‘Cute but cruel’: the crime drama hailed a Chinese TV milestone

Hidden Corner has rapidly become one of the country’s most discussed and watched shows

‘Chisholm made Obama possible’: director Amma Asante on Mrs America’s real star

She put her mark on The Handmaid’s Tale. Now the British director is working on Mrs America, which stars Cate Blanchett as an infamous anti-feminist. But that’s not who’s caught Asante’s eye

‘I don’t know if I’ll ever get over it’: how it feels to make a TV flop

For every Game Of Thrones, there’s a Marco Polo. What are the human costs of a show that disappears without trace?

BAME creatives urge UK film and TV to do more to tackle racism

Letter with over 4,000 signatures calls on industry to act now and end ‘weak excuses’

From extra to surplus: TV and film ‘supporting artists’ face long wait for work

Filming may be starting up again, but with crowd scenes ruled out because of coronavirus, background actors remain unemployed

Leftwing voters lead decline in trust in UK news media

Overall trust down 20 points since 2015, and ‘silent majority’ want ‘neutral and detached’ news

Gone With the Wind dropped from HBO Max over depiction of slavery

Temporary move followed call by 12 Years a Slave scriptwriter John Ridley for streaming services to review content that is ‘blatant in its demonisation’ of race

Spike Lee releases short film as part of George Floyd protests

Lee intercuts footage of his 1989 film Do the Right Thing with that of the arrests of Floyd and Eric Garner – both of which resulted in their deaths

Apocalypse no more: has coronavirus killed our appetite for disturbing stories?

Living through a dystopian nightmare changes what you want from film and TV, says Kitty Drake

The Batman among movies given go-ahead for restart of UK filming

Exclusive: sign-off on Covid-19 guidelines reboots UK’s £3.6bn film and high-end television industry

Mike Wallace Is Here review – rose-tinted chronicle of a journalistic giant

The tough-talking newsman is the subject of a doc that rattles out the greatest hits while overlooking his murkier moments

Virgin Media to disappear from UK high street

Exclusive: firm’s 53 stores will not reopen after lockdown and staff will be offered other roles

Justice for directors! The $20m ‘Snyder cut’ should only be the start

Zack Snyder’s director’s cut of Justice League is going to see the light of day in 2021. Here are other films that should get the same treatment