Stephen Applebaum

Interview: Justin Bartha

Don’t know the face? You’ll catch him on the rebound

The film-maker who Ceausescu couldn't kill

Romanian director Radu Mihaileanu loves stories, but his own life may be the most fascinating of all.

Todd Solondz

Life after Happiness for controversial director

Interview: Samuel Moaz

What boycott? The ex-IDF man whose film won Venice

It’s not easy being Charlie Kaufman

The Oscar-winning screenwriter of quirky hits like Being John Malkovich seems painfully ill at ease. All he wants is to be loved.

Interview: Larry Charles

The man who unleashed Borat turns his camera on religion

The man unlocking the real Abu Ghraib story

Akiva Goldsman: The script superhero

You think I’m wild? You should see my mother: The Jewish roots of Marianne Faithfull

In the swinging ’60s, Marianne Faithfull lived a life of sex, drugs and rock and roll, and almost ended up paying the ultimate price. But, as she reveals, she wasn’t the first wild child in her extraordinary Jewish family

Taking Shatila to Cannes

The Shoah film they didn’t show

No more Mr Grumpy