So Mayer's manifesto-memoir Bad Language explores words as weapons of oppression and resistance.

Storytellers Tom Muir and Eileen Budd, and programmer Daniel Abercrombie discuss the 36th Scottish International Storytelling Festival.

Expansive, self-reflective look at contemporary America from I Love Dick author.

Sam Riley gives one of his finest performances in Islands as a washed-up tennis player who gets embroiled in a mystery. At last month's Edinburgh Film Festival, Riley tells us why he related to the…

Joke-a-minute stand-up expertly skirts the line

A new programme of films at the Barbican in London aims to showcase how animation can be used to “circumvent our defences” in thinking about war

The Armenian illustrator follows up her debut comic book We Can Plan a Murder and Start a Religion with a visual diary that charts a transitional period in her life

Barely graduated, animation director Jack Zhang has already worked with some of the biggest names in fashion and music. He tells us about his journey so far

An ode to old-fashioned animation.

The revered 1997 TV series ‘Brass Eye’ remains a highpoint for British comedy. And ahead of a showing of ‘Oxide Ghosts’ at The Stand in Newcastle, which contains outtakes from the show, Louis Cammell ...