From WORLD May 17, 2013

China censor acts on anti-Japan films

Move said to be unconnected to spat between two countries

Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan in 'The Great Gatsby' ©Warner Bros Nigel Andrews May 16, 2013

Cinema reviews: The Great Gatsby, Beware of Mr Baker, The Liability

Baz Luhrmann’s hectic Fitzgerald adaptation; profile of a protean drummer; hit-man movie that misses the mark

From WORLD May 13, 2013

France takes to cultural barricades

Hollande moves to protect art, films and music industries

Prada design for 'The Great Gatsby' From STYLE May 11, 2013

The Great Gatsby

The film, the look, the luxury brands

Peter Aspden May 10, 2013

Peter Aspden: Europe casts Hollywood as bad guy

European film-makers claim that the liberalisation of the industry would lead to the destruction of culture

Illustration by Luis Grañena of Steven Soderbergh ©Luis Grañena From FT MAGAZINE May 10, 2013

Steven Soderbergh

The esteemed Hollywood director is giving up the big screen. He tells Matthew Garrahan that after his forthcoming film about Liberace, he’ll do anything… except another movie

From left, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland and Matthew McConaughey in ‘Mud’ ©Jim Bridges Nigel Andrews May 9, 2013

Cinema reviews: Mud, Star Trek Into Darkness, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, A Hijacking and more

A captivating runaway adventure; JJ Abrams’ new Star Trek movie; Mira Nair tackles Islam and Islamism; and a Danish drama about a Somali hijacking

Brit school dance class ©Charlie Bibby Emma Jacobs from MANAGEMENT May 6, 2013

School for stardom

From Amy Winehouse to Adele, the Brit School has long helped youngsters with artistic ambition

Bollywood film ©Eros International From COMPANIES May 5, 2013

US studios seek inroads into Bollywood

Disney, Viacom and Fox eye larger share of Imarket

banker ©James Ferguson May 5, 2013

TV preview: Bankers, BBC2

This three-part BBC documentary series, beginning on Wednesday May 8, explores the banking industry’s fall from grace

From TRAVEL May 3, 2013

On location: ‘The Great Gatsby’

The action unfolds on Long Island, described by the novel’s narrator Nick Carraway as ‘that slender riotous island’

Nigel Andrews May 2, 2013

Cinema reviews: I’m So Excited!, Gimme the Loot, Chimpanzee and more

Pedro Almodóvar’s airborne comedy; smart young director Adam Leon’s shaggy Bronx movie; a sentimental simian documentary; and more

From THEATRE & DANCE May 1, 2013

Fräulein Julie, Barbican, London

Katie Mitchell has created an inspired, deconstructed version of Strindberg’s play

From COMPANIES Apr 29, 2013

Pinewood to develop US film studio

UK group in joint venture to build facility near Atlanta, Georgia

From FT MAGAZINE Apr 26, 2013

Vanessa Redgrave

The supremely elegant 76-year-old actor has mellowed her political stance. She talks austerity, family and nudity with Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson

Apr 25, 2013

Cinema reviews: The Look of Love, Iron Man 3, In the Fog and more

Steve Coogan plays pornographer and property magnate Paul Raymond; Robert Downey Jr has a ball in Iron Man 3; an epic story of partisans in the Russian forests

Apr 19, 2013

Czech-point drama

How HBO is seeking to bring high-quality, politically incisive TV to eastern Europe

Apr 19, 2013

A radical hard sell

With the spectre of terrorism haunting the US, Mira Nair’s new film, an adaptation of Mohsin Hamid’s ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’, has added poignancy

Apr 18, 2013

Cinema reviews: Love Is All You Need, Olympus Has Fallen, Promised Land and more

Pierce Brosnan in a corny, swoony love story set in Italy; Koreans kidnap the president in ‘Olympus Has Fallen’; Matt Damon takes on the frackers in ‘Promised Land’

Apr 12, 2013

Univision of the future

As an expanding Hispanic community transforms the US media landscape, the Spanish-language broadcaster Univision is planning a new English-language network