Film news

• Investigative journalism 'dying a death'

  4 Nov 2010: Sheffield Doc/Fest: Panorama and Dispatches documentary-maker says financial pressures are curtailing newspapers' and broadcasters' reporting. By Josh Halliday

• Joan Rivers film-makers faced 'snobbery'

  4 Nov 2010: Sheffield Doc/Fest: Co-directors of Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work say parts of the industry questioned whether comedian was a 'worthy' subject. By Josh Halliday

• The Last Exorcism poster banned

  3 Nov 2010:

  Ben Child: ASA says it received complaints that the promotional images showed a girl who appeared to have suffered a sexual assault

• Watchdog exorcises horror film posters

  3 Nov 2010: ASA rules campaign was 'likely to cause offence and distress' and was 'unsuitable to be seen by children'. By Mark Sweney

• The digs aren't all right: Julianne Moore slams 'idiotic' Silvio Berlusconi

  3 Nov 2010: Moore speaks out at Rome film festival as Italian PM responds to philandering claims with swipe at gay people

• Leonardo DiCaprio secures rights to book of first serial killer in the US

  2 Nov 2010: The star of Titanic has secured rights to a book detailing the horrific story of a man who killed and dissected up to 200 people

• Banksy film wins prize

  2 Nov 2010: Street artist scoops most entertaining documentary prize at Grierson Trust British Documentary Awards. By Tara Conlan
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