscar-nominated director of Precious said today that there are not enough roles for African American actors in films.
Want to see a dirty movie? Not *that* kind
Thursday 24 May 2012
I fear that someone has been having our Gallic friends across la Manche on. Somehow, they've come to believe that the pasty-faced, soap-dodging would-be troubadour that is Pete Doherty is not only cool, but that he is a sensible choice for the romantic lead in a period film.
A 2,400ft jump on to a pile of boxes with no parachute. What could go wrong for stuntman Gary Connery...?
Wednesday 23 May 2012
Stuntman to leap from helicopter in wing suit that will slow his fall – to 65mph
Val Kilmer - The Hollywood bad boy done good
Saturday 19 May 2012
After years of searching, Val Kilmer tells Kaleem Aftab how he finally found his ideal role – as himself
DVD/Blu-ray: Haywire (15)
Saturday 19 May 2012
Martial-arts champion Gina Carano is convincing as lethal Mallory, a black ops commando who is assigned by her slimy boss (Ewan McGregor) to “babysit” Michael Fassbender's agent in Dublin.
DVD/Blu-ray: The Descendants (15)
Saturday 19 May 2012
“I'm the back-up parent, the understudy,” explains George Clooney's complacent family man and workaholic Hawaiian lawyer.
A bus ride that started in the Bronx and – four years later – arrived in Cannes
Saturday 19 May 2012
Director Michel Gondry brings New York teenagers to a world they'd never seen
First Night: Moonrise Kingdom, Cannes Festival Opening Film
Thursday 17 May 2012
Wes Anderson kicks off the festival in kooky style... what else did you expect?








