Chris O’Dowd: from The IT Crowd to Hollywood
Comic hit in The IT Crowd and leading man in Bridesmaids, Chris O'Dowd is now pushing at an open door in Hollywood. Hadley Freeman meets him
Cannes 2012: Reality – review
Peter Bradshaw: Matteo Garrone's watchable satire on reality TV is played with gusto and heart — though is fundamentally a little predictable
2 Days in New York – review
Family relations and cross-cultural mishaps might be the stuff of Hollywood cliche, but Delpy whisks it all into a delightful comedy, writes Steve Rose
The Dictator – review
Sacha Baron Cohen's latest is an unashamed firework display of bad taste – and very funny, writes Peter Bradshaw
Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers brings English tourist trail to Cannes
What will Cannes 2012 make of Sightseers – a British black comedy that melds The League of Gentlemen with Nuts in May?
Why The Dictator isn’t Great
Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat deserves to be bracketed with Chaplin's masterpiece; The Dictator doesn't
Cannes 2012 review: Moonrise Kingdom
Wes Anderson's elegant new film is eccentric but heartfelt – a soufflé of strangeness that rises superbly, writes Peter Bradshaw
The Dictator: are we right to laugh?
Sacha Baron Cohen's film joins Team America and The Producers in depicting despots as one-dimensional buffoons. But why are we obsessed with satirising tyrants – and is it right to find them funny?
Wes Anderson dishes up four quirky bites of Moonrise Kingdom
Ben Child: The US director has made four featurettes for his new film, which is set to open the Cannes film festival tomorrow night. Do they whet your appetite for the final cut?
Avengers Assemble eats up American Pie: Reunion
Charles Gant: Joss Whedon's superhero team-up is still a box-office Marvel, devouring competition from American Pie and Dark Shadows
The boomerang kid bounces back in Jeff Who Lives at Home
David Cox: In their latest film, the Duplass brothers give us an unconventionally positive view of the expanding generation of overgrown adults who still live with their parents
Jeff, Who Lives at Home – review
Jay and Mark Duplass shift up a gear with this dark, funny slacker comedy, writes Philip French
The 25 web TV shows you need to see
Internet TV is attracting huge stars, big bucks and small-screen spin-offs. Here are the best streams to point your browser at
Film4 announce £1m pot to make comedy gold
Film4, the British film studio behind The Inbetweeners Movie, has announced the creation of a £1m film fund to develop comedy movies
One thing The Dictator is not – is British
Catherine Shoard: It may be a home-grown offering, but Sacha Baron Cohen's film about an Arabic despot is firmly embedded in the language of one culture … US comedy
Rachel McAdams to star in Richard Curtis romcom About Time
Midnight in Paris star lands lead role opposite Domhnall Gleeson in Curtis's next film about a man who can time travel
The Dictator – review
Sacha Baron Cohen delivers an explosion of weapons-grade offensiveness, writes Peter Bradshaw
All in Good Time – review
A breezy British-Asian comedy about Bolton-based newlyweds who have to stay with family when their honeymoon is cancelled, writes Anna Smith
Jeff, Who Lives at Home – review
Susan Sarandon is worried about her grownup sons in this likable comedy that suffers a bit from indie self-consciousness, writes Peter Bradshaw
Alexander Payne: ‘Don’t remove the lint’
The Descendants director on keeping his films real and why he'd like to live to 700
Dark Shadows – review
Tim Burton plays the jokey 'darkness' of his style to totally predictable effect in his latest oddity-comedy, writes Peter Bradshaw
Comedy gold: Margaret Cho: I’m the One That I Want
Leo Benedictus: In this remarkable comeback gig, one of comedy's great survivors demonstrates her superbly polished style – and her fearless honesty
Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright brew plot for World’s End
The Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead creators reunite with Nick Frost for final instalment in loose trilogy of films to begin production in autumn
Ben Stiller film renamed to avoid Trayvon Martin link
Neighborhood Watch, an alien invasion comedy, will now be called The Watch to avoid any association with the shooting of the teenager
Juan of the Dead – review
This horror spoof is notable mainly for its sideswipes at the regime in Cuba, writes Philip French
American Pie: Reunion – review
The teen babes and the Milfs are back, but the fourth film in the franchise struggles with reality, says Peter Bradshaw
Jay and Mark Duplass: ‘Our movies can’t lose money’
The Duplass brothers helped pioneer the lo-fi mumblecore movement. But will they change their style now big stars are knocking on their door?
The rise of the zomcom: how zombie films have taken over the world
Phil Hoad: It seems every country wants a piece of zombie-film action and as new Cuban zombie satire Juan of the Dead proves, this well-worn genre is showing no signs of dying out
A-ha! Alan Partridge movie set for 2013
Armando Iannucci says feature-length movie about Norfolk's favourite son will begin filming later this year