Timeless taboos: why 19th-century novels appeal to film-makers
With lavish new movie adaptations of Dickens, Brontë and Tolstoy in the pipeline, Mark Lawson wonders what keeps drawing film-makers to the same 19th-century novels
Michael Mann set to steer racing thriller Go Like Hell
Director of Public Enemies on course to bring legendary battle between Ford and Ferrari to the big screen
Jack Kerouac’s Big Sur heads to the big screen
Jean-Marc Barr cast as lead role in director Michael Polish's forthcoming adaptation of 1962 beat generation novel
Chinese 3D porn film may get sequel
Producers of groundbreaking adult movie Sex and Zen 3D: Extreme Ecstasy planning follow-up with new cast
Good book, great film
When he was asked to be guest director for a festival dedicated to films based on books, Jonathan Coe set out to disprove the adage that great literature makes terrible movies
Has Sucker Punch ruined Zack Snyder’s Superman chances?
Ben Child: With the critics savaging Sucker Punch, it's possible for Warner Bros to promote Christopher Nolan, demote Zack Snyder and still use his mainly visual gifts
Gigola blends pulp and soft porn at London lesbian and gay film festival
Peter Bradshaw: Laure Charpentier's melodrama follows a charismatic young girl on a steamy ride through the lesbian underworld of 60s Paris
Are there any truly unfilmable books?
Open thread: The bestselling pregnancy guide What to Expect When You're Expecting is to become a romantic comedy
Romola Garai interview: On a roll
From an unflinching portrayal of the life of a Victorian prostitute in The Crimson Petal to a comically dreadful wife in the film adaptation of One Day, Romola Garai is set for stardom. But while she is uninhibited in her work, don't try asking about her private life...
Norwegian Wood review – Haruki Murakami novel becomes emoish erotic tragedy
This adaptation of Murakami's bestseller by Tran Anh Hung is gorgeous and sensual
No fair play for writers of Fair Game film about CIA officer Valerie Plame
Butterworth brothers tell of cloak and dagger research, secret trips to Washington and Hollywood reluctance to back project
Guillermo Del Toro won’t be climbing the Mountains of Madness
Director's ambitious 3D adaptation of HP Lovecraft story fails to get green light due to potential R rating
Harvey Weinstein regrets not buying rights to Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Producer says his failure to buy US film rights to Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy was a 'big bloody mistake'
Fair Game: Free agents
Valerie Plame's CIA cover was blown after her ex-ambassador husband criticised the Iraq invasion. Joe Wilson talks to Stephen Moss about how the film Fair Game depicts their fight with the Bush administration
Tran Anh Hung enters Norwegian Wood – and emerges to tell the tale
A reclusive author, millions of critical fans – and Tran Anh Hung doesn't even speak Japanese. Nosheen Iqbal asks the director how Norwegian Wood ever got made