Time-travel film Back to the Future to be adapted for West End as a musical
Original team behind hugely successful film following adventures of Marty McFly is reassembled to create a musical version
How I persuaded Ralph Fiennes to play Charles Dickens
As the film of her biography of The Invisible Woman comes to the big screen, Claire Tomalin reveals what it feels like to have your book adapted
12 Years a Slave is a masterpiece – try not to hold that against it
Nicholas Barber: Some deem Steve McQueen's film too self-important, others avoid it because of its violence. But this slavery drama is engaging – and enjoyable
William Nicholson: ‘The novelist who thinks that “story” is a dirty word had better be a genius’
The books interview: The author and screenwriter talks to Nicholas Wroe about emotional openness, storytelling and how Hollywood critiques help you focus as a novelist
Murder on the Orient Express to be remade by 20th Century Fox
Ridley Scott named among producers of latest film version of Agatha Christie's detective novel
Anne Frank to come to life in animated film for children
Frank's estate gives blessing for Waltz with Bashir's Ari Folman to write and direct movie based on famous diary
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – review
The second film in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy sets off at full pelt and maintains its energy, charm and mystery throughout, writes Peter Bradshaw
Jungle Book movie to be directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Warner Bros moving ahead with live-action Rudyard Kipling film, even though a similar project is under way at Disney
Fifty Shades of Grey filming finally gets under way
Jamie Dornan begins his turn as EL James's protagonist Christian Grey after delayed production starts in Vancouver
Top 10 film noir
Guns, dames and hats: you can't have a film noir without them, can you? Take a look at the Guardian and Observer critics list of the best 10 noirs and you'll realise things aren't that simple …
Carrie – review
Stephen King's bloody teen masterpiece has been updated – but with few 21st-century additions and fewer still original touches, writes Peter Bradshaw
Kelly Marcel: ‘Someone from Disney’s going to come and kill me’
Marcel, one Hollywood's hottest scriptwriters, is keen to talk about her debut film, Oscar-tipped Saving Mr Banks. But what can she reveal about her next blockbuster – Fifty Shades of Grey, asks Danny Leigh
Top 10 animated movies
Moving bits of paper around (the old way) or painting with billions of pixels (the new) has conjured up some of the greatest films of all time. From The Iron Giant to Persepolis, Guardian and Observer critics pick the 10 best
Top 10 movie adaptations
Adaptations of novels have regularly provided audiences with the classier end of the film spectrum. Here, the Guardian and Observer's critics pick the 10 best
West End hit Matilda to transfer to cinemas … but not until 2019
Matt Trueman: Playwright Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin will contribute to the Royal Shakespeare Company production