'I do this because I love it' Even at 70, Jack Nicholson's appetite for his craft remains undiminished. He tells Tim Adams about his new film The Bucket List, learning to embrace comedy, and why - despite the bad boy reputation - he has really been a feminist all along Go figure: Nicholson in numbers Sixties maverick to mutiplex star

Introducing... Gemma Arterton, the new Bond girl Gemma Arterton might be beautiful, talented and one of Britain's brightest acting hopes but she's just too normal to become a diva says Elizabeth Day

The Secret of great acting? It's all about the timing
Come awards season, says Jason Solomons, the heavyweight stars roll out their films. And then they simply disappear...
Coming soon: three films you can't afford to miss...

Top 10 movie villains
From the start, the movies welcomed into their midst the mustachioed villain of Victorian melodrama, leaving subtler antagonists to literary fiction and the so-called legitimate theatre. 'The man you love to hate' became a cinematic staple. Philip French lists 10 villains who have made a special and indelible impression on movie history

Films of my life: Kate Mosse
Watching Scott of the Antarctic left her in tears as a child and inspired a love of nature; now the novelist loves watching The Fifth Element with her teenage son. Interview by Stephanie Merritt

Bring on the BAFTAs The Baftas should finally come out of the shadow of the Oscars next Sunday, having found the confidence to look beyond A-listers. Jason Solomons examines the most exciting contest in years

I'd like to thank
And the shocked and tongue-tied winners are... A moment of glory or a few seconds of babbling embarrassment? British Oscar winners recount the highs and lows of their big night

Blood on the red carpet Hollywood changed forever at the 1968 Oscars as the success of The Graduate and Bonnie and Clyde signalled the arrival of a new generation of young, politicised film-makers. Mark Harris charts a night of drama, and revolution, in this exclusive extract from his new book What happened next

It could all have been so different...
... if Laurence Olivier hadn't fallen ill during casting for Vito Corleone in The Godfather or if James Cameron had believed OJ Simpson could play a ruthless killer as the Terminator. Killian Fox picks cinema's missed chances

Top of the bill It's talent, charisma and sex appeal... but most of all you need to be male. A new list of Hollywood's most bankable stars has more diversity than during the action-hero's heyday, but where are the women, asks Ryan Gilbey The big five plot their next moves Top 10 box office stars

For a few roubles more
After years of post-Soviet gloom, the Russian film industry is thriving again with home-grown action movies and thrillers outselling the best of Hollywood Tom Parfitt reports on a boom funded by glamour-chasing oil oligarchs

The odd couples
Cinema has celebrated love across the divides of religion, race, age, even species - but a hit new film, redefines the genre of strange romances. Charles Gant explores one man's passion for a sex doll and tracks the genre's unlikely appeal

Lost in translation
Moviegoers around the world all watch the same Hollywood blockbusters, but each country has its own way of selling them, starting with the poster and the film's title

I remember
Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland's intimate scenes won Don't Look Now an X certificate. Director Nicolas Roeg recalls the passions, and perils, of shooting his 1973 classic in Venice

In the eye of the director After a trip to the movies every member of the audience goes home to analyse what they've seen. The greatest directors present a film narrative with a challenging creative backbone that can be interpreted in numerous, colourful ways. Documentary director George Amponsah explores the hidden meanings in his favourite movies