Catherine Shoard

Woody Allen’s former adopted daughter Dylan Farrow has spoken out for the first time over claims that Allen sexually assaulted her when she was seven.

Capitol had a fine run of cinematic hits. And then it all went wrong.

After <em>Chocolat, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? </em>and <em>The Cider House Rules,</em> Lasse Hallström moves on to the fish course.

Glenn Close’s new film about a cross-dressing butler has been almost 30 years in the ­making.

Glenn Close has been trying to get a film of <em>Albert Nobbs</em>, George Moore’s novella set in the 1800s, off the ground since 1982.

<i>The Rise of the Planet of the Apes</i> blockbuster reboot is out this week. <b>Catherine Shoard</b> revisits the history of primate films.

As the career of Steven Seagal shows, Hollywood has a track record of breathing life into apparently inanimate objects.

You don’t need to show Jesus on the cross to make a hit religious film. In fact, you don’t need that much religion at all.

Louisiana is the third-most popular state in which to shoot a film in the United States, thanks chiefly to huge tax incentives.