Terence Davies’ Emily Dickinson biopic to premiere at Berlin film festival
British director’s biopic of American poet, A Quiet Passion, starring Sex and the City’s Cynthia Nixon, will receive its world premiere in Berlin in February
What’s happening in children’s books in 2016? A literary calendar
Want to know when your favourite author has a new book published? When the awards are being dished out? What film adaptations are up-coming or get the low-down on festivals near you? Then check out our literary calendar for 2016
The most unmissable culture of 2016
Tarantino goes bounty-hunting, Botticelli takes you to hell, Bowie goes dark, and Jericho fills that Downton-shaped hole … in our bumper guide to the best 150 arts events to look forward to this year
Berlin film festival adds Midnight Special and Genius to lineup
Drama starring Michael Shannon drama as a dad on the run from extremists joins biopic of legendary editor Max Perkins, played by Colin Firth
Papa: film about Hemingway’s Havana years raises hope for Hollywood in Cuba
Biopic about American author’s life in Cuba makes history as first US production filmed on the island since 1960 trade embargo
Björk on Iceland: ‘We don’t go to church, we go for a walk’
Björk used to walk across the tundra singing at the top of her lungs. John Grant left America for its rocky grandeur and Sigur Rós’s music captures its isolation. What is it about the Icelandic landscape that hypnotises artists?
Live Q&A: Indonesia, identity and the lasting legacy of 1965 – as it happened
Following recent censorship of conversation around the massacres of 1965-6, a panel of Indonesian academics and activists discussed history, memory and the power of written and oral testimony in dealing with the legacy of this period
Ubud writers’ festival debates massacre ‘that we’re not supposed to talk about’
The 50th anniversary of Indonesia’s 1965 anti-communist purges which killed 500,000 gets public airing despite authorities’ moves to enforce silence
Orwell’s nightmare vision of 1984 is always right here, right now
As Headlong Theatre’s adaptation blows minds in Melbourne, we can only hope Australia’s new political regime brings with it more words, not ‘fewer and fewer’
Alan Bennett: ‘It was weird to film The Lady in the Van in my old house’
Maggie Smith says her starring role was a relief after the rigours of playing Lady Violet in Downton Abbey
Philip Pullman: how drawing helped me to see the world differently
Taking part in this year’s Big Draw festival reminded the author how drawing offers tremendous insight and pleasure
Toronto cancels London Fields premiere after director Mathew Cullen sues producers
Makers of star-studded mystery thriller based on Martin Amis’s classic 1989 novel imposed ‘false, distorted and perverted associations’ on director and cast members Johnny Depp, Amber Heard and Billy Bob Thornton, claims suit
Toronto 2015: Room adaptation doesn’t directly reference Fritzl case, say film-makers
Although both Emma Donaghue’s novel and the well-received film adaptation recall the horrifying Fritzl case, the film-makers said they stayed away from the story in the making of the drama.
High-Rise review – Tom Hiddleston surfs through a confused, and confusing, tower block class-hop
Ben Wheatley brings an anarchic sense of fun to JG Ballard’s story of societal collapse, turning it from a warning into a joke
Tom Hiddleston proves he can sing in first clip from Hank Williams biopic
British actor releases footage of himself performing Move It on Over in I Saw the Light in advance of Toronto film festival premiere