Paul Reubens spent years masked by his famous alter ego, hiding his private life from public view. Now, a new documentary sees the star – who died in 2023 – discuss his sexuality and his very public scandals for the first time. Adam White meets its director

As the celebrated auteur unveils another ornate wisp of a film in this week’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’, Adam White asks if he has become too big to fail – and if the familiarity of his style is masking his recent evolution as a writer

Since 1996, the actor has used the long-running franchise as a vessel for the kind of star image he wants to project at any given time: bad boy, devoted husband, daredevil, mysterious saviour of the world. As the series reaches its possible conclusion, Adam White ponders who Cruise could be without them

As the perpetually building-climbing Ethan Hunt faces ‘The Final Reckoning’, Adam White and Louis Chilton rank all eight of the Mission movies (so far?) – from the one with Philip Seymour Hoffman to the one with all the slow-motion doves

From a former military airfield to a stage suspended over a lake, many of Europe’s best festivals offer spectacular scenery along with the biggest and best lineups. The Independent’s culture team share their favourites

The director behind the 1999 teen classic has announced three sequels are in development, though sans the original’s biggest star Heath Ledger, who died in 2008. And it’s news that shows a clear misunderstanding of the original’s appeal, argues Adam White

The litigious back-and-forth between the ‘Gossip Girl’ star and Justin Baldoni, who directed her in the cursed weepie ‘It Ends with Us’, has largely eclipsed her acting career since 2024, with her new film ‘Another Simple Favor’ currently caught in the crossfire. Where does she go from here, asks Adam White

Actor Dee Wallace, who played the mother of a young boy who befriends a space alien, recalled reaching a ‘compromise’ with the director on set over a scene she worried would disrupt the movie’s ‘purity’

Restauranteur Keith McNally made headlines in 2022 when he publicly lambasted the ‘Gavin & Stacey’ star over his alleged bad behaviour in his restaurants

The pop star said in 2020 that he’d swapped ‘cocaine and strippers’ for ‘colouring in’

Whether you’re seeking new music meccas to a pop paradise in London or tranquil retreats in the wilderness, The Independent’s culture team have you covered this summer

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed on the set of this overlong western – and only her work is of any value here

Matthew McConaughey in ‘Speed 2’? Joaquin Phoenix in ‘Doctor Strange’? Charlize Theron in ‘Showgirls’? Adam White has run down some of the most shocking what-might-have-beens in Hollywood history

As a musical based on the marmalade-loving bear prepares to hit the West End, Adam White charts the gradual transformation of Michael Bond’s creation from an adorable klutz to a cripplingly ubiquitous, pseudo-political nightmare

As he gears up for the annual Grand Designs Live event, the Channel 4 stalwart speaks to Adam White about Margaret Thatcher, Rachel Reeves and Britain’s ‘shameful and appalling’ housing standards, his eagerness to keep his private life private, and how he wishes people didn’t fancy him

Mikey Madison has this week turned down Star Wars. Jacob Elordi said no to ‘Superman’. And Paul Mescal took years to say yes to a blockbuster. Welcome to the new rules of nascent movie stardom, writes Adam White – where franchises are major risks and the likes of Brie Larson and Rachel Zegler are cautionary tales

The Oscar-winning director of ‘Ocean’s Eleven’, ‘Out of Sight’ and ‘Magic Mike’ speaks to Adam White about weathering the box office disappointment of his brilliant new film ‘Black Bag’, and his fears for the future – not only when it comes to his career, but Hollywood itself

The Oscar-winning French star talks to Adam White about her new film ‘The Return’, why it is dangerous to be a ‘prisoner’ to directors, and how on the set of ‘The English Patient’ she was ‘trembling all the time’

The American production company and distributor has become shorthand for bold, stylistic and narrative gambles, from ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ to ‘The Lighthouse’. As the studio releases the polarising action film ‘Warfare’, Louis Chilton and Adam White rank their best movies so far

Rumours of cast fallouts and creative clashes make sense once you see the show’s third season in its entirety – with this climax being a mixed bag of total genius and crushing disappointment