From the ambulances called to a Cineworld in Bolton to the infamous castration scene cut for inciting panic attacks, Adam White gathers 13 notorious films that truly tested the endurance of their viewers

EXCLUSIVE: Speaking to ‘The Independent’, the filmmaker also revealed the hilariously blunt response he received from Gene Hackman after he offered the veteran actor a part in the film

At last night’s Globes, arthouse cinema reigned supreme and ‘Wicked’ went home (practically) empty-handed – fine for the Oscars, but this ceremony is meant to be a panoply of chaos and nonsense, writes Adam White

Ahead of tonight’s ceremony, Louis Chilton and Adam White have surveyed the major categories at the Globes to determine which films and TV shows will reign supreme, from ‘The Substance’ and ‘Baby Reindeer’ to ‘Nobody Wants This’ and ‘Anora’

The former Warrior Princess talks to Adam White about her ‘sex, drugs and punk’ portrait of war zone camerawoman Margaret Moth, her turn away from acting, and her sadness over the right-wing distortion of what it means to be ‘woke’

A bald Emma Stone, a mad Jennifer Lawrence and lots and lots of Robert Pattinsons lead our 25 must-see films for the 12 months ahead, as selected by Jacob Stolworthy and Adam White

The Independent’s culture team ranks the very best film actors of the century so far

Few actors are brave enough to admit that they turned down some of the most famous films in recent memory, but these ones did, writes Adam White

Aardman has produced its first feature-length ‘Wallace & Gromit’ since 2008, and finds an old foe plotting revenge. Adam White speaks to the film’s cast and crew about Britishness, artificial intelligence, and moving forward after the death of the original Wallace, actor Peter Sallis

The unexpectedly brilliant ‘Better Man’ dives into the rise, fall and rise again of one of Britain’s greatest pop stars… who is depicted as an anthropomorphic chimpanzee. Adam White speaks to its director Michael Gracey about monkeys, mayhem and why Robbie was nervous about Gary Barlow seeing the script

After playing the former 007’s object of desire in Luca Guadagnino’s very erotic new drama, the ‘Outer Banks’ actor is poised for stardom. He talks to Adam White about fame, anxiety, and why you probably shouldn’t show him screenshots of his nude scenes in public

The Australian Oscar winner has collaborated with the filmmaker Guy Maddin on ‘Rumours’, a satirical horror comedy about politicians lost in the woods. They speak to Adam White about stupidity, retirement and why ‘the big elephant in the room is overpopulation’

From Madonna calling the writers of a planned film of her life ‘charlatans and fools’, to David Letterman’s claim that his biopic depicted him as ‘a circus chimp’, Adam White has curated some of the funniest times celebrities hit out at stories based on their lives

The legendary star of ‘Blue Velvet’ is earning Oscar buzz for her performance as a mischievous nun in the papal thriller ‘Conclave’. She speaks to Adam White about comparisons to her mother Ingrid Bergman, the controversy that surrounded her star-making film, and her romances with Martin Scorsese and David Lynch

No one seems to stay seated, and few dare to ignore Charli’s demands to jump up and scream

Now returning to the universe of the scandalous 1999 teen movie in its new TV spinoff, the ‘Save the Last Dance’ actor speaks to Adam White about his Y2K fame, being dazzled by Denzel Washington, and what it was like to be one of a handful of Black actors in Nineties high school films

Dropped from the horror franchise in 2023 over her social media posts on Israel and Palestine, the actor is slowly getting back to work after ‘10 months of quiet’. She speaks to Adam White about her new musical comedy ‘Your Monster’, her hopes for the future, and ruptures in the Scream fandom in the wake of her exit

The legendary performer recruited three different writers to help her with her new memoir – something so stacked with detail and juicy stories that it spans two books, the second of which will be released next year. But her concerns about her book not sounding like ‘her’ have proven sadly correct. Where’s the sass, asks Adam White

Content creator GK Barry also described how she came out to her parents and introduced them to her girlfriend