Le Mans ’66: Matt Damon fights Christian Bale. Caitriona Balfe spectates

Review: Titled Ford v Ferrari in the US, this is a sweaty, oily macho throwback

Le Mans ’66: ‘If the sponsors are staying away, we’ve done something right’

Le Mans ’66 director James Mangold on Scorsese, the Marvel controversy and the state of film

The 20 best Netflix and Amazon Prime shows to watch over Christmas

Wild, Wild Country, The Deuce and Beat, plus the best from All4 and Sky Atlantic

Nine of the best Netflix shows and films to watch in November

House of Cards, new Coen Brothers movie, and a double bill of Orson Welles

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Lady Bird: Flawless Saoirse Ronan in a wholly wonderful film

Review: The film’s genius is its ability to root us in Lady Bird’s perspective. But it does more

Saoirse Ronan the star attraction at Dublin screening of Lady Bird

Irish star may become only third female actor to score three Oscar nominations before age 23

Why did reporter Christine Chubbuck shoot herself live on air?

Actor Rebecca Hall had serious reservations about tackling the macabre story around why Chubbuck killed herself in 1974. So what changed her mind?

‘When you cry, you really cry’: the emotional toll of stage acting

Actors often take their characters’ painful experiences – repeated night after night – with them off stage. Kate Fleetwood, Michelle Terry and Ben Miles explain how playing murderers, heroin addicts and monarchs marked them deep inside

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August: Osage County

All eyes on film: the Big Movie Preview 2014

Donald Clarke and Tara Brady cast eyes towards the coming year’s cinematic treats

Michael Shannon’s got the Krypton factor

Michael Shannon is one of the most intense actors of his generation, with eye-popping turns in the likes of Bug, Take Shelter and Man of Steel, but in person, he couldn’t be more nonchalant . . . He even has a nice lie down during the interview