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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Posts from high-profile accounts found to be promoting questionable virus therapies and cures

Flexibility and lower fees appeal — but not all providers are competing on price

Candidates at Wharton among those protesting over diminished educational experience

Reform continues under Pope Francis with South American summit tackling shortage of clergy

Plans for asylum seekers come despite state department advice to ‘reconsider travel’ due to crime

International talks may be only way to break impasse

Aid workers warn that millions face long-term damage to health as food crisis continues

Upscale US department store follows J Crew as latest debt-burdened chain felled by pandemic

Six-part series adapts Wally Lamb’s novel about family, loss and mental illness

Emirate seeks to get grip on sector after prices fall 40% from their 2014 peak

$1.2bn eurobond maturing in March falls sharply as local lenders cash out

Mexican government’s rescue plan for debt-laden state oil group underwhelms

New York listing of XP highlights transition to a new world of lower interest rates

How a squabble between Saudi Arabia and Russia led to ‘the nuclear version of a price war’

My portfolio is down about 35 per cent, but I’m sticking with my small-cap heroes 

City investor will back ailing groups looking to raise capital but warns of difficult decisions

Claer Barrett wants to hear readers’ experiences of accessing business interruption loans

Third of UK small businesses reported so low on cash they cannot survive longer than 2 more weeks

Your chance to grill FT experts on the government’s rescue measures for small businesses

English companies with shared offices excluded from coronavirus rescue package

Berlin’s property boom is the setting for Cüneyt Kaya’s film

A woman’s life unravels spectacularly in this wildly original movie

The much-loved film critic traces how the nation’s film industry found its voice in a three-part series on BBC4

There are potent moments here amid the stage-managed gloss

Shelagh McLeod’s film is a small, warm drama of space and family

In an exclusive first interview, the CEO talks about his love of scary movies, video games and why the BFI should be like ‘a nerdy friend’

Postal group says strike ballot had ‘irregularities’ making it ‘null and void’

Postal services group says unit could slump to loss next year with revamp ‘behind schedule’

Only when Royal Mail turns round its UK business will it get a more cheering message across

Crystal Amber’s move shows sign of confidence in struggling UK group

The consultancies most recommended by clients and peers, rated by sector and specialism. Plus: millennial professionals’ search for meaning; weighing consultants’ worth; the conflict of interest debate; a call for courage on diversity; HS2 blurs consultancy lines; Brexit and fees

Private equity epiphany; Royal Mail; CEO succession at HSBC

Staff vote in favour of a walkout but union says they can help deliver supplies to elderly

Microsoft lost its antitrust suit, blew big chances yet grows on

A two-decade old law is a poor fit with the digital world of today

Legislative poll will be a referendum on the reformist president

While Google, Facebook and Twitter are set for a grilling in Congress over Russia, it is the online retailer that is drawing intense scrutiny

Dispute erupts in public as AT&T boss says he will not put news channel up for sale

Mnuchin urged to examine ‘deeply concerning’ takeover attempt by Singapore chipmaker

Competition law should take changing business models into account

EU foreign ministers this week postponed a decision on whether to open membership negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia until October, prompting a warning from the two countries' leaders that the delay could strengthen the hand of nationalist forces. Gideon Rachmans discusses the EU's dilemma on the Balkans with Ben Hall and Valerie Hopkins.

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Life in Europe's coronavirus hotspots: Foreign affairs columnist Gideon Rachman discusses how the coronavirus epidemic has been handled in Italy and Spain with the local FT correspondents, Miles Johnson in Rome and Daniel Dombey in Madrid. How are citizens reacting to the lockdown and what will be the long-term political and economic impact?

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Small changes promise big differences to female chefs mixing work and family life