It eventually inspired me to take up my current role, as Shylock in a version of Shakespeare’s problem comedy The Merchant of Venice. I’m the first British woman to play the role – Shylock is ...

Premiering in competition at Berlin, Lionel Baier’s adaptation of Christophe Boltanski’s novel narrates more than it depicts.

Beginning with his birth, when the doctor’s forceps broke the tiny baby’s ribs, Austin has suffered countless broken bones — and his parents have struggled to keep safe their growing, inquisitive, ...

It’s far from the worst film you’ll see about an aging hitman taking his grievances about the passage of time out on the youth. But it’s a reminder that any filmmaker who wants to tell a story about ...