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Reiner's own films reshaped modern comedy and drama with their intelligence, empathy and range. But through his company, Castle Rock, he paved the way for Seinfeld, Sorkin and many more ...

He rewrote the rule book with Rockstar then left it all behind. Now Dan Houser is back with a storytelling-focused studio to take on AI-obsessed tech bros and Mexican beauty queens ...

The Age of Disclosure was granted a Capitol Hill screening and has broken digital rental records but does it really offer proof of alien life?

Documentary portrait of Hitler's favourite film-maker is an unsettling parable about what happens when ambition is uncoupled from ethics ...

The latest in our series of writers explaining their comfort watches is a celebration of 2021's acclaimed animated adventure ...

Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne tread a delicate line between hard-hitting and empathetic in this profile of the Free Birth Society. Plus, an ode to The Gilmore Girls ...

After years as Hollywood's romcom darling, Hudson is putting music at the centre of her career - and after her show-stealing turn in Song Sung Blue, the Oscar buzz is growing ...

It started out as a fringe musical about an outlandish war plan - and became a West End and Broadway smash. As the show hits China, Australia and Mexico, its 'nerd' creators explain how they went global with a box of hats and a dream ...

Oscar-nominated actor struggles to convince in an emotionally inert attempt to resurrect one of the playwright's lesser-known works ...

Musical guest Lily Allen ends up stealing a subpar episode that fails to make the most of the rising star's first time as host ...