In the 10 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks, film directors have responded in myriad ways. Peter Bradshaw charts the rise and fall of the 9/11 movie
The Cannes film festival starts today – with a record four women competing for the main prize. Why so few? The key directors talk to
Charlotte Higgins about chauvinism and the Croisette
From the angry Fahrenheit 9/11 to the depressing Hamburg Cell, films about September 11 have journeyed through the five stages of grief. Now with weepies Dear John and Remember Me, the movies have come to terms with the defining event of our age
Robert Carlyle made his name with tough, violent and damaged characters. But it won't stop him appearing in 24 or playing Leonard Rossiter, he tells Kirsty Scott
There's a sense of art imitating life when it comes to Robert Carlyle's career path, says Alastair McKay. But if the disaffections of his early years have helped inspire his best known characters, what can be read into his latest venture, which sees him tackling the notion of reconciliation following trauma and turmoil?
The Trainspotting author has joined actor Robert Carlyle, director Antonia Bird and journalist Mark Cousins as a partner in production company Four Way Pictures
Samantha Morton and Maxine Peake salute the genius of late director Antonia Bird