'I'll show the lot of you!' Richard E Grant's Oscar nomination

'I'LL SHOW THE LOT OF YOU!' Richard E Grant celebrates his Oscar nomination

The Withnail star celebrates his Academy Award nod for 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?'

Richard E Grant has captivated the internet. The actor greeted the news of his nomination for an Academy Award by returning to his first rental when no one had heard of him. There he whooped with childlike delight, and then shared the whole thing in an utterly disarming Instagram post. He also phoned up his co-star and co-nominee Melissa McCarthy, and together they cried.

Mary Queen of Scots review - Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie excel

★★★ MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS Worthy historical drama sinks under its own weight

A worthy historical drama that sinks under its own weight

Very much a woman of today, the Catholic Stuart heroine (Saoirse Ronan) of Mary Queen of Scots frequently hacks her way out of a thicket of power-hungry males, enjoys it when her English suitor Lord Darnley (Jack Lowden) goes down on her, and is amused when her gay secretary and minstrel David Rizzio (Ismael Cruz Cordova) dresses as a woman while dancing with her gentlewomen in her private quarters.

Kidding, Sky Atlantic review - tears of a clown

★★★★ KIDDING, SKY ATLANTIC A surprisingly deep lesson in loss

Jim Carrey-led series provides a surprisingly deep lesson in loss

There’s no one right way to grieve. It cuts through everyone differently, whether reverting to childhood traits or out-of-character impulses. The person you lose might mean one thing to you, and something completely different to someone else; it can hit you both differently, and equally hard.

The Girl in the Spider's Web review - Claire Foy leathers up

★★★ THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER'S WEB Claire Foy leathers up

From Lilibet to Lisbeth, the star of The Crown plays the queen of Nordic noir

The enthronement of Claire Foy has been quite a spectacle. Perhaps some of Her Majesty’s mystique has rubbed off, as she is now entering that territory known to few young actors, where you’ll happily pay to see her in anything. Should that policy extend to her newest incarnation?

Laurent Cantet: 'Young people have different preoccupations nowadays' – interview

LAURENT CANTET The award-winning director on his new film 'The Workshop'

The award-winning director discusses his new film, The Workshop, in which some newbie writers get in a tizz over the fine line between fact and fiction

Like Ken Loach and the Dardennes brothers, Laurent Cantet is a filmmaker with a keen interest in social issues and themes, often using non-professional actors and a naturalistic approach, but perfectly willing to inject a little plot contrivance to spice things up.

Suspiria review - kindly, slow-motion grand guignol

★★★★ SUSPIRIA Horror shocker remade with heartfelt emotion

Horror shocker remade with heartfelt emotion

The first Suspiria was a sensation, and spectacularly, monomaniacally new. Its young heroine Susie Bannon’s ride from an innately hostile airport through eldritch woods in which a panicked girl ran from her destination, the Markos Academy of Dance, as Goblin’s rock score gibbered and pounded at the senses, was hysterical, relentless film-making.

Michael Caine: Blowing the Bloody Doors Off review - an actor's handbook, annotated by experience

★★★★ MICHAEL CAINE: BLOWING THE BLOODY DOORS OFF An actor's handbook

'And Other Lessons in Life' from the Grand Old Man of the British screen

What a charmer! An irresistible combination of diffidence and confidence, Michael Caine is so much more than Alfie, and this surprising book, his second after a delightful autobiography, is multi-layered, filled with tips for acting, on stage and screen.