From the Archive: Dietrich lifts veil from her enduring mystery

November 22 1964: Derek Prouse finds the actress in the mood to shatter a few myths

Interviews of the week

Pornography to mainstream acting is not a well-trodden path in Hollywood but Sasha Grey is not your stereotypical porn star

No good at the fame game

She's a successful American actress who has married a Brit. Why don’t we know more about Claire Danes?

Shauna MacDonald on The Descent 2

The actress Shauna Macdonald on her role in the subterranean horror sequel The Descent 2

Orson Welles — a theatrical giant

Orson Welles knew how to make an entrance. Whatever the frustrations of later years, his directorial debut was a triumph

Celebrity Watch: Jedward move downward

Who’s up and who’s down in Celebrity Watch, the barometer of fickle fame. Kate Moss is up this week, along with Amy Winehouse

Sasha Grey: from porn star to leading star

Sasha Gray, the youngest person to win the Adult Video News Awards’ Female Performer of the Year award, goes mainstream

Ken Russell: my friend Bernard Cribbins

Bernard Cribbins, now a spry 81, is the best-loved actor (and most steadily employed) in television, films and recordings

Further Watching: Primer

Size isn't eveything: the triumph of Shane Carruth’s innovative no-budget science-fiction feature film, Primer

Carla Bruni gets a big break for the silver screen

First Lady of France accepts Woody Allen's invitation to appear in his next film but fears she may be 'completely hopeless'

Nativity!

Debbie Isitt’s film is a plucky, well-meant enterprise that is reliant on its audience’s festive goodwill

Bunny and the Bull

This surreal road movie offers a visually inventive cartoon fantasy; it’s the characters and dialogue that don’t quite work

Law Abiding Citizen

As a man out for revenge, Gerard Butler has no menace, but what really sours the film is the sadism of its violence

Séraphine

In its best moments, this biopic of Séraphine Louis wonders at the rapturous state in which she creates her art

Mr Right

Directed by Jacqui Morris, this British comic drama about the dating game sends out some confusing signals