Twenty-seven US states still carry the death penalty but Texas accounts for almost a third of all executions since capital punishment resumed there in 1982
The actor, who will soon press pause on his Hollywood career, even manages to wring a moment of magnetism from iPhone notes
Hugh Linehan: Richard Linklater thinks filmmaking and fiction are losing their central place in the culture. He has a point
Where does this year’s winner, CODA, sit in our ranking of 21st-century Oscar winners?
Review: This impressive drama has the compact shape of an elegant short story
Decade of brown carpets and complicated hair lives on in a long line of retro movies
They’re dismissed as saccharine, but the really good ones can give you a sugar-free lift
Jack Black among those to pay tribute to musician who played drummer Freddy Jones
The creator of cloning film My Zoe refuses to be pigeonholed
The actor on his life philosophies, securing roles, and his new memoir Greenlights
From city breaks to train trips, Rome to the Amazon, these are all on streaming services
Half our favourite movies have vanished. But there’s still plenty of great stuff to search for
Those three dots in Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood are a ‘creative decision’
John Butler’s ‘Papi Chulo’, with stars Alejandro Patiño and Bomer, opened the Dublin International Film Festival in style
Alita: Battle Angel director on his guerilla approach to making the long-awaited anime film
Actor discusses crafting screenplay for ‘Wildlife’ alongside partner Zoe Kazan
To shoot ‘Tehran Taboo’, a story of sex and corruption in a theocratic society, the director chose rotoscope animation. ‘A city cannot be faked. It always has its own look,’ he says
Twelve ways to spend 90 minutes this evening if you have no interest in watching the World Cup
The director has flipped the script once again with his latest project ‘Wonderstruck’, a proper grown-up film about and for children
Bryan Cranston had a solid career as a jobbing actor for three decades, then ‘Breaking Bad’ happened
Bryan Cranston channels Jack Nicholson in a spiritual sequel to Hal Ashby’s Last Flag Flying
New Netflix original sees Jack Black star in the real-life story of a Polish-American polka band leader jailed in 2004 for running a Ponzi scheme
Hollywood has a habit of capturing the political mood before it has emerged
Hawke was a posterboy for generation X actors. But after seeing first hand where his precocious talent could lead, he's become a thoughtful veteran of the Hollywood machine
The languid actor discusses putting rom-coms behind him and putting on 20kg for ‘Gold’
While some movies have vanished from the streaming service, many have arrived and there are plenty to fill the summer evenings, from comedy classics like ‘Airplane’ to thrillers such as ‘Winter’s Bone’
Comedian Marc Maron was an embittered recovering alcoholic before he found his way as a podcast interviewer of brutal honesty. Not even Obama refused the call
In ‘Top Five’, his new film, the comedian plays a stand-up comic trying to cut it as a ‘serious’ actor – but he’s not giving up on comedy’s artistic merits yet
He toured with Pearl Jam, and fired up Friday Night Lights, but cinematographer Shane Kelly’s best work is probably found in Boyhood
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s satire and Grand Budapest Hotel both receive four awards
Eddie Redmayne scoops best actor award while Julianne Moore duly wins best actress
Linklater’s ‘Boyhood’ is odds-on favourite for best picture
Surprise as Irish nomination comes at expense of The Lego Movie
Richard Linklater takes top prize for coming of age film at Beverly Hills awards ceremony
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
