‘The high point of TV as a medium’: David Lynch’s Twin Peaks may never be bettered
The surreal murder mystery’s impact is so profound that its fingerprints are on every show made during TV’s golden age. What a legacy
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter review – swashbuckling Hammer horror still has bite
Directed by legendary writer Brian Clemens this macabre vampire yarn is marked by the Edgar Allan Poe template but has a charm and humour all of its own
Tony Slattery obituary
Comedian and actor who found television fame in the 1980s on Whose Line Is It Anyway?
‘Absolutely heartbreaking’: the dark side of family vlogging
Troubling new HBO docuseries An Update on Our Family looks at YouTube families and Myka Stauffer, the mom who ‘rehomed’ her adopted son
Behind the Candelabra – the Liberace biopic as sordid as its subject
Steven Soderbergh’s TV film honours the master pianist in the only appropriate way: with lurid spectacle
‘I was 2cm from being paralysed’: UK stunt artists celebrated with donation to BFI
Gillian Aldam, who is still working at 83, among top names in rare first edition of 1973 register being given to library
Linda Lavin obituary
Broadway actor who became a television star in the sitcom Alice as a single mother working as a waitress in a diner
On my radar: Siobhan Finneran’s cultural highlights
The actor on the band she can’t wait to see, the best place to meet friends for food in Manchester, and performance poetry that made her laugh and cry
‘It’s the moment when genius comes into the universe’: the film recreating SNL’s chaotic first night
A new drama recalls the wild first broadcast of Saturday Night Live in 1975. Making it was as much of a high-wire act as the show itself, the film’s director Jason Reitman and stars reveal
‘National catastrophe’: drama school funding crisis in England sparks concern
Actors Samuel West and Paapa Essiedu join calls for urgent action to protect and expand access to arts
From Maria to Franz Ferdinand: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment in the UK
Angelina Jolie portrays the peerless operatic diva while the Scottish post-punkers return with their new album
Malcolm Le Grice obituary
Explorer of the properties of film whose work was seen on Channel 4 and taken up by Tate Modern
Philippe Carden obituary
Other lives: Accountant who was passionate about theatre and combined this with a talent for making personal tax less daunting
Wicked, A Complete Unknown and Shôgun lead Screen Actors Guild nominations
This year’s SAG noms see a strong showing for music-led films while Nicole Kidman, Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie are snubbed
Twin Peaks: The Return – a worthy reboot of David Lynch’s oddball masterpiece
In the third season, Lynch and co-creator Mark Frost unleash their unique vision in all its surreal glory; the result is strange, sometimes excruciating – but always compelling