Projects under way range from more efficient legal aid to facilitating esignatures

Swiss firm hired to test mainstream software despite launch of go-it-alone system

Uber cuts 3,700 staff, Libra’s first CEO, Microsoft Surface surfeit

Shares at Canadian ecommerce group hit high as revenues jump 47%

War films 1917 and the upcoming Painted Bird are the latest entries in a sub-genre driven by relentless adversity and survival

Master of high miserabilism who starred in ‘The Exorcist’ and ‘The Seventh Seal’

The brilliance of the director’s early work reflects western cinema’s genius for refashioning primal stories and pulp fiction

Ever since I was knee-high to Nosferatu, I have loved steps and stairs on screen

For a postwar movie generation Kirk Douglas was the definition of ‘macho’

The versatile Monty Python star who sided with the underdog

Nigel Andrews on how the Italian auteur abandoned neorealism for something looser and more fantastical

FT film critic Nigel Andrews selects his favourites, from the voluptuous crime-athon ‘The Irishman’ to the harrowing war documentary ‘For Sama’

Fun though it may be, this collection of out-takes is never quite the sum of its parts

The director’s satire on consumerist culture shines through in this sparkling new print

Saoirse Ronan shines as the tomboyish lead sister in this adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel — with sly feminist subtexts

From ‘Raging Bull’ to ‘Spirited Away’, the FT’s outgoing film critic picks his top movies

In five decades, Nigel Andrews saw every movie and met all the stars. This is what he learnt

Tom Hooper’s musical adaptation is weird, wonderful and worryingly erotic

Chinese film-maker Bi Gan’s movie slips into a beautiful, bewildering netherworld

There’s swashbuckling and explosions, but Adam Driver is the real star of the ninth and final film in the Skywalker saga

Drama and substance are peripheral in a movie that’s as lacking in humanity as you might expect

Lauren Greenfield’s documentary about the Philippines’ former First Lady is comic as well as horrific

Alex Gibney’s film portrays its subject as all but flawless. Can that be right?

An autobiographical movie that strips bare the actor’s early years

Wang Xiaoshuai’s wonderfully acted film is an epic of love and loss

The doctor at the heart of this film shows dauntless compassion

This hospital saga is gripping, well acted and sometimes harrowing

The actor plays a detective with Tourette’s syndrome in this 1950s-set film

Arthur J. Bressan’s re-released film has charm and poignancy

The city exports more goods and services per job than any other in Britain

Eye-catching locations around the city exemplify its modern ambition

From heritage to healthcare, via regenerating the city centre, local business is ‘recognising its strengths’

Founded in 1856, the company is the survivor of British horology, having absorbed several rivals

Government emphasis on high growth enterprises has intensified, but results are mixed

London remains pre-eminent European tech hub, but Paris, Berlin and others are also growing

A forceful challenger of union power at British Leyland

But can smaller industrial towns like Scunthorpe follow its example?

Washing machine salesman with ‘a touch of genius’ who made millions

An ageing population and later retirement means employers will soon have little choice

These FT Future 100 UK businesses are building sustainability into their model

Sharing skills is just one way FT Future 100 UK companies help their local area

But social entrepreneurs struggle to attract sufficient funding

Moderniser who served on front bench for 18 years championed Olympics and Sure Start

The UK needs new ideas and skills for expanding sales worldwide

Lex argues that GKN shareholders must accept hostile offer from Melrose

Britain is haunted by past industrial decline and the buccaneering raids of the 1980s

Better digital and physical connections could unshackle UK business, economists say

‘Once a document is agreed, people stick to it’

Acquiring new skills for a changing employment market is becoming essential

Even big names make poor decisions but we can draw lessons on how to approach change