Smiley’s People: Gary Oldman spies a thrilling return in Le Carré sequel

Star of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy says screen adaptation of the third novel in John le Carré's Karla trilogy looks on the cards

Martin Scorsese set to direct crime thriller The Snowman

Scorsese's return to crime genre will be adaptation of novel by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø featuring detective Harry Hole

V for Vendetta: Reading the film

Sam Jordison: Alan Moore harboured a special resentment towards the film version, which did serious injustices to his graphic novel

Charles Dickens bicentenary to be marked with film and TV retrospective

BFI plans comprehensive season celebrating most adapted author of all time in early 2012

Watch The Hunger Games film trailer

Fans of The Hunger Games have been eager to see if the film adapation will live up to Suzanne Collins's thrilling dystopian book series. Get your first glimpse of Katniss, Peeta and the other tributes here

My favourite film: Readers’ comments – week three

We're picking out your finest responses to our My favourite film series, for which Guardian writers have selected the movies they go back to time and again.Here's a roundup of how you responded in week three, when the selections were American Splendor, The Red Shoes, The Princess Bride, Rio Bravo and Hoop Dreams

Disney’s John Carter adaptation goes back to the future of film

Ben Child: With suited-up actors playing 12-foot Martians in locations based on Earth's natural sights, this is a triumph for old-style film-making that could make its competitors look prehistoric

Nicholas Evans: ‘Guilt is my subject. I’ve taken research to an extreme degree’

The bestselling author of The Horse Whisperer bares his soul about the event that nearly killed him - and almost tore apart his family

The Hobbit: Peter Jackson’s latest video blog is a true techie tonic

Ben Child: Geeks will love the stereoscopic cameras and 3D methods on show. Most people wouldn't care if it was shot on a hand-held

Gothic expectations: look at Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham

Andrew Pulver: The first pictures have emerged of the Corpse Bride actor as Dickens' celebrated jiltee in Great Expectations. Is she too young for the role? Or has she goth what it takes?

Andrea Arnold: ‘I don’t do easy rides’

With its unforgiving landscapes and raw emotion, Wuthering Heights is a perfect match for director Andrea Arnold. Just don't call her work bleak, she tells Ryan Gilbey