Michael the machine

Michael Winterbottom juggles films, works with tiny crews and loves the latest technology. Andrew Pulver heads to Genoa to watch the fastest director in town.

Madonna's new ambition

s any filmmaking adventure Madonna undertakes guaranteed to end in humiliation and disaster? Or is she likely to make a better job of it than husband Guy Ritchie? Andrew Pulver reports.

Batman's crusader

Christopher Nolan tells Andrew Pulver how his new film, Batman Begins, gets to the heart of the superhero.

All the chi in China

Eight years ago he was broke and desperate in New York. Now Ang Lee is hotly tipped to be the first Chinese director to win an Oscar.

Obscene satire

Review: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

Fight the good fight

He's done serial killing in Seven and sci-fi splatter in Alien3, but it's David Fincher's latest film that has received the worst critical lashing for its violence. Andrew Pulver meets the director of Fight Club.