Kidman is not the first female actor to have criticised the director – whose potential next projects include biopics of Sinatra and Jesus – for his choice of subject matter
Bill Nighy, Thomasin McKenzie and James Norton star in an absorbing drama about the world’s first ‘test tube baby’, plus: Steve McQueen’s second world war epic about an evacuee who stays behind in London
As Gladiator II roars into the arena, its Oscar-winning director and star talk about horse-riding, Blade Runner, vodka, Scorsese, Elon Musk, vulnerability, AI … and Russell Crowe
The Twin Peaks director, who began smoking at eight, says he ‘saw the writing on the wall and it said, “You’re going to die in a week if you don’t stop”’
Since her sparkling debut in 1995 – in Larry Clark’s Kids – this American original has been an indie cinema favourite, excelling in edgy, complex roles. We pick the standouts