On the Road – review
The characters go on about how incredibly life-affirming they are, but this take on Kerouac's classic novel flatlines, writes Peter Bradshaw
Fifty Shades of Grey film hires Terra Nova writer
British screenwriter Kelly Marcel is tasked with bringing the knee-trembler to the screen, much to Bret Easton Ellis's chagrin
Lynne Ramsay’s Moby-Dick is one giant leap closer to space
We Need To Talk About Kevin director secures financing for sci-fi version of classic Melville novel set in outer space
Looper’s £2.4m opening fires some life into a feeble UK box office
Charles Gant: Strong ticket sales is welcome news for cinema chains, and marks a benchmark for Joseph Gordon-Levitt in lead role
David Gordon Green set to direct Little House on the Prairie film
Film-maker behind Pineapple Express in talks to shoot Abi Morgan adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's books
Life of Pi – first look review
Ang Lee's adaptation of Yann Martel's novel – which opened the New York film festival – is the summation of the principle powering his career: still waters run deep
Judi Dench to star in Philomena
Stephen Frears will direct Dench in true story of a woman's search for the son she was forced to give up for adoption
My favourite Bond film: Dr No
In the second of our Favourite Bond series, Philip French falls for the unselfconscious charm of Dr No: a modest thriller with Sean Connery as the tough, stylish hero
Killing Them Softly – review
This black comedy about unhappy assassins who have hit hard times is a compelling comment on economic bloodletting in the real world, writes Peter Bradshaw
Fifty Shades of Grey film: EL James hopes for cameo
Minor character in Fifty Shades is based on me, says author of bestselling erotic novel, as she reveals hopes for cameo in upcoming film version
Great Expectations – review
Rarely has Dickens been such flat fare: the meat and humour are gone, replaced by gristle and a damp-pancake Miss Havisham
How we made The BFG by director Brian Cosgrove and animator Ben Turner
'He could be quite vocal, Roald Dahl, if he didn't like something so it was a real relief he liked our film'
Should we condemn Anna Karenina a little more?
David Cox: Tom Stoppard's modern take on Tolstoy's masterpiece dwells on the censure Anna receives from society for her adultery. Has our own society become too feebly non-judgmental?
Salman Rushdie film courts Indian controversy
The film of Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children – a love letter to India – has failed to find a distributor in the country