Julian Barnes: ‘I told the film-makers to throw my book against a wall’
Ahead of the film version of of Barnes’s Man Booker-winning novel The Sense of an Ending, he explains why he asked the film-makers to be brutal with his text
Zip and Zap and the Marble Gang review – strictly kids only
This live-action adaptation of a venerable Spanish comic strip offers plenty of summer school shenanigans and bright, brisk fun – but nothing for the grownups
Freedom, revolt and pubic hair: why Antonioni’s Blow-Up thrills 50 years on
The flawed but absorbing 60s movie about a photographer who unwittingly captures a murder scene still poses important questions
Tomato Red review – Ozarks lowlife drama a little too beautiful for its own good
Adapted from a novel by Daniel Woodrell, this film about a man who falls in love with a crimson-haired girl he meets in a bar doesn’t quite match its source
How Robert Evans changed movies for ever – and for the better
With The Godfather and Chinatown, Robert Evans revolutionised the movie industry. Now, Simon McBurney is staging the mogul’s scandalous memoir, The Kid Stays in the Picture. They talk about art, life and America
US cinemas to show Nineteen Eighty-Four in anti-Trump protest
Coordinated screenings across North America set for 4 April to highlight Orwell’s portrait of a government ‘that manufactures facts’
Toni Collette gets wistful: ‘Australia was so beautiful and seemingly so innocent’
Making Jasper Jones ‘in the middle of nowhere with no budget to speak of’, the actor is happy to be on home soil
John Irving attacks ‘intolerant’ Trump in defence of political awards speeches
Writer of The Cider House Rules laments new president’s threat to LGBT and abortion rights, and says winners at next weekend’s Oscars should be free to protest
Moonlight and Arrival land top prizes at Writers Guild awards
Barry Jenkins’ coming-of-age tale won best original screenplay while Eric Heisserer’s sci-fi drama took best adapted screenplay at the WGAs
The Lost City of Z review: Charlie Hunnam slow-burns down the Amazon, leaving Sienna Miller at home
James Gray’s introspective tale of adventurer Percival Fawcett’s obsession with a lost Amazonian city is a twist on the familiar Conrad jungle narrative
Pokot (Spoor) review – Miss Marple meets Angela Carter in the trackless Polish forest
Agnieszka Holland’s new film is a mix of forensic crime story and magical realist fairy tale that, adapted from Olga Tokarczuk’s novel, doesn’t always hang together
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk review – war on terror satire that plays it safe
Ang Lee turns in an uninteresting comment on the US misadventure in Iraq, with the story of a soldier whose PTSD is triggered at a Texan football game
‘Like a paranoid tiger-mom’: how control-freak authors took over Hollywood
Writer EL James was granted total control over the film version of Fifty Shades Darker, and it’s a trend that’s set to get bigger. But some in the business think it’s bad news
John Hurt: 10 key performances from Alien to Doctor Who
John Hurt, who died on Friday, was a brilliant and versatile actor who made memorable film appearances over five decades. Here we look at ten of the best
T2 Trainspotting: discuss Danny Boyle’s sequel with spoilers
Choose a follow-up? What did you think of the soundtrack, the transformations and the exploits of the re-formed cast of characters, 20 years after the original?