Dads review – stars report from the frontline of fatherhood

Actor Bryce Dallas Howard’s documentary mixes the platitudinous with the genuinely moving as she grills Hollywood celebrities and other fathers

To Kid Or Not to Kid review – why women choose to be childless

Director Maxine Trump’s heartfelt documentary explores the pressures and prejudices facing women who do not want to be mothers

Bryce Dallas Howard: ‘Dads changing diapers is still somehow revolutionary’

The actor has made a film about fathers – including her own, director Ron. She talks about the racist role that caused ‘a disturbance’ in her soul – and why working with Lars von Trier gave her acne

‘The older I get, the less I fear’: meet the Italian Larry David

A decade after his two much-loved comedies about the vicissitudes of ageing, director Gianni Di Gregorio explains why, against his own expectations, he had to make another

How would a five-year-old change James Bond’s life?

According to a new report, No Time to Die sees Daniel Craig’s spy discovering he has a young child. Are CBeebies and car chases ever really compatible?

Actor Monica Dolan: Losing my brother to Covid-19 is part of a global story

The star of the film Days of the Bagnold Summer talks about how the death of her brother came while she was preparing to play a bereaved woman

Come-hither lions and sleazy owls: when Disney classics are difficult

I thought the Disney+ archive of classic films was a perfect lockdown diversion for my kids – until I rewatched them

The Family Way review – potent portrait of sex in the swinging 60s

In this rereleased comic drama, Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett play a couple plagued by a wedding-night disaster and the neighbours’ wagging tongues

Sense and social distancing: ‘Lockdown has given me a newfound affinity with Jane Austen’s heroines’

Unrequited lust, hours indoors with family and the need for a turn around the parlour are classic period tropes – now we’re all living Pride and Prejudice

Lockdown watch: Asif Kapadia on setting his kids Hitchcock essays

The Diego Maradona and Amy director gorges on spaghetti western, succumbs to Disney+ ... but steers clear of disaster flicks

The Easy Bit review – how men get to grips with IVF

This well-intentioned documentary about the first step in fertility treatment has moments of humour but is too emotionally hectoring

‘Feasting on fantasy’: my month of extreme immersion in Disney+

The long read: Disney’s new streaming service arrived in the UK just as the coronavirus lockdown kicked in. With so many hours to fill, it seemed like a sensible investment. Pretty soon, it was infiltrating my every waking hour

Circus of Books review – tender doc about family life and gay porn

An affectionate and absorbing documentary from film-maker Rachel Mason about her devout parents, who ran a famous adult bookstore in early-80s LA

Tigertail review – dreams, regrets and a life built on a lie

A young Taiwanese man faces an agonising choice when offered a new life in the US in this heartfelt drama from a writer of Parks and Recreation

‘He didn’t even pretend to let us win’… Growing up with the world’s biggest stars, by their children

The sons and daughters of John Wayne, John Lennon, Caitlyn Jenner and others tell us what it was like to grow up with a world-famous dad