A brilliant episode can refine the essence of the best shows into a single, self-contained moment. Here are our favourites from over the decades

Cameron Diaz’s dismal new movie with Jamie Foxx – and Diaz’s first film in more than a decade – is proof that style and craft have completely dropped out of a particular kind of action comedy, writes Adam White. Remember when even the most conventional of blockbusters used to be made with care?

Thirty-five years after the release of their debut album, which housed their seminal break-up song ‘Here’s Where the Story Ends’, the band behind a number of pretty, ethereal earworms still inspire adoration – and questions over their decision to drop out of the limelight three records into their career, writes Adam White

‘Secrets & Lies’ made her the first Black British woman to be nominated for an Oscar. Now, nearly 30 years and 160 episodes of the ‘factory-like’ US cop drama ‘Without a Trace’ later, she has reunited with Mike Leigh for the blistering ‘Hard Truths’ – it’s earned her a Bafta nomination, and could send her back to the Academy Awards, too. She speaks to Adam White

From salary disputes and poor scripts to feuds and voiceovers that apparently sound ‘too old’, Hollywood is filled with stories of emergency recastings due to off-screen conflicts, writes Adam White

A decade after leaving acting behind, the star of ‘There’s Something About Mary’ and ‘Charlie’s Angels’ has un-retired for a new Netflix film. Might she now be afforded some respect, asks Adam White

The sought-after British star of ‘Triangle of Sadness’ and ‘The Iron Claw’ speaks to Adam White about shooting graphic BDSM scenes with Nicole Kidman in his provocative new thriller, privilege in the acting industry, and why he’d hate for his looks to be his ‘sole currency’

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